By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Remains of a sign are scattered in front of McMinnville Ford after a woman lost control of her pickup and barreled onto dealership property Wednesday morning. (James Clark photo) The sales staff at McMinnville Ford usually gets excited to see a car pull into…

By MELISSA STOVER / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Beginning Saturday, McMinnville’s recently passed local option sales tax increase will take effect – just in time for the busy holiday season.The measure means items purchased inside McMinnville city limits will have a total sales tax of 9.75 percent.Local merchants say it’s not a big…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Seven suspects are in custody and more arrests are anticipated following an undercover drug-buying operation conducted by McMinnville Police Department.“This is the first time for a lot of them,” said narcotics investigator Tony Jenkins of the recent operation which concluded with numerous sealed indictments against…

John Aubrey (Bud) McGregor, 80McMinnville resident and Warren County native John Aubrey (Bud) McGregor, 80, died unexpectedly Oct. 29 at his home.A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was the son of the late John Thomas and Mollie Martin McGregor; and was preceded in death by his wife, Thelma J. Grissom McGregor.He is…

By Dale Stubblefield / Columnist Going the extra mile to succeed is a phrase we all know, but few actually understand what it really means.For some, it may mean putting in that extra hour or so each day to make sure the job gets done, or working on your day off to help out a…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County’s two youth football organizations hit the field one last time Saturday, as representatives from the Junior Football League handed the Traveling Titans a 33-6 loss.The JFL got on the board by going to the air in the first quarter, as quarterback Cody Ruehlen…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County Middle School’s Shea Hyatt, right, steps in to take the ball from a Franklin County Middle School player during tournament action Saturday in Winchester. (Dale Stubblefield photo) Saturday was a tough day for the Warren County Middle School Lady Pioneer soccer team.WCMS traveled…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Warren County Middle School fifth- and sixth-grade boys escaped with a 36-32 win over Centertown Monday night at home.The Pioneers started the game strong on offense and ended the first period going on a 12 point run. Centertown scored on its first two possessions…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) PAZ The Pioneer football team has one final shot at avoiding a winless season.Coffee County comes to town Thursday night for the 2003 season finale, and the Pioneers — who will celebrate Senior Night at the game — will attempt to top a…

County Executive Kenneth Rogers signs a proclamation designating November as National Family Caregivers Month locally while Veronica L. Solomon, left, and Georgia Mabe look on. (Photo provided) Over 50 million people, or more than one in four Americans, were family caregivers last year. A family caregiver takes care of, or assists, a chronically ill person,…