By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard An informative program discussing new research, medications and treatments for ADHD and related disorders will be presented free of charge to the public Tuesday night at Warren County High School.Dr. Clifford Seyler, a Tullahoma pediatrician and ADHD specialist, will present the program.Originally designed as an…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Around 150 athletes are expected to come to town next weekend as the first ever McMinnville City Triathlon is hosted by the Civic Center.“We’re excited about this event coming to the McMinnville area. It’s the first event of its kind and everything is going to…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A McMinnville policeman has been suspended without pay following an incident earlier this month where his 17-month-old son was nearly shot by the boy’s 4-year-old brother while the child was playing with the officer’s city-issued handgun.According to an official statement by the McMinnville Police Department,…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard After years of preparation and planning, local officials gathered Friday morning to officially break ground on the Warren County Jail expansion. Medical Construction Group out of Nashville won the bid in May and has begun construction on the facility.Local legislators say they are pleased…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard An emergency medical airlift from atop Harrison Ferry Mountain was made by the Warren County Sheriff’s Department chopper Friday afternoon when one of its own fell ill.The victim, court officer Phil (Tank) Young was on his way back from delivering a patient to Moccasin Bend…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard C.N. Womack, left, presents the 2003 CHEER Mental Health Bell Ringer Award to Charles Bogle Thursday night. (Charles W. Johnson photo) This year’s CHEER Mental Health Association Bell Ringer Award went to Charles Bogle, a local resident who will be familiar to many people…

MORTON A local teen was killed and his two passengers injured Thursday in a crash on Hillsboro Road in neighboring Coffee County.The fatally injured victim, Dustin Chase Morton, 16, was the driver of the 1994 Ford Ranger. His passengers, James Grosch and Lucy Tucker, suffered non life-threatening injuries.According to Highway Patrolman Jennie Hammock, the accident…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A McMinnville police cruiser is parked outside McMinnville Title Loans on Chancery Street after the business was robbed by a lone gunman Friday afternoon. (Duane Sherrill photo) The manhunt ended Saturday for an armed fugitive who allegedly robbed McMinnville Title Loans on Chancery Street Friday…

By Beth Furbush The e-mail is enticing: “You get PAID and receive FREE meals, products, and services from big name, recognized companies for your opinion because we need professional business evaluators!”Those who are looking for extra income can be tempted by ads to recruit “mystery shoppers.” It is true that businesses nationwide use mystery shopping…

By Jim Glenn Sometime last month, you probably saw news reports about the Social Security trust funds. In those reports, you may have read that tax revenues will fall below program costs in the year 2018, and that the Social Security trust funds will be exhausted by 2042.“This report is yet another reminder of what…