By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MELTON The state’s new child restraint law will go into effect July 1, with violators looking at the possibility of paying expensive tickets.“I hope we don’t have to ticket too many and that folks will do it on their own, but I’m sure there’ll be…

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McMinnville resident and Warren County native William Harold Malone, 64, died June 2 at his home after an extended illness.A maintenance employee with the Warren County School System and a member of West Riverside Church of Christ, he was the son of the late William Claude and Rebecca Morris Malone; and was preceded in death…

McMinnville resident and Norfolk Portsmouth, Va., native Terry Clifford Ward, 49, died unexpectedly May 28 in Louisiana.A machinist, an Army veteran and a member of the Church of Christ, he is survived by son, T.C. Ward Jr. of McMinnville; daughter, Lindsey Hillis of McMinnville; father, Clifford Ward of McMinnville; five grandchildren; mother and stepfather, Shirley…

Arkansas resident and North Carolina native Michael E. Hollaway, 50, died May 28 in Tulsa, Okla., following a motorcycle accident.The owner/operator of Arkadelphia Heating and Cooling, he is survived by his wife, Shirlene Turner Hollaway; children, Megan and Steven Hardgrave, Hilary Hollaway, and Annie Hollaway, all of Arkansas; grandchildren, Christopher and Anatiese Hardgrave of Arkansas;…

Campaign resident and Quebeck native Jerry Wayne Reece, 55, died June 3 at Centennial Hospital in Nashville.A construction worker, he was the son of the late William Hugh and Edith Christine Matthews Reece, and was preceded in death by sisters, Paulette Landers, Helen Golden and Essie Allen; and half-brother, Harold Reece.He is survived by his…

CHATTANOOGA (AP) — Losses suffered in the stock market by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s 2000 campaign account may be as much as 50 percent higher than previously reported, his office said. Investment losses on paper from the Frist 2000 committee could total $461,000, the senator’s office said Thursday. That’s about $160,000 more than…

By LYNDA EDWARDS / Associated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. — Nissan plants in Mississippi and Tennessee are in the running to build the automaker’s new Altima Hybrid, a mid-size sedan with a fuel-efficient, four-cylinder engine with components built by its major rival — Toyota Motor Corp. Nissan unveiled its prototype for the 2007 model on…

By BOBBY ROSS JR. / Associated Press Writer HOUSTON — Back in 1979, the Rev. Jimmy Allen thought the highlight of the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting would be a giant rally at the Astrodome featuring the Rev. Billy Graham. Instead, Allen and other moderate leaders in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination were caught by…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Monroe County has lost the first round of a federal legal tangle over the display of the Ten Commandments in its courthouse. Attorneys representing the county were not able Thursday to convince U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan that Knoxville attorney Kelly O. Herston could not sue over the display because he is…