Our Viewpoint Senseless acts of violence are always supposed to happen somewhere else, to someone else. At least that appears to be the popular line of thinking, or our version of denial.It’s all too easy to believe a drive-by shooting will never take place in Warren County. After all, that only happens in big cities…

Suppose you could succeed in life by failing. In an upcoming Center for the Arts comedy, downsized accounting executive Jane Johnson ponders this startling idea after losing her career, suffering an emotional breakdown and finding herself cleaning houses to survive. These upheavals set Jane on an hilarious quest to find the true meaning of success…

Tennessee Central Ry Museum operates its Excursion Train to not one, but two military reenactments this coming June 7. The train returns to Lebanon in time for the major Civil War reenactment battle than morning and then proceeds on to Watertown for a World War II battle reenactment — very appropriate coming on the day…

A festival celebrating the addition of the last bell to the Tennessee Carillon will be held on Statehood Day, June 1, at the carillon located on the Bicentennial Mall in downtown Nashville.The celebration, titled “Statehood Day Festival,” will feature musical performances, along with the official dedication and ringing of the 96th bell known as the…

Ben Lomond and Hoe and Hope garden clubs joined McMinnville Garden Club at the Collection Mall and Bird’s Nest Caf? for the May 5 session. All present read the host club’s Collect as an opening for the meeting.Special speaker was Pandy English, who currently serves as outreach coordinator for the Center of Environmental Education of…

Hollie Reannon Parker and Aaron Michael Roberts will be married in a 6 o’clock ceremony taking place June 20 at Morrison Church of Christ.The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mark and Teresa Parker. She is the granddaughter of Johnny and Sylvia Parker, Margaret Jordan and the late Ed Jordan, all of McMinnville.Parents of the prospective…

SHELBYVILLE — The 33rd Annual Celebration Spring Fun Show opens a three-night run Thursday at Calsonic Arena in Shelbyville. One of the most important spring shows in the walking horse industry, the Fun Show has been a springboard toward the World Grand Championship for many of the top horses of the breed.Performances for the Fun…

By Dale Stubblefield / Columnist STUBBLEFIELD You don’t hear these words very often — the Cubs are in first place. So I thought I would get them in early before they slip from the No. 1 spot.My counterpart Mr. Nunley has been on cloud nine since new Cubs manager Dusty Baker has put life back…

Westside Auto defeated Hoover & Son 13-10 last week in a nail-biter in the boys 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch league.For Westside, Austin Wright had four hits. Ben Wilson and Logan Wanamaker had three hits with Wilson hitting a homerun in the fourth. Collin Hutchins and Nicholas Simmons had two hits each. For Hoover, Kade Redmon…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Last Thursday the 16th annual Rotary Relays were held at Nunley Stadium with four new records being set.In the fifth- and sixth-grade catagory, Kenya Arnold of the WCMS broke the girls 50-meter dash record with a time of 7.34 seconds. The old record was held…