By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Vonnie Tracht and Amaury Kintz cling to a small island amid the raging torrent after they became trapped by rising water below Great Falls Dam Sunday. (Duane Sherrill photos/ Seth Wright photo illustration) A couple huddled for an hour on an isolated piece of high…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard LEVY The unexplained death of a 6-year-old girl Saturday night has police relying on medical pathologists to determine what led to the child’s untimely passing.However, discovering the cause of the girl’s death could take a while as State Medical Examiner Dr. Bruce Levy is having…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The money is in and counted. Warren County’s second annual Relay for Life raised just over $95,000 — a $20,000 increase over last year’s event — to fight the scourge that is cancer.“We want to recognize and congratulate all of the teams not only for…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard For $29, the public can examine the criminal background of anyone with a record in the state through a new Tennessee Bureau of Investigation program.“By making criminal history information available to the public, an added level of security and public safety now exists for the…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard In tendering his resignation last week, Emergency Management Agency director Phillip Prater said the job has grown to the point where it needs to be a full-time position.County commissioners were apparently listening. On Monday, members of the Safety Committee voted to make the EMA director a…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Members of WWII’s Battery A, 311 Field Artillery Battalion, 79th Infantry Division, gathered last weekend at McMinnville Inn for their annual reunion. Pictured are, from left, James Bezemek, Tom Vinci, Jerry Yole, Richard Anderson and M.B. Hillis. Warren County’s M.B. Hillis is thrilled to…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard From left, Carl T. Rowan’s second cousin, Edward Powell, first cousin Sarah Hawthorne, the widow of the late Dr. Frank Hawthorne, and fourth cousin Anthony Sisco, 8, represented the family during a historical marker ceremony. (Amy Satterwhite photo) Friends and family of Carl T. Rowan…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard PARSON After 20 years in the National Guard, Staff Sgt. Rick Parson was expecting to retire July 10. Instead, he will be training for deployment to Iraq on that date.“They froze me. I’m not going anywhere,” he said. “I couldn’t believe the 278th would get…

Centertown, July 3• Opening ceremonies, noon• Games for all ages and concessions throughout the day• Old Timers ball game, 7 p.m.• Fireworks, 9 p.m. Fairview CIC, July 3• Flag raising and opening ceremonies, 8 a.m., followed by ball games• Entries for pie baking contest due by 9:45 a.m.• Beauty contests for infants through 12 years…

By AMBER McDOWELL / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE — Beginning this week, people who pass Tennessee’s driving test but can’t prove U.S. citizenship will qualify only for a “certificate of driving,” instead of regular driver’s license. State officials on Tuesday unveiled the purple card, which includes the traditional driver’s photo and the not-so-traditional label that…