By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A short 21-person arraignment docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court. Traffic court was canceled Thursday due to New Year’s Day.Included in court action:• Pascacio Rojas Diaz was ordered to serve 30 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence for simple…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard When most people decide to conquer a mountain they usually start at the bottom and work their way up to the top, but that’s apparently not the way participants in the annual New Years Day ride on Harrison Ferry Mountain do it.These four-wheel drive…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard PANTER Saying it is time for a change, longtime community volunteer Emily A. Panter has announced her candidacy for the office of assessor of property.In making her announcement, Panter said she has an extensive background in management and working with the citizens of Warren County.“I…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With early voting to begin in three weeks, county voters will soon have an opportunity to decide if they want to join the city of McMinnville in raising the local option sales tax.The referendum will ask if county voters want to increase the local option…

THE PRIZE VAULT The Standard has organized its share of promotions aimed at giving away large sums of money. But never before has the newspaper tried to give away $25,000.That all ends this Monday at 9 a.m. when the Standard officially has its prize vault available for 680 lucky contestants. These contestants will have anywhere…

By MELISSA STOVER / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard It’s a bright sun-shiny day but what’s wrong with this picture? It’s the third day of the new year which means this is the dead of winter, but to look outside it appears to be anything but January.By mid-afternoon Saturday, Union Planter Bank’s time and…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard The first baby born at River Park Hospital in 2004 is Blake Mayfield, pictured here with his mom, Kelly. She gave birth to the 6-pound, 2-ounce boy at 6:24 p.m. on New Year’s Day. (Charles W. Johnson photo) The first baby born at River…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The burglars known as the cigarette bandits continued their brand of unusual break-ins over the holidays, with the latest heist captured on surveillance film at Four-Lane Market.The most recent break-in happened Dec. 28 at the Sparta Highway establishment, giving the bandits an even half dozen…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BUSS A young mother of three was killed Thursday morning in a four-wheeler accident in the foothills off Woodlee Court near the Fairview community.The victim, Charlotte Annette Bell Buss, 29, of McMinnville died after being airlifted to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga aboard LifeForce helicopter.According…

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