By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BOYD A pillar of the nursery industry for many years, as well as a major supporter of Christian education, prominent local citizen James Austin Boyd passed away Friday at the age of 89.During his years as a businessman, Boyd was known to quietly serve his…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Forester Ben Myers, of Studer Management Services, stands in a 12-year-old pine plantation which will be harvested several times over its lifetime until it matures, and is clear cut then replanted in a continuing cycle. (Charles W. Johnson photo) As the battle rages between…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard LEVY With evidence indicating he was driving over 90 mph when he lost control of his truck and struck a tree, a teen driver will face trial as an adult on charges ranging from vehicular assault to vehicular homicide.The defendant, James Nicholas (Nick) Harrell, now…

Attention all walkers! The countdown is on to the 13th annual MS Walk at Edwin Warner Park in Nashville on April 3. For the third year, the event’s title sponsor is St. Thomas Health Services. This year’s walk starts at 10:30 a.m., with registration beginning at 9.There are more than 5,600 people with multiple sclerosis…

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By TERENCE HUNT / AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Condoleezza Rice says the Bush administration has a good story to tell about fighting terrorism and she’s pouring it out in television appearances, interviews and newspaper articles. The one place she won’t talk is in public, under oath, before the independent commission investigating the…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER / AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Friday unveiled his plan to deal with “Benedict Arnold” companies that he has repeatedly criticized during the campaign for reaping tax benefits while shipping U.S. jobs overseas. But his proposal to end an estimated $12 billion annually in corporate…

By SCOTT LINDLAW / Associated Press Writer ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — President Bush, hunting for votes in hotly contested Sun Belt states, said Friday his administration is working toward wiring homes throughout America with high-speed Internet access by 2007. “We’ve got to make sure this country’s on the leading edge of broadband technology,” Bush said.…

WEST POINT, Utah (AP) — A woman has accused a northern Utah city of trying to sweep her topless maid business out of town. The West Point City Council has revoked the home business license of Dee Dee Derian, saying she misused it by sometimes running the business from a cell phone outside her home.…

By MARTHA MENDOZA / AP National Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Shelly Bunker’s due date is months away, but in an upscale shopping mall office last week, tucked among the hair salons and art galleries, she watched her baby boy appear to smile, yawn and wave from inside her womb. “You can kind of see…