James Clark photo Michaela Haycox, 4, gets a push from her mom, Joyce, while they enjoy yesterday’s 75-degree temperatures, and a blooming forsythia, in their front yard.

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard In one of the longest methamphetamine sentences ever handed down in Warren County, a meth cooker was given 20 years in prison for illegally manufacturing the drug across from Dibrell Elementary.The defendant, Jerry Trapp, 26, was sentenced to 20 years behind bars Wednesday by Circuit…

Amy Satterwhite photos Two tow trucks take just seconds to pull this tractor trailer upright after the load shifted and tipped over the 18-wheeler at Mountain View Industrial Park Wednesday. The driver, Jeff Cline of Averitt Express, was not injured. The truck was en route to Yorozu Automotive in Morrison. Yorozu workers were on the…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard TDOT trucks line up to haul away tons of debris left over from a road project last year. (Amy Satterwhite photo) Area residents worried about the giant pile of asphalt left behind after road work on the bypass last year need not worry much longer.Although…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard DAVENPORT When the mayor gets his sidewalk done, people notice.But what many may not know is McMinnville has a program designed for anyone who would like a sidewalk in front of their home. If the property owner buys the concrete, city workers will provide the…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard KEENER Many people in Warren County have expressed surprise the state legislature has opted to table current legislation designed to curb the manufacture and sale of methamphetamine around the state, essentially delaying any action for 18 months.One group, the Warren County chapter of Save…

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By RON FOURNIER / AP Political Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — John Kerry, promising to create 10 million jobs and keep them in America, said Friday he would cut corporate taxes by 5 percent and eliminate tax loopholes that push jobs overseas. The Democratic presidential nominee-in-waiting said he would fight a reluctant Congress and special interests…

By JENNIFER LOVEN / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush began airing a new campaign ad Thursday that accuses Democratic rival John Kerry of a “troubling” economic record, while a pro-Kerry group fired back with a spot accusing Bush of tailoring tax policy to the rich. The latest round of television commercials reflects…

By NEDRA PICKLER / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — John Kerry said the country deserves leadership that “tells the truth” as he took over the mantle of the Democratic Party at a unity dinner Thursday with Presidents Clinton and Carter and most of his former foes. “Never has the Democratic Party been more united…