By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A local man faces evading arrest charges after he allegedly left his injured friends in his wrecked car and then tried to get another person to take responsibility for the crash.The suspect, Ronnie Keaton, is charged with evading arrest, leaving the scene of an accident…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard One of the most troublesome issues modern society has to deal with is hazardous waste. We don’t seem to have much trouble producing it, but we do find it hard to figure out how to dispose of it safely and conveniently.The average home in…

By MELISSA STOVER / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard In a letter to WastAway this week, Mayor Royce Davenport has indicated that McMinnville is still interested in moving its trash disposal from Waste Management to WastAway.WastAway is a fairly new recycling operation located in Warren County, which turns household trash into useful materials. City…

ROSE TV personality Meryll Rose will make a trip to McMinnville in October to serve as a guest for the fifth annual Walk for the Cure breast cancer fund-raiser.Rose, who is host of the popular show “Talk of the Town,” will greet participants as they register for the downtown walk at First Methodist Church. She…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard The Chamber of Commerce will be holding its second annual Taste of Warren County fund-raiser this Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at McMinnville Civic Center.Tickets for adults are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Children 4 to 12 years are…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Coin collector Steve Sweet displays a platinum $100 piece that’s valued at $800. The platinum set, containing a $100 piece, a $50 piece, a $25 piece and a $10 piece, is worth around $1,700. (James Clark photo) When is a dollar worth $1.2 million? When it’s…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard DAVIS When teachers reach a certain point in their careers, it is common for them to begin teaching the children of former students. To teach the grandchildren of former students, however, is a much rarer event.For Irving College Elementary teacher Jo Eva Davis, this unlikely…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the three suspects in the fatal burning of a Measels Estates woman, who died Saturday from burns she received in the attack almost two weeks ago.The defendants, Ruben Pimentel, 32, Luiz De La Cruz, 26, and Luiz Gomez,…

It ran for 21 years in London’s West End, the longest-running musical ever. It holds the record for the longest-running Broadway musical. It was selected to be produced by only four regional theatres in the nation this spring: Chicago, Sacramento, Boston? and Crossville, Tenn.! And now CATS has become the biggest play in Cumberland County…

By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard Riverview Terrace residents donned grass skirts, floral shirts, leis and straw hats as the assisted living facility presented its first luau. The event spilled out onto the spacious lawn where the Silver and Gold Band performed.Chris Bundgaard, WKRN Channel 2 news reporter, was a…