By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The idea of building a multi-sport fieldhouse at the high school appears to be all but dead as renovations to Nunley Stadium and the middle school auditorium took top priority on a list of school improvement requests submitted by the Warren County Board of Education…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Early voting still continues to be off pace with just four days left for city voters to cast their ballots early in the local sales tax referendum.According to the election office, about 340 people had taken advantage of the early voting option as of Tuesday…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard “Hey, it’s for my future,” says little Joseph Adam Lanier as he poses with County Executive Kenneth Rogers in one of the free recycling bins the county is offering . Joseph is the 5-month-old son of Melanie and Jayson Lanier. As part of a…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Saying she entered a guilty plea only because she feared for her safety at Warren County Jail, Tresia Christopher wants the court to consider releasing her early on probation.Christopher, 44, is serving a 12-year sentence after entering a guilty plea to solicitation of murder charges…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County Adult Education will hold an open house at the Adult Learning Center tomorrow evening with the goal of making the community more aware of its services.Adult education, administered by Warren County Schools, offers an array of classes to adults of all ages, including…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Gasoline prices may be on the rise in Warren County, but local residents should know they aren’t alone when it comes to paying more at the pump.Over the past two weeks, gas prices have approached record highs throughout the country.The Lundberg Survey, which began…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard One last splash: The frog slide is one of the many new attractions that kids such as 10-year-old Michael Thrower enjoyed during the first summer of operation for Gilley Pool. Swimmers will bid farewell to Gilley Pool for this year during a special party Saturday,…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The crime spree of a gang known as the Cigarette Bandits continued this weekend when the band of nicotine-loving burglars slammed a vehicle into Medley’s Diner and Market in Centertown to break into the store.“They rammed their car right through the wall,” said Medley’s owner…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County motorists will be seeing a higher presence of troopers on the road this Labor Day weekend, which will kick off with roadblocks around the county Friday night.According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, roadblocks will be held on Highway 8 and Yager Road in…

Otelia Lucille StubblefieldMcMinnville resident and Hamilton County native Otelia Lucille Stubblefield, 87, died Aug. 25 at Raintree Manor after a lingering illness.A homemaker and a member of Mt. Leo Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Will (Buck) and Amanda Bullard Sinks; and was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Glenn Stubblefield in…