TO THE EDITOR: This is in reference to Mr. James Clark’s article entitled “Drug users welcome to Warren County.” As usual, Mr. Clark is entitled to his opinion, and as usual Mr. Clark is so far off target it is not even funny.He points to these people arrested as being guilty without a trial and…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Chuck Haston, known for his career in aviation and local radio, has been named the new E911 director. He replaces Brandon Gable who is officially leaving the position Monday. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Warren County native Charles “Chuck” Haston Jr. has been selected to…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard GINN Jeremiah Ginn has been sentenced to serve 24 years for stabbing his friend to death during an altercation outside his home last year.Ginn, 27, was given just one year less than the maximum sentence for the crime of second-degree murder as Circuit Court Judge…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A local mother faces child neglect charges after allegedly leaving her children unattended for two hours in Wal-Mart’s parking lot and then fighting with police when she was questioned.The defendant, Tanaya Stalcup, 28, is charged with two counts of child neglect and one count of…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Nick Cantrell of Woodlee’s Auto Repair crosses the plate while Foster and Foster catcher Robbie McColloch tries to handle the throw during their game Tuesday. (Dale Stubblefield photo) In the 7-8 year-old coach-pitch tournament last week, Westside Auto Repair took care of Woodlee’s Garage 20-8.…

Joshua O. Carpenter received a bachelor of arts degree in ministry from Clear Creek Baptist Bible College, Pineville, Ky., during commencement exercises held at Binghamtown Baptist Church.Carpenter, a native of McMinnville, is married to the former Michelle Lusk and is the father of one child.A Kentucky Baptist Convention Institution, Clear Creek Baptist Bible College exists…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Living up to its motto of Service Above Self, McMinnville Breakfast Rotary Club distributed $6,500 raised during its recent Charity Gala to seven local charities yesterday.“These are all very well deserving organizations in our community that need help,” said incoming Breakfast Rotary president Randy Garrison.…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The city’s Department of Urban Forestry has received almost $15,000 in state grants to help bolster education efforts.Urban Forester Nick Kuhn said about $9,000 of the federal grant funds, administered by the Tennesssee Department of Agriculture’s Division of Forestry, will be used to purchase interpretative…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard A FEMA grant is making a program called Volunteer Disaster Response Services available at no charge to local residents to assist victims of flooding and/or tornado damage that occurred during the storms on May 8 of this year.The grant provides a toll-free number for…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard For the past few years, Jimmy Haley feared a historic sign for the old Ben Lomand Drive-in Theater was lost, and as a historian, that bothered him.He speculated for years while driving by it, that one day, the sign would be gone. Then, when that…