By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Gunfire erupted at Skyline Apartments on the Fourth of July, leaving one man wounded and police looking for the gunman who opened fire in the crowded complex.The victim, Edgar David Hernandez, is undergoing treatment at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for a single gunshot wound to…

By Jim Glenn / Columnist The latest statistics show 20 percent of people age 65 and older are living solely on their Social Security checks. And, for one-third of the elderly, their Social Security checks represent 90 percent or more of their income.It was never supposed to be that way. Social Security was meant to…

By Beth Furbush / Better Business Bureau News Businesses should be aware the Federal Trade Commission has amended the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to give consumers a choice whether they want to receive most telemarketing calls. Consumers will now be able to put their phone numbers on a national “do not call” registry. It will…

By James Clark / Columnist I sure stumbled on my share of off-the-wall news this week. Maybe it was because it was Fourth of July week. Maybe all those firework explosions impaired people’s thinking.I don’t know, but I’m not complaining. It sure makes for some interesting reading.Case in point, the Texas Legislature just passed a…

Robert Lee Ramsey, 95McMinnville resident and Jackson County native Robert Lee Ramsey, 95, died July 5 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.A retired farmer and a member of Providence Baptist Church, he was the son of Marvin and Betty Franklin Ramsey; and was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel Pauline Barrett in…

By Joan Ryan / Columnist The family values folks seemed to have gotten a boost this week when the Census Bureau released results of a recent survey on motherhood in America.The Census Bureau found that the number of children being raised by stay-at-home mothers increased 13 percent in the last eight years. Experts suggest the…

By Ed Kimbrell / Columnist Katharine Hepburn’s passing brings about reflection on the state of American motion pictures, the nature of greatness and the power of an individual spirit to change her world and the worlds of so many who watched her.She began her rise to stardom almost instantly in 1933, in the film “Morning…

By Amy Satterwhite / Columnist Somewhere between work, family and other commitments and distractions, I lost track of something I said I never would.After moving here five years ago, I drove up Highway 30 and looked at that scenery on the way to Fall Creek Falls and then drove down to the sand bar at…

The Warren County High School junior varsity cheerleaders received top honors recently at the Universal Cheerleading Association (UCA) Cheer Camp, which was held at Tennessee Tech.The team received superior ratings in cheer, sideline and dance. They were named camp champs in the home pom routine category, and placed second in both the cheer competition and…

For stricter dress code by James Clark Thumbs up to high school principal James Bennett for taking action and tightening up the dress code. It certainly won’t be a popular decision among students and it’s one which will take extra effort to enforce.It’s also a decision that’s worth the trouble. Since some students have apparently…