By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A massive tree planting is planned at the new Barren Fork Greenway this weekend, and city officials and community activists are looking for a few good volunteers.The city’s Department of Urban Forestry and members of the Breakfast Rotary Club are teaming up and contacting a…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 64-person docket was heard last Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in court action:• Steven Eza was ordered to serve 60 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, pay $251 and forfeit his driver’s license for three years for third-offense driving…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard County Executive Kenneth Rogers shows the new flag underneath the Stars and Stripes in the display in front of the administration building. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Warren County residents may notice a new flag beneath the Stars and Stripes when they visit the administration…

Ryan Bush, son of Anthony and Carla Bush, has been chosen to serve as this year’s June Dairy Month chairman for Warren County, announce Jamie Harris and Michael Barry, 4-H Extension agents for the Warren County Agricultural Extension Service. June Dairy Month activities are designed to communicate the value of milk and dairy products to…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard The McMinnville Cruisers second annual Car, Truck, and Motorcycle show, co-sponsored by the McMinnville Cruisers Car Club and Main Street McMinnville this year, took advantage of some beautiful spring weather to present another successful event that many felt drew even more automobile enthusiasts than…

Some 400 of Warren County’s most outstanding 4-H’ers, sponsors and volunteer leaders were recently honored at the 2003 4-H Awards Banquet held May 23 at the Civic Center. Awards were presented to the Most Outstanding junior, junior high and senior high 4-H’ers along with Volunteer Leader and Family of the Year.Receiving special awards were Joshua…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Tennessee is probably better known for its guitar pickers and fiddlers than for its slide trombonists, but that may begin to change with the international success of the University of Tennessee group called the Tennessee Trombonery.The trombone ensemble includes Warren County’s own Jeremy Wilson,…

Thursday in the girls’ senior fast-pitch softball league, Malone’s defeated Goldtree 8-7. Malone’s jumped out to a 6-1 lead but Goldtree scored six runs in the bottom of the third to take the lead. Malone’s tied the game in the third and took the lead in the fifth. For Malone’s, Ashlee Malone had two hits…

Billy Wayne (Sonny) Adcock, 60Rock Island resident and McMinnville native Billy Wayne (Sonny) Adcock, 60, died unexpectedly June 2 at River Park Hospital.An employee of the city of McMinnville Parks and Recreation Department for 14 years, a Rockford employee, and a member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of Warner Clyde and Dorothy…

TO THE EDITOR: This is a letter of concern, not judgment. Recently I was visiting Three Star Mall, when I noticed a young (under 4-year-old) boy all by himself playing throughout the mall. Naturally, I asked about the lone boy and was informed he was the son of someone who works at a nail salon,…