By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard ZEDAH Migrant children, who by definition move with their families from place to place on a fairly regular basis, are not often in school long enough in any one place to receive a proper education.To combat this growing problem, Warren County Schools will offer a…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard McMinnville’s Parks and Recreation Committee is looking to the county for monetary support in hopes of eliminating the dual fee structure, which charges non-city residents more for using city recreation facilities.Members voted last week to ask county commissioners to help offset costs the city incurs…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WOOD A slate of principal retirements has opened the way for new blood to enter administrative positions across the school system next year.Current teacher and former Bobby Ray Elementary principal Bonnie Collier has been named that school’s new principal, while longtime county teacher Marsha Newman…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Funeral services were held yesterday for a professional timberman killed Monday when he was crushed by a falling tree.The victim, Freddie Martin, 47, of Spencer was discovered dead in Warren County in a wooded area near the intersection of Dark Hollow Road and Collier Road…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard JONES A local woman was sentenced to 21 years in jail Wednesday for starving an elderly mentally challenged man to death last year.The defendant, Doreen Jones, 49, was instructed to serve 21 years in prison by Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley following a sentencing hearing…

Edith Emma Laws Simpson, 82Newtown community resident and Warren County native Edith Emma Laws Simpson, 82, died May 14 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.A retired Genesco employee and a member of Oakland Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth W. and Bessie Almeda Clark Laws; and was preceded…

TO THE EDITOR: I just wanted to let you know prejudice still exists in Warren County. I recently experienced it first hand.I am a white female married to a wonderful black man. On Mother’s Day, we went to a local restaurant for a Mother’s Day lunch with my mother and family. The restaurant was full…

By Joan Ryan / Columnist I played high school softball. Perhaps “played” is overstating the matter. I wore a uniform, worked hard at practices and watched games from the comfort of the dugout. I was a decent enough player, but most games I left more cleat marks in the parking lot than I did on…

Lloyd Eugene Newcome, 85McMinnville resident and Warren County native Lloyd Eugene Newcome, 85, died May 11 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.An employee of Northwest Airlines and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was the son of the late Henry and Mae Smith Newcome; and was preceded in death by…

TO THE EDITOR: This is in response to James Clark’s comments in the May 9 edition of the Standard. I must say I have endured many of your editorials and have thought of writing a response before, but none have prompted me to action the way the comments did in your latest editorial.Your comment regarding…