Throughout the 4-H district, 28 members recently competed at the Cumberland District Judging Team events in areas of clothing, interior design, foods and nutrition, plant and seed identification, livestock and land. The contests train junior high and senior high youth to evaluate objects and make rational decisions related to a specific subject area. Members also…

Warren County 4-H members recently participated in the Cumberland District 4-H Horse Bowl and Hippology contests.The events were held in Cookeville and featured over 21 teams from 12 different counties. The hippology contest is composed of three different activities all dealing with the students’ knowledge of horses. Horse judging, equipment and tack identification, and a…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Sgt. 1st Class Ronnie Argo, readiness officer for the McMinnville National Guard unit, said members of the local troop have mixed emotions about the possibility of being sent to Iraq. (Will Stewart photo) Members of McMinnville’s National Guard unit may soon be heading for Iraq…

By DENNIS STANLEY / Special to the Southern Standard WAGGONER The grandson of a Smithville couple found shot to death at their home Monday has been charged with murder.Following an all-night non-stop investigation, Sheriff Lloyd Emmons said George Robert Waggoner, 32, of 1564 Coconut Ridge Road, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with two counts…

DICKSON — The Renaissance Center will feature a collection of artwork by Brentwood artist B.H. Hunt in a March 6-27 display along the center’s east wing.The retrospective will feature 21 of Hunt’s paintings “demonstrating the artist’s realistic rendition of rural Tennessee landscapes,” according to Curtis Southerland, curator for The Renaissance Center in Dickson.A reception marking…

By SCOTT LINDLAW / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush is overseeing White House and campaign operations fused by staffs that coordinate closely on political tactics, logistics and communications strategy. Ground zero at the White House is a second-floor office in the West Wing. Here, Karl Rove, Bush’s chief strategist, keeps a sharp…

By SHARON THEIMER / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush met privately Monday with the Senate Republican fund-raising committee’s biggest donors at Majority Leader Bill Frist’s home. The reception was for members of the National Republican Senatorial Committee’s new “Majority Maker” program. Donors give $25,000 annually to join, the most an individual or…

By TOM RAUM / Associated Press Writer Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., gestures during a rally at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, Monday March 1, 2004. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ATLANTA (AP) — John Edwards clung to hopes of keeping his candidacy alive on the biggest day of the primary season, while front-runner…

By ANNE GEARAN / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Online pornography has been around almost as long as the Internet itself, but Congress and the courts are still tangling over ways to protect Web-surfing children from smut that adults can legally see and buy. The Supreme Court takes its third crack at the difficult…

By ROGER ALFORD / Associated Press Writer HARLAN, Ky. (AP) — Dawn Nunez sat by her husband’s hospital bedside, worrying that he was having a heart attack and praying he would survive the wait for an ambulance to take him to another hospital. An agonizing 14 hours after doctors at Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital decided…