CHARLES WARE — 2003 Morrison Citizen of the Year April 7 is the deadline for making nominations for the Citizen of the Year award of the Morrison Ruritan Club.The club’s 29th annual citizenship banquet, at which this year’s winner will be honored, is scheduled Saturday, April 17 at the Morrison Ruritan building.The club established the…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard An enormous pile of recycled materials from a bypass resurfacing project, stockpiled near Angels Bridge, is slated to be used on an as-needed basis. (Amy Satterwhite photo) Last year’s paving of the bypass has left a residual impact to the tune of around 10,000 tons.It’s…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Capt. Dirk Ringgenberg shares a smile with this 14-year-old Iraqi boy who had his face burned with a blow torch by members of Saddam’s Feyadeen. (Photos provided) As U.S. casualties continue to mount in Iraq, one common misconception held by many Americans is that no…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Like the fabled story of Nero playing the fiddle while Rome burned, some lawmakers are fearful the state legislature’s slow response to the methamphetamine problem will allow the epidemic to spread throughout the state.“By doing nothing, it allows this problem to grow unabated for another…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard LAND Two local convenience store employees received lengthy federal sentences this week for selling methamphetamine ingredients to drug traffickers.According to Assistant U.S. District Attorney Perry Piper, the sentencings of Gary Dodson, 55, former owner of Bridgeside Market on Beersheba Street and his employee, Lester Land,…

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Eight Democratic party chairmen in 14 Southern states say they prefer North Carolina Sen. John Edwards as John Kerry’s running mate, according to a survey by The Charlotte Observer. “Senator Edwards would be a great choice,” says Georgia party chairman Bobby Kahn. “He could help in the South and help mobilize…

By WILL LESTER / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush is vulnerable on job creation and Democratic rival John Kerry must convince voters that he can protect the country, according to an Associated Press poll. Both presidential candidates have been working hard to turn the campaign debate to their strongest subjects — national…

McMinnville resident and Cannon County native Robert Clifton Melton, 84, died March 22 at TVHS York VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro after a brief illness.A retired heavy equipment operator and a member of White Chapel Church of Christ, he served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II.The son of the late Willie…

Woodbury resident and Warren County native Matt Jennings, 34, died March 22 at Centennial Medical Center after an extended illness.A graduate of the Tennessee School for the Deaf, a member of the Church of Christ and the Sons of Confederate Soldiers, he was the son of Charles and Kay Medley Jennings of Woodbury; and was…