By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard An alleged meth lab and several grams of finished product resulted in the arrest of a Smartt Station pair at their residence Tuesday afternoon.Charged with the manufacture of a schedule II drug and possession for resale of a schedule II drug were Roger Lindon Womack,…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard SEALS Hoping to reduce violence at Warren County High School, which has seen several vicious fights in recent months, the school’s ASPIRE team was recently awarded a $250 Mix It Up grant.An activism initiative run by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Study Circles…

By MELISSA STOVER / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Talk once again turned to WastAway for city aldermen meeting Tuesday night. The talk was prompted by a letter WastAway sent to city officials informing them they are now capable of taking the city’s trash for recycling.WastAway officials say they hope this is a step…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard ROGERS Warren County’s recycling figure of 95 percent, provided thanks to its use of WastAway, has been instrumental in obtaining two matching fund grants in which the state will provide a total of $221,700 and the county will provide matching funds of $95,820.The money…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Dr. Deborah Watlington knows all too well the destructive behavior which can accompany attention deficit disorder. As a child psychologist and current Warren County School Board member, Watlington was a teacher before she opted to further her education.It’s been years since Watlington has taught,…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard ZADEH Even if they pass every course required, 15 percent of the Warren County High School Class of 2005 might not graduate next year since they have not yet passed the English Gateway exam.Failing to pass the math Gateway exam may prevent 12 percent of…

MEMPHIS (AP) — Romelus Caraway found out the courtroom is not the place for a lot of cussing. Caraway, who is awaiting trial on a kidnapping charge, got a 100-day jail sentence when he refused a judge’s order to clean up his language. Caraway, 28, insisted on using a four-letter expletive at a hearing before…

NASHVILLE (AP) — August is six months away, but the Tennessee Legislature already is stuck in dog days with two pending bills to change state canine laws. Rep. Bill Dunn, R-Knoxville, introduced a bill to require pickup drivers to restrain dogs riding in the truck beds with leashes or carriers. He said he wants to…

By TOM SHARP / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency could set its own fees for hunting and fishing licenses under a bill approved by the House on Thursday. The bill would take the fee-setting responsibility away from the General Assembly and move it to the TWRA’s governing commission. The…

By DUNCAN MANSFIELD / Associated Press Writer KNOXVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Valley Authority has unleashed a “spam killer” on the more than 20,000 unsolicited and unwanted electronic messages that flood its computer network each month. Pornography, financial scams, advertisements, dating services and eBay auction notifications are the first to be targeted. Later, if the…