By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard(McMinnville, Tenn.) HENNESSEE Brad Hennessee knows how to establish law and order. As a deputy with the Warren County Sheriff’s Department, making arrests and dealing with prisoners is a regular part of his job.So it makes sense, as a member of the Army Reserves, Staff Sgt. Hennessee…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Writer for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Neighbors Jeff Pelham, left, and Nathan Smith use a small boat to try and unclog a drain pipe and relieve almost 4 feet of standing water behind their homes on Sunset Drive. Also in the boat is Smith’s daughter, Crosley. (James Clark photo)…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Colby Jenkins delivers during Friday night’s District 7-AAA tournament game against White County. Jenkins picked up the win, working 5-1/3 innings of the Pioneers’ eventual 6-5 victory. (Rob Nunley photo) The Pioneers had their ups and downs with two different groups of Warriors as the…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 29-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in traffic court action:• Claude Trimble was ordered to serve 90 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence and pay $846 for criminal attempt to manufacture meth, third-offense driving on a…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A raid on a football party has led to the conviction of a local man on drug charges after police interrupted their Titans game with a search warrant last year.The defendant, Kenneth Wayne Ammonette, was convicted by a jury Wednesday following a trial on the…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard In keeping with tradition, organizers are planning for another week full of preservation activities.In what has come to be known as Preservation Week, this year’s fourth annual event is designed to help provide a sense of “who we are and where we came from” to…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Two men face felony drug charges after their alleged meth lab was raided last week, directly across from Dibrell Elementary.The suspects, Jerry Ray Trapp, 25, charged with manufacture of meth, and Johnny Leslie Argo, 33, charged with criminal attempt to manufacture meth, could also be…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard These steps and bleachers at Nunley Stadium will be among repairs ordered by the school board to be done this summer. (Will Stewart photo) Safety concerns at Nunley Stadium have led the Warren County Board of Education to move $200,000 out of its fund balance…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Gov. Phil Bredesen, flanked by County Executive Kenneth Rogers, shakes hands with local residents as he makes his way through the crowd prior to his budget address at the Warren County Administration Building Friday. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Warren County residents braved an early…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard GLENN Warren County taxpayers will be paying $11,000 more per mile for paved road this year due to a mid-year rebid for paving ordered by Highway Superintendent Harold Glenn.At the rebid, the contract was awarded to APAC-TN at a significantly higher price than the…