By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The path to deciding who owns what around Court Square is beginning to be paved after city officials decided to make good on their promises.Members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved on first reading March 17 an ordinance to provide for a quitclaim…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With war raging in Iraq, members of the local contingent of Blood Assurance are asking citizens not to forget the homefront when it comes time to give blood.“With the war going on, there will be more people giving to the Red Cross,” said Blood Assurance…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Showing off their military precision, JROTC units from across the region will gather Saturday at Warren County High School to compete in the Midsouth Dr Pepper Classic Drill Meet.“Given the current situation in Iraq, we think the event will have a big appeal this year…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HILLIS The question of how much it will cost to get into the new city pool was answered this week after almost two years of speculation.Members of the Parks and Recreation Committee established fees slightly higher than initially proposed by committee chairman Bobby Kirby Monday…

By DAVID CRARY / Associated Press Writer A large contingent of Iraq’s elite Republican Guard headed south in a 1,000-vehicle convoy Wednesday toward U.S. Marines in central Iraq — an area that already has seen the heaviest fighting of the war. In Baghdad, Iraqi officials said two cruise missiles hit a residential area, killing 14…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) GREEN Enlisting in the military wasn’t a sudden impulse for Warren County native Kevin Green. It’s something his mother said he wanted to do since he was a child.“He told me when he was 8 years old he wanted to go into the Air…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard It appears drivers in Warren County may not have to travel outside the county to get a driver’s license after all, due in part to intervention from state Sen. Jerry Cooper and state Reps. Charles Curtiss and Judd Matheny.According to information provided by state…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard KUMAR A couple fishing on the Caney Fork River Sunday afternoon made a startling discovery when they found what is believed to be the body of the long-missing Dr. Kumar floating near the shore.“We’re pretty sure the body that was found Sunday is that of…

By Jim Glenn / Columnist Childhood should be a time when we can dream big, when we envision futures as large and as alluring as our imaginations allow. But too many young people with disabilities feel bound by reminders of what they cannot do, instead of possibilities of what they can.That’s wrong.At Social Security, I…

By Beth Furbush / Better Business Bureau News Many consumers are experiencing the stress that comes with mounting credit card debt. With the unemployment rate still rising, more families are depending on credit just to make ends meet.The Better Business Bureau warns over-burdened consumers to beware of companies that promise to cut their bills in…