By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck will no longer be viable candidates in elections under a new state law which has cracked down on write-in candidates.“We all welcomed it because it got old counting all the votes for Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck,” said Election Administrator…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Lab analysis is being conducted on the remains of a Baby Ruth candy bar which a local woman said made her ill after she bit into a foreign object inside the candy.“It made me sick, gave me a migraine and messed up my eyesight for…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard County Executive Kenneth shows the house he purchased in the county’s name for $1 through a HUD program. He plans to sell it at public auction as an unorthodox way to add to the county’s coffers. (Charles W. Johnson photo) County Executive Kenneth Rogers…

By MELISSA STOVER / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard DEMPSTER Since City Attorney James W. Dempster passed away in August, the city of McMinnville has been without legal council.In the regular meeting of the Board Mayor and Aldermen Monday night, discussion continued about filling that void.Mayor Royce Davenport had previously mailed letters to all…

Paul and Virginia Womack Alexander of Woodbury were surprised at a party and roast Aug. 16 in honor of their 70th birthday. Mrs. Alexander, daughter of the late Ernest and Lucille Womack, was raised in Warren County.The special event was given by their daughter and granddaughter, Gina and Gennica Alexander-Greenlee. It was held at Patterson…

Pacesetters Inc. of Warren County will be presenting an opportunity to experience a masquerade ball next Saturday night.The theme is “A Moment in Time” and Pacesetters officials hope to have characters from various points in history, fact or fiction. Cinderella and Dorothy from Oz have made plans to attend as well as Sitting Bull.“Our main…

The Billy Womack Bluegrass Celebration will be presented Saturday in Dillon Park, Woodbury, from 2 to 9 p.m. by Cannon County Historic Chamber of Commerce and Preserve Area’s Rural Qualities in conjunction with The Arts Center of Cannon County.It is part of the Southern Heritage Music Concert Series made possible in part by the Tennessee…

In 1881, the Warren County pioneer industrialist and politician Asa Faulkner published a small booklet containing a number of speeches he had delivered during the years 1874 through 1878, primarily on the subjects of agriculture and industry.The rare, now all-but-forgotten booklet, originally published by Mr. Faulkner, “As a Legacy to His Children and Posterity,” has…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard A Sporting Clay Shooting Tournament will be held tomorrow at Viola Valley Shooting Range to benefit the Humane Society of Warren County.Shooting time will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the tournament is open to anyone. The cost to shoot is $50, $1 per shot…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 58-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court.Included in court action:• Michael Loden was bound over to the grand jury on charges of aggravated robbery, theft and domestic assault. He is accused of taking the car of a woman…