By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Confused by constantly changing tax laws? Wonder which form you need and how to file your return?Never fear. Your local Senior Center is here. Now Warren County residents have somewhere to go locally for help with filing their taxes. And better yet, this AARP-sponsored…

By MELISSA STOVER / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Ahh, it’s getting to be that time of year. The colder weather will soon begin to subside as the warm sunshiny days awake our scenery. The dreary lifeless trees will once again be green and flowers will be abloom.One of the first flowers to make…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Local lawmen are welcoming a new around-the-clock state hotline aimed at cracking down on methamphetamine traffickers.“We’re behind anything anybody can do to fight the meth problem in Tennessee,” said Sheriff’s Chief Investigator Herb Rowland. “It’s still a real big problem here and in other parts…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard LEE The merger Friday of Union Planters Bank and Regions Bank will serve only to heighten the services available to customers in Warren County, according to Union Planters president Glena Lee.“It will bring more services to the table for our customers,” Lee said after the…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Emergency personnel remove a victim from the scene of a two-vehicle crash in Rock Island Saturday. The accident happened on Sparta Highway when a mini-van pulled from Rock Island Road and slammed into the side of the upside down SUV. A two-vehicle crash in Rock…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard In the first semester under the school system’s expanded drug testing policy, 692 drug tests were performed, which yielded a total of nine positive results.School system federal programs director Priscilla Wanamaker, whose department oversees the testing, voiced excitement at the low number of true positives…

By Jim Glenn Social Security’s Ticket to Work program – designed to help people with disabilities go to work and achieve their employment goals – is now available nationwide.The Ticket to Work program is one of the best ways to help Americans with disabilities realize their dreams through meaningful and successful careers. People receiving a…

By James Clark / Columnist I was driving down the strip Thursday morning when I couldn’t help notice a sign in front of Blockbuster Video that said, “No late fees!”My first reaction is that this is a great new policy. I’ve always enjoyed renting videos from Blockbuster and now that those pesky late fees are…

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Charles Ray Glenn, 52McMinnville resident and Grundy County native Charles Ray Glenn, 52, died Jan. 22 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville after an extended illness.A shipping employee with Lions Apparel, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of New Hope Full Gospel Church, he was the son of Charlie Odell and Myrtle Myers Glenn.He…