Although the school year has begun, it is not too late for girls to become a part of the largest leadership development organization for girls in the world – the Girl Scouts.The membership drive of the Girl Scout Council of Cumberland Valley is in full swing in Warren County. All girls and teens ages 5-17…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County can use some more qualified foster parents, according to foster care recruiter Julie Metcalf.“Here in Warren County, we really need a lot more foster parents due to meth labs and things like that going on. We’ve had more and more kids coming…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A Mullican Street man who spent much of his life in prison for sex offenses faces child molestation charges in two counties, including neighboring Coffee County.The suspect, Robert Charles Taylor, 53, is charged with sexual assault and is being held in the Coffee County Jail.…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard CHRISAWN On the heels of a highly successful Drive-in Cruise-in event, Main Street McMinnville officials have made it plain the organization doesn’t plan to stand on its laurels.The group, minus a director at the moment, is continuing to plan and schedule events well into…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WIDEMAN Grab your gun and ammo: The fourth annual Gunning for Orphans sporting clays tournament sponsored by the McMinnville Breakfast Rotary Club is set to take place early next month.Benefiting from the fund-raiser will be some 500 orphaned and abandoned children in two Romanian orphanages.The…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Magness Library director Mary Robbins will soon be forced to work with much less if the county doesn’t restore its library funding by $6,000 in two weeks. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Magness Library will lose over 4,000 books, and thousands of dollars in state…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard PEDIGO A carnival worker was airlifted from the Warren County Fair last night after he slipped on a ride and was hurled against its side.The victim, a 45-year-old Florida man, was working as one of two operators on the Starship 2000 ride at the time…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) A daring daylight robbery failed Wednesday afternoon when a pharmacist inside Bi-Lo slammed the door in the face of the nervous gunman, forcing him to leave empty handed.Police suspect the would-be robber is a copycat and not the same person who robbed Super D…

Juanita Holder, 75Warren County resident and native Juanita Holder, 75, died unexpectedly Sept. 7 at River Park Hospital.A homemaker and a member of Jehovah’s Witness, she was the daughter of Richard and Fanny Mae Dodd; and was preceded in death by James Dodd, Joe Melton Dodd and Willie M. Marlow.She is survived by her husband,…

By Hope Hines / Columnist To be entertained these days, you need not look up the movie listings. All the world is a stage, right? Look at the comedy playing in California right now. Come to think of it, just about everything that happens in the golden state, is very sad, or very funny –…