By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard The McMinnville/Warren County Chamber of Commerce will be sponsoring a World War ll veteran’s appreciation event to coincide with the dedication of the World War ll veteran’s monument in Washington D.C. on May 29.The event will be held at Warren County Memorial Airport, beginning…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard McMinnville officials are gearing up for the second annual McMinnville City Triathlon set to take place June 27.Last year’s event, the first in McMinnville, was successful in drawing around 80 participants and their friends to the area, Civic Center recreation programmer Jeff Anselmo said.This year,…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard For the third straight year, Warren County High School’s quiz bowl team battled to a second-place finish in the WCTE-TV Academic Bowl.The team fell again in the finals to perennial champ and state powerhouse Cookeville High School after what was, by all accounts, a nearly…

By DENNIS STANLEY / Publisher & Editor for the Smithville Review It appears the gentlemen’s club east of Smithville is operating legally, but those seeking a form of local regulation for the strip club may have found it.Some residents have complained about The Midnight Express Lounge which opened early this month on Highway 70 East.…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Shirley Neal earned a pass out of “jail” after raising over $1,000 for MDA. (James Clark photo) Shirley Neal’s stint as a jailbird was a brief one.When she went before the judge and said she had raised over $1,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, she was…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Longtime school teacher and librarian Maxine Winton, now retired, spends her mornings volunteering in the Hickory Creek classroom of her daughter, Sherry Hale. She is seen here helping second-grader Tyler Moore with an assignment. (Will Stewart photo) “Once a teacher, always a teacher.” Such is…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard HULETT Commissioners voted down a resolution to eliminate payment for committee meetings Monday night after some heated discussion and with two motions to amend the resolution, both of which failed.The resolution, which failed 13-10, was presented by Commissioner Carl Hulett and seconded by Terry…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A wildfire set by an arsonist scorched over 1,000 acres of land on Harrison Ferry Mountain Monday, sending up a plume of smoke visible from downtown McMinnville.“This was intentionally set, right in the middle of a clear-cut section,” said Wayne Davenport of the Tennessee Department…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Sheriff’s Lt. Jody Cavanaugh and tow truck operator Brad Norrod discuss how to get the truck, driven by Terry Michael Clayton, 16, out of the creek. (Duane Sherrill photo) A local teen suffered serious injuries Monday when his truck ran into a creek bed as…

McMinnville resident and Cannon County native Myrtle Eva Tenpenny, 93, died April 20 at River Park Hospital.A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Delbert and Elizabeth Swanger Sissom.She is survived by her husband, Delter Lee Tenpenny; sons, Harlen Tenpenny of McMinnville and Raymond Tenpenny of Murfreesboro; daughters,…