By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Candice Lusk, left, receives a congratulatory handshake from County Mayor Kenneth Rogers after she and spouse Thomas, center, closed on the house at law offices Wednesday. (Amy Satterwhite photo) A $1 purchase netted more than 60,000 times the original investment for the people of Warren…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard DAVENPORT Main Street construction previously expected to begin in early June will not happen as expected, city officials indicated Tuesday.Project engineers questioning bids received April 15, which were more than $1 million over what was estimated, were said to be in the process of making…

By KARIN MILLER / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — Senators overwhelmingly approved legislation Thursday that would change the state constitution to grant property tax relief to the elderly, but it was only the first major step on a long road. The resolution sponsored by Sen. Mark Norris, R-Collierville, still must go through the House…

By KARIN MILLER / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — The Senate unanimously approved legislation Thursday raising the average salary of Tennessee teachers, in hopes of ending a 12-year court battle over funding equity among rural and urban schools. The bill, crafted by Gov. Phil Bredesen’s administration, passed the House earlier this week and now…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard STANLEY Facing a steady stream of repeat offenders, Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley says the present system of justice in the area of methamphetamine is failing miserably.“What’s going to happen when I sentence someone right now is they’re going to go to jail for a…

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Morrison resident and Marshall County, Ala., native Peggy Delaine Whitehead, 63, died April 28 at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.A retired educator with the Coffee County School System and a member of Morrison First Baptist Church and the Women’s Missionary Union, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Bunice Lee Ann…

Portland resident and Texas native Edna Earle Hendrickson, 92, died April 29 in Portland after an extended illness.A former resident of McMinnville, a retired nurse with McMinnville Medical Clinic, and a member of Westwood Church of Christ, she was the daughter of William M. and Nora Ollie Stewart Christian; and was preceded in death by…

Maryville resident formerly of McMinnville Bessie Womack Akins Brunson, 81, died April 27 at Blount Memorial Hospital. Services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Smith Mortuary West Chapel in Maryville with Dr. Allen Raines officiating. Burial will follow at Grandview Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service today at the…