By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A Mullican Street man faces narcotics charges for allegedly making meth in a heavily populated neighborhood only yards from a church.The suspect, Harold Weston Herriman, 24, is charged with manufacture of meth. He was arrested outside his home at 223 Mullican Street Wednesday afternoon where…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) For generations, Rocky River Cave has been treated by many as a giant dumpster, accumulating such refuse as old tires, appliances and even automotive gas tanks. To make matters worse, the cave is a window to the groundwater, meaning any rain that falls…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard(McMinnville, Tenn.) STUBBLEFIELD Warren County Schools vocational director and former county commissioner Jerry Stubblefield broke his neck Wednesday as a result of a motor scooter accident in Gatlinburg. It is thought he has suffered no paralysis and will make a full recovery.“We’re very lucky and very…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard This section of one of the huge wind tunnels at AEDC shows some of the tubing used to control the cooling and airflow into the complex. The testing facilities in Tullahoma can simulate speeds in excess of Mach 2. (Charles W. Johnson photo) It…

Anna Louise Markum, 84McMinnville resident and Lawrence County native Anna Louise Markum, 84, died April 23 at NHC Healthcare after an extended illness.A nurses aid with NHC and a member of the Church of God Seventh Day, she was the daughter of William Nelson and Hattie Jones Stembridge; and was preceded in death by her…

By Joan Ryan / Columnist If Annika Sorenstam wants to know, I would be more comfortable watching the Colonial golf tournament in Texas next month if she were not playing in it.It’s a wussy thing for me to say. I know. I feel the same way when I watch a high school senior heading toward…

By George Plagenz / Columnist Ministers have to be careful about the anecdotes they tell. Sometimes, a minister who makes up a little story to warm up his congregation or to illustrate a point tells the story so often that eventually he can’t remember whether it’s true or not.Usually this makes no difference. When you…

By James Clark / Columnist Here are some thoughts on things taking place around the county and around the state:• I have yet to see the problem with City Administrator Herb Llewellyn taking a radar gun from a police car to use at his son’s baseball practice. I’m surprised anyone would complain about such a…

Evangelist Paul Gunn Jr. will be speaker for the Irving College Baptist Church revival slated April 27 through May 1 beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday services are at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.There will be special revival music and congregation singing will be led by Mike McIlwain with Joyce West playing the piano. The evangelist’s…

“The Sand in Our Shoes” is the topic being emphasized for the third annual Ladies’ Day April 26 at East End Church of Christ, 102 Edison St. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The program will conclude at 11:15 a.m. followed by lunch.Keynote speaker will be Jane McWhorter of Fayette, Ala. The Nashville native is a…