By MARGARET HOBBS / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard To get the Warren County A&L Fair off to a wonderful fiftieth year, the Warren County Saddle Club once again starts the fair with a fun horse show.The show will be held Sat., Sept. 6 beginning at noon at the Saddle Club Arena located behind…

By Dale Stubblefield / Columnist Have you ever given much thought on where sports such as baseball, football and golf would be without animals?Yes, that’s right — I said animals.Some of you are scratching your heads right now, wondering where I’m going with this. But if you think about it for a minute, the origin…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) The Warren County High School varsity Pioneerettes dance team came away with several awards at the Universal Dance Association’s summer camp recently at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.The dance team took home honors including the Team Drill Down Award, a superior rating…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard If Tuesday’s performance was any indication, the future looks bright for the Pioneer golf team.Not only the immediate future, which includes the upcoming District 7-AAA tournament, but the distant future of upcoming seasons as well.The Pioneers defended their home course honorably Tuesday, taking second place…

The McMinnville Cruisers and Main Street McMinnville are proud to present the first Cruise In Drive In.Al Brady, president of the McMinnville Cruisers and Rodney Boyd, president of Main Street McMinnville, are joining forces to offer this unique event.Cruise In Drive In will be held this Saturday, Sept. 6 starting at 5 pm. There will…

The Mountaineer Folk Festival is scheduled for this weekend Sept. 5-7 at Fall Creek Falls State Park.The festival is filled with old-time music, pioneer skill demonstrations, handmade crafts, and great country cooking. This is the 25th year for the festival and it promises to be the biggest and best yet.The festival kicks off this Friday…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With her son suffering from brain damage reportedly inflicted while he was an inmate in another county, the mother of a Warren County Jail inmate wants her son moved to a facility which can better care for him.“He’s my son and I love him, but…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard DR. DEL VALLE The contract stalemate between HCA, parent corporation of River Park Hospital, and BlueCross BlueShield insurance is a matter of concern for all physicians in Warren County, but it has given birth to questions about how the situation will affect one medical…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard For a multitude of reasons, 17 percent of the beginning teachers in Tennessee leave the classroom every year, something some school officials fear could one day result in a full-blown teacher shortage.To fight this troubling possibility on the local level, Warren County Schools is developing…

By MELISSA STOVER / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard STANLEY After one year on the bench, Judge Bart Stanley is still going full steam ahead.A backlog of cases has left him busy during his freshman term as circuit court judge and he admits the transition from attorney to judge has been a challenge. “It’s…