By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard LANKFORD For the fifth time in less than two years, a member of the Lady Pioneer basketball team will miss time with a knee injury.Alysa Lankford, who saw time on the varsity squad last season as a freshman, tore her anterior cruciate ligament while playing…

Harvesting and weaving hickory bark will be the topic for an Appalachian Life Workshops handcraft session scheduled June 12 through 15 in Readyville.The event will involve plenty of hands-on learning and every participant will take home an item they will be proud to have made. Every skill level in welcome.Appalachian Life Workshops, located on 70…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard When Boy Scouts in Warren County purchase their new version of the Boy Scout Field Manual, they may see some familiar faces in the pages of the national publication.Warren County’s very own Boy Scout Troop 631 Venture Crew participated in a photo session at…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Saying an off-duty officer was mistaken when he reported seeing Rosalio Garcia give a 1-year-old child beer at a local restaurant, the defense for the accused man was unsuccessful in keeping the case from the grand jury.Garcia was bound over to the grand jury by…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard CHRISAWN The McMinnville-Warren County Chamber of Commerce will be presenting the first Small Business & Industry Development week June 3-6 in order to provide help and information for local residents who may be interested in starting their own business.The seminars and roundtable discussions will…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Collecting $500,000 from two lawsuits may have helped the city’s bottom line, but McMinnville officials are anticipating state budget cuts they say will take away from it.For the past several months, McMinnville leaders have been discussing how state cuts could impact the city. They seriously…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) COOPER In an effort to shackle the soaring cost of TennCare, state Sen. Jerry Cooper is pushing for an independent agency to audit the program every month.Cooper’s request comes after a company named Market Models recently evaluated 1,687 TennCare applications. These were applicants –…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard LUNSFORD High school senior Steve Lunsford knows exactly what a care package should contain.After collecting hundreds of items ranging from drink mixes to toothpaste to cotton swabs, all benefiting military personnel stationed in Iraq for his Eagle Scout project, he ought to.Admittedly a late starter…

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Legislature approved a new ‘Choose Life’ license plate in its final day of session on Thursday after compromising on how the proceeds would be distributed.Vanity license plates cost an extra $25 per year. State law specifies that 50 percent of those additional proceeds go to the specified beneficiary, 40 percent to…

By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard At live shows and on their album, cover shown above, Seventh Day Slumber modern rock band belts out catchy chorus hooks behind throbbing guitars while singing about real-life problems confronting many young people. (Photo provided) Summer Slam youth activities are scheduled June 3 from…