By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Two suspects are in custody after an attack outside a local nightspot over the weekend left three victims with serious knife wounds.Two of the victims, Benito Castaneda and Isabel Martinez, remain under treatment at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where they are being treated…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 16-year-old high school student will be putting pen to paper as the juvenile court ordered him to write an essay telling of the consequences of his alleged actions in threatening to bring a bomb to school.The student, whose name has not been released by…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Karen Shelton, left, and her sister Kathlyn, right, were reunited at Generations of Morrison thanks to the efforts of their aunt Marjorie Montgomery, center. (Photo provided) For nearly nine years, sisters Karen and Kathlyn Shelton have been separated.The two women — both born legally deaf —…

Each day 10,000 babies — and 70,000 puppies and kittens — are born in the United States.The overwhelming majority of the babies are born to loving parents who provide them a warm and safe home. Sadly, that’s not the case with the puppies and kittens. Because there are not enough homes for these animals, around…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard This fittingly costumed group stands ready to portray characters at the first Walk with the Saints downtown this Saturday. Pictured are, from left, Bruce Atnip, Wally Bigbee, Barbara Scott and Johnny Atnip. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Get out your fall weather clothes, put on…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HARR Almost a year after Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee removed HCA, parent company of River Park Hospital, from its health care network, the two companies are no closer to resolving their differences than when they began, Blue Cross Blue Shield senior vice president…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Former Warren County High School standout Kayla Griffith was crowned 2003 ETSU Homecoming Queen earlier this month. Seen beside her is Homecoming King Andrew Heffern. (Photo provided) The brains and beauty of former Warren County High School standout Kayla Griffith combined recently to make her…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BANERJEE The soccer community is in mourning for the second time in just over a week as Ben Banerjee, the man considered the cornerstone of local youth soccer, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday morning after being stricken with a heart attack. He was 56.“It was a…

By Hope Hines / Columnist I have designated October a 5-Star month. Not that the other months of the year, especially December, are not unique, it’s just October holds special meaning for me.• The first star is for color. October is all about color, especially here in Tennessee, and on those days in the middle…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist While being one of the most convenient inventions ever, the cellphone is also one of the most annoying gadgets ever devised.Nowadays, everyone has a cellphone, from elementary school kids to your great-great-grandma. It’s a challenge, in any public environment, not to see someone working the phone like an operator on…