By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) In Saturday’s losers’ bracket final of the 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch tournament, Woodlee’s Garage reached the tourney championship with a 19-16 win over the Westside Auto Repair Pirates.The game, in which Woodlee’s avenged a second round upset, that had sent them into the…

By Dale Stubblefield / Columnist STUBBLEFIELD July 4 is a day all Americans sit back and spend time with friends and family. It’s also a time we should all remember what this special day is all about.It’s the day we should hold deeply in our hearts the efforts of our forefathers, who gave each and…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) After finishing the regular season in first place, Woodcarver completed its championship quest with the tournament title Saturday, downing Woodlee’s Garage 19-7 in the finals of the 7- and 8-year-old coach pitch tourney.Taking an early lead, the tournament’s top-seeded team never looked back…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) To jog a few miles, pedal around town on your bike or swim a few laps a couple times a week, you need to be a fitness enthusiast.But to swim 500 meters, bike 18 miles and then take off for a three-mile run,…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Thirty people were sentenced last week by Judge Bart Stanley in circuit court.Included in circuit court action:• George Melson was ordered to serve eight years and pay $2,000 plus costs for sale of cocaine.• Daniel Dennis was ordered to serve one year of an eight-year…

McMinnville Electric System and its board chairman Jeffrey Golden were both honored with prestigious national awards during a recent American Public Power Association (APPA) conference at Opryland Hotel.During the national conference, MES was recognized for constructing its own power generating facility, which helps supply TVA during peak power demands. Rodney Boyd, general manager and CEO…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A Rebel Hill man suffered critical burns Monday evening, the result of what police believe was a meth lab accident.The victim, Donald Madewell, was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he is being treated for extensive burns in the facility’s burn unit. The exact…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Southern author Carroll Dale Short will be coming to Magness Library this Thursday, July 3 at 6:30 p.m. for a reading and book signing.Short, who is a native of Shanghi, Ala., has published fiction and nonfiction in Redbook, The New York Times, USA Today,…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Members of the Park Theater Group planning Fourth of July events downtown say the theater will be open Friday, with the first movie shown in years being offered for public viewing.The theater will be open for tours beginning at 10 a.m. in conjunction with downtown…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With fireworks now legal within McMinnville city limits, McMinnville Police Chief Joe Melton says there have been no more complaints than before, when fireworks could not be legally used in the city.“People can legally shoot them now since the board legalized it,” Melton said. “But…