By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Warren County’s District 7-AAA baseball season got off to a rocky start Tuesday night.The Pioneers managed just one hit, while Oakland used a six-run fourth and a strong outing from starter Brad Robinson to take a 10-0, five-inning win.Robinson, a junior, was perfect…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard PEDIGO A bill designed to reform nursing home care is currently moving through the state legislature and needs the help of local residents to push it through, according to Tennessee AARP representative Thomas L. Pedigo.The bill, titled AARP’s Nursing Home Reform Act, is being…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Indicating it was the right thing to do, city leaders have taken the first steps to make things right with George “Bud” Hankal’s heirs.Hankal’s sons appeared before members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen last month to request they release a lien placed on…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MADEWELL Acting EMS director Leonard Madewell has been chosen to fill the position on a permanent basis.Madewell, who took over as temporary director when former director George Roberts resigned in October, was selected by the Safety Committee from three candidates who applied earlier this…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard County Executive Kenneth Rogers jokes with Standard circulation director Steve Warner as politicians and the media prepare for a basketball fund-raiser for the Park Theater. (Amy Satterwhite photo) Politicians, lawyers and the media typically have little in common, but tomorrow they plan to come together…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Family members of storm victim Thomas Knox said Knox and his girlfriend just barely escaped serious injury when storms hit their Sparta Highway trailer Wednesday afternoon. (Amy Satterwhite photo) A local couple barely escaped serious injury after what is being called a tornado swept through…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard RAMIREZ After deliberating over four hours Wednesday, jurors in the trial of accused baby shaker Anais Ramirez found the teen mother guilty of reckless aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.Convicted on lesser charges than prosecutors had hoped, Ramirez will now likely receive a sentence of only…

By RON FOURNIER / AP White House Correspondent U.S. Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, take firing position hearing the sound of gunfire in southern Iraq Friday, March, 21, 2003. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) WASHINGTON — President Bush, updating congressional leaders on the war, said Friday the United States is “making progress” in its mission…

By DAVID CRARY / Associated Press Writer HUSSEIN Hours before the deadline set by President Bush, Saddam Hussein gave no sign of yielding, and long columns of U.S. armored vehicles moved through swirling Kuwaiti sand storms Wednesday toward Iraq’s border. In Baghdad, fortified by trenches and sandbags, streets were quieter than usual, with light traffic…

Violet Golden Webb, 91McMinnville resident and Warren County native Violet Golden Webb, 91, died March 16 at NHC.A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late E.D. and Kissie Green Golden and was preceded in death by her husband, Edgar Martin Webb in January of this year.…