By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Mention the group called the Fairview Jammers to a face familiar with the show, or with someone who performs in it, and you’re sure to generate a smile.That’s because performers with the group are entering their 10th year of providing a dose of comedy skits…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A mother of three faces child neglect charges after police reported finding her house in shambles and her 6-year-old daughter playing with razor blades.The suspect, Janet Lynn Marren, is charged with three counts of child neglect and one count of resisting arrest. She will face…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Army veteran James White poses with wife, Tamara, and 4-month-old son, James Layne. White has numerous decorations from his service in places like Somalia and Kosovo. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Risking one’s life for one’s country is something American soldiers accept as part of…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard PATTI NUNLEY City officials have received a favorable, yet informal, response from commissioners regarding a county-wide referendum for a sales tax increase.That was good news to city leaders after meeting with county officials Tuesday because if a sales tax increase is ultimately approved by county…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard DAVID HILL With the majority of county commissioners dead set against any sort of property tax increase, the Budget and Finance Committee was left scrambling during a specially called meeting last night to find the cuts necessary to make up the 11-cent increase it…

James Huston Bond, 89McMinnville resident and Warren County native James Huston Bond, 89, died July 3 at Raintree Manor.An employee of Womack Brothers Wholesale Grocery Company and later a co-owner and operator of B&H Sales with E.C. Hale, he was a member of Shellsford Baptist Church where he was deacon and served his country in…

TO THE EDITOR: With consideration that Mr. David Moore is an owner of Woodland Creek Estates, he and his family had the right to remove all of the Pioneer Building Supply signs.I have known the Moores ever since I have been in McMinnville and I have done business with them for a long time.I chose…

To the editor: Ryan and Reece Moore have worked hard to help Supreme Building Products earn its reputation as the area’s best building materials dealer. The success of Supreme Building Products is a direct result of the hard work of its employees and owners, the honesty and integrity of its business dealings, the quality of…

TO THE EDITOR: I have known the Moores for a lot of years and they are not thieves. Woodland Creek is their private property and they had a right to remove those signs. If it were my property, I would have had my boys pull the signs up too.I would hope my boys would stand…

TO THE EDITOR: Warren County has lost some good people this year who will be hard to replace. Last week, a man I called McMinnville’s best kept secret passed away.Merle Hooper, founder of Care America, was doing what he loved to do — helping others. This time, he was taking supplies to Native Americans in…