By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A local mother singing karaoke was arrested on child neglect charges after she allegedly left her son with her sick mother so she could perform at a local bar.The suspect, Deborah Lynne Brown, 37, was charged with child neglect and public intoxication when she returned…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Children’s Advocacy Center may have just been introduced to the general public Friday afternoon, but those who work with children daily have been utilizing it for the past few months.Department of Children’s Services workers reported they have already used the center to investigate several…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A landlord working in the attic of one of his properties stumbled upon an alleged methamphetamine lab this weekend.His discovery led to the arrests of his tenants, Andrew Harmon, 35, and his wife, Gina Harmon, 32, both charged with manufacture of meth.According to McMinnville Police…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) School bus advertising was approved by the Board of Education on second read last week, though it is unclear how soon ads could be seen rolling down county roads.Director of Schools Dr. Jerry Hale said system officials are still not 100 percent sure…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A number of new events will be taking place at this year’s Warren County A&L Fair.A new open youth market goat show initiated by 16-year-old Jamison Crouch will be part of this year’s events and begins Friday, Sept. 5 at 5 p.m. Friday events are…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) COOPER Fresh off the resignation of UT president John Shumaker, two local legislators are co-chairing meetings to try and prevent another Shumaker-type fiasco from ever happening again.State Sen. Jerry Cooper (D-McMinnville) and state Rep. Charles Curtiss (D-Sparta) will co-chair meetings of the Senate and…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Patrolman Don Davis directs traffic around a three-vehicle crash on Sparta Street near the overpass which sent three to the hospital. (Duane Sherrill photo) A group of Vanderbilt University students on a road trip took a wrong turn Monday afternoon, leading to a three-vehicle crash…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) The rapids are only half the battle when it comes to kayaking at the area of Rock Island State Park known as “The Hole.” When Josh Brock calls it a day, he has to tote his kayak up a steep, very rocky hill. Josh…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BROCK City officials did not approve a deal with recycling company WastAway Monday and instead indicated they want to go in a different direction, at least temporarily.But while indicating a desire to change the way the city handles or disposes of its garbage by basically…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) ZECHMAN A motion to approve a $1.2 million capital outlay note to fund three school improvement projects was tabled Monday night by the Warren County Commission, a majority of whose members would like to see a prioritized list of all system improvement requests…