By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard POTTER Warren County Humane Society officials are concerned over the cavalier attitude they have received recently concerning the killing of dogs, which they point out is in direct violation of the law.“You can’t just shoot a dog because you feel like shooting a dog,” said…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A rash of mailbox vandalisms have tormented residents and mail carriers throughout the summer, with scores of mailboxes being destroyed.“It always goes up during summer, so that makes us believe it’s younger folks raising Cain,” said Sheriff Jackie Matheny, whose department has taken numerous reports…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MINER Longtime local educator Laura Miner will soon be saying “auf wiedersehen” to Warren County as she leaves next month for Germany, where she has accepted a two-year teaching assignment.“I love to travel and I love to teach. An offer to teach and travel at…

MADDUX The American Red Cross has issued a national emergency appeal for blood donations after two critical shortage pleas have been largely ignored.Anyone interested in helping locally can do so immediately as the Red Cross is holding a blood drive today at McMinnville Civic Center from 12 to 6 p.m.“We don’t want to cry wolf,”…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard MATHENY Sheriff Jackie Matheny says proposed cuts to the sheriff’s department budget won’t be easy and a substantial number of department employees backed him up on that statement Tuesday night.“You’re looking to take out over $200,000? Well good luck,” Matheny said. “It’s not there.…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WastAway made a formal proposal to the city’s Streets and Sanitation Committee Monday, but city leaders said they need some time to ponder the proposal.Bouldin Corp. vice president of industrial development Bob Brown told officials about how WastAway’s recycling process works, by essentially reducing household…

Beverly Dean Shields, 57Centertown resident and Akron, Ohio, native Beverly Dean Shields, 57, died July 10 at her home after an extended illness.A teacher’s aid and a member of Sunny Hill Baptist Church, she was the daughter of Delcie West of McMinnville and the late Walter E. West.She is survived by her husband, Joe Shields;…

By James Clark / Columnist I’m at a loss to understand how people can completely forget about their children and leave them to die in scorching heat inside their car. I’m not talking about an isolated incident. It’s already happened twice this week – including once in Nashville.Over the last two days, most of us…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A construction worker was injured Tuesday afternoon when his motorcycle struck a pair of trees in a new subdivision where he was working.The victim, Leo Eugenio, remained under treatment at River Park Hospital at press time Tuesday for multiple injuries he received when his motorcycle…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Guilty pleas were entered by seven youths Monday for an attack on a house this May which terrorized a Hennessee Bridge couple.The defendants, ages 13 to 17, entered guilty pleas in juvenile court Monday to the charge of vandalism. A pre-sentencing report will be prepared…