By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Fresh off his greatest hits CD which debuted at No. 1 on the country music charts, Trace Adkins will be performing this year at the Warren County Fair. (Photo provided) It’s been a memorable year for country music singer Trace Adkins.His greatest hits CD…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) What started out slowly ended in a bidding frenzy to give last week’s Astro Auction a respectable fund-raising total of $14,703.The $14,703 is second only to last year’s record-breaking amount of $16,108.“I’m very gratified with this number,” said Astro Auction volunteer Bill Zechman. “I…

Duane Sherrill photo Emergency personnel take Tommy Kell to an ambulance after his motorcycle crashed into a tractor trailer Tuesday afternoon on Red Road. The truck driver, pictured at far right, was reportedly across the road trying to back into a loading dock when Kell topped a nearby hill. Kell, who was conscious at the…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard CHRISAWN Local retailers who want to compare notes and network with others will get their chance this week when the Chamber of Commerce holds its first McMinnville Retailers Conference. The event is scheduled for Thursday at 2:30 p.m. and will be held in the…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Goolsby’s Farm Sausage Co., a successful regional meat packing company, is planning an expansion in Warren County, but is not, as was reported in an earlier story in the Southern Standard, affiliated in any way with Bob Evans Farm Sausage.“We sell sausage in eight…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A Woodbury couple faces not only shoplifting charges, but they will also get a stiff fine for illegally parking their getaway vehicle in a handicapped zone.The couple, Ernest R. Mooneyham, 56, and Joyce Mooneyham, 54, did not seem handicapped, lawmen say, when they were chased…

Wilma Ruth Caten Atnip, 42McMinnville resident and Warren County native Wilma Ruth Caten Atnip, 42, died Aug. 11 at River Park Hospital after a brief illness.A homemaker and a member of Spring Creek Chapel Church of Christ, she was a member of Main Street McMinnville and Heritage Alliance.The daughter of Edgar Howard and Stella Mae…

Some 200 exhibitors from several states will soon be arriving in Historic Beersheba Springs to set up shop at the 37th annual Beersheba Springs Arts and Crafts Festival slated Aug. 23 and 24 at the United Methodist Assembly Grounds.The well-known event is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and…

Members of McMinnville Garden Club gathered at The Collection Mall and Caf? for their July 14 meeting and flower arranging workshop.After reading the Club Collect in unison, Hilda Cantrell shared information from the District II Spring Membership meeting held at Cheekwood in Nashville. It was attended by Mrs. Cantrell and Martha Gillespie, club president.Special project…

Peggy Burton, director of the South Jackson Civic Center’s 24th annual South Jackson Goes Country, has announced the cast for the show being held Aug. 22, 23, and 24 at South Jackson Civic Center, 404 South Jackson St., Tullahoma. As always, the show’s stars will be bringing you those great On-Stage Ads, along with plenty…