By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard Accelerated Reader tests will be added to first-grade curriculum soon, with students reading the book and then taking a computerized test. Jett Urtubees and Olivia Witt get some practice time at the computer in Michelle Lopez’s class. Students attending public schools in Warren County,…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Too much pressure can often cause a collapse, and Monday night, too much full-court pressure from the Cumberland County freshman girls caused an offensive collapse by their Warren County opponents.After holding their own for the game’s first two quarters, the Lady Pioneers found points hard…

By James Clark / Business Pulse Now that 2003 is history and I take a glimpse back in the rearview mirror, what an off-the-wall year it was.The Dixie Chicks were pounded for exercising their right to free speech, a Hollywood mega star who made his fame by blowing up cyborgs was elected governor of California,…

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Charlotte Annette Bell Buss, 29McMinnville resident and Rutherford County native Charlotte Annette Bell Buss, 29, died Jan. 1 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga.A homemaker and a member of Bonner Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Charles and Brenda Fisher Bell of McMinnville, and was preceded in death by paternal grandfather, Dewey Bell.She…

By Joseph Perkins / Columnist What an extraordinary year we had in 2003. The war with Iraq dominated the headlines. From the fall of Baghdad to the unmourned deaths of Saddam Hussein’s cutthroat sons, Uday and Qusay, to the deposed dictator’s ignominious surrender. Americans will not soon forget who was with us during the war…

By Ed Kimbrell / Columnist Culture and media blurred more walls this year, creating great performances alongside the lowest common denominators aimed at the very young.Three events, however, should be linked because of the impressive and wonderful influence they’ve had on the young and the passion for the written word.My obvious first choice must be…

By Charles W. Johnson / Columnist We often hear it said these days that we live in the information age, and most of us would agree that’s true. Indeed, at no point in history has so much pure information been available to the general population. And, as we all know, one of the main things…

Our Viewpoint When it comes to local health care, Warren County residents need River Park Hospital. There’s no other way to state it.And when it comes to insurance, a great many Warren countians rely on Blue Cross Blue Shield as their provider. Whether they are teachers with the school system or work at a local…

BABY GIRLTony and Amee Cantrell are the parents of a daughter, Jenna Lea, arriving Dec. 10 at Baptist Women’s Pavilion, MTMC, Murfreesboro. She weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 21 inches in length.Grandparents are Bobby and Wilma Sullivan, Douglas and Lynn Cantrell. BABY GIRLBrooklynn Taylor Madewell weighed 6 pounds, 1-1/2 ounces upon arrival Dec.…