By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard GRIBBLE Security has been tightened at the domestic violence shelter after the closely guarded location of Families in Crisis was published in the Frontier phone book.“It made us feel like we’ve been stripped naked,” said Families in Crisis director Tammie Gribble, noting many batterers pose…

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Otis Odell (Odie) Dykes, 90Rock Island resident and Bledsoe County native Otis Odell (Odie) Dykes, 90, died Feb. 10 at River Park Hospital after a seven-day illness.A retired employee of Burroughs-Ross-Colville and a member of Campaign Church of Christ, he was the son of James A. and Mary Elizabeth Martin Dykes.He is survived by his…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Valley Authority said it will cut its work force with a combination of layoffs and early retirements as part of an effort to compete under deregulation. A memo from TVA chief Ike Zeringue to employees outlines steps for the planned layoffs and the organization’s effort to become a leaner operation…

By DUNCAN MANSFIELD / Associated Press Writer KNOXVILLE (AP) — FBI Director Robert Mueller said Thursday that anthrax and ricin attacks on Washington offices will be solved and the country is a safer place since the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks thanks in part to local vigilance. “I wouldn’t give up,” Mueller said when asked about…

By SCOTT REEVES / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — Walter John Bonin Jr. dreamed of getting country songs he wrote recorded by a superstar like George Strait. But Bonin, 32, who lives with his parents in St. Martinville, La., strongly denied Thursday that he was the one who sent e-mails to Strait’s manager and…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Attempts to eliminate specialty license plates in Tennessee, prompted by an anti-abortion plate, could jeopardize funding for nonprofit groups that rely on the money, some group members say. Friends of the Smokies, a group that supports the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, claims a lawsuit targeting the proposed “Choose Life” plates threatens…

By AMBER McDOWELL / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee’s top lottery official still believes that the joint venture she proposed while head of the Georgia games was a good idea. Rebecca Paul joined the Tennessee Lottery as CEO last fall after officials here rejected her proposed “joint venture” with Georgia. Almost six months…

NASHVILLE (AP) — BellSouth is seeking to reclassify rate groups for residents of 56 growing cities in Tennessee, a move that would raise bills for local service about 8 percent, according to filings with the Tennessee Regulatory Agency. The larger the town, the larger the rate group and the higher the charge for basic phone…

By TOM SHARP / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee’s workers’ compensation system is not as burdensome to employers as some claim, a representative for the state’s trial lawyers association told a legislative committee Tuesday. Gov. Phil Bredesen said in a speech Jan. 15 he was convinced Tennessee had a problem with high costs…