By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A Smithville youth died Saturday morning when the car in which he was a passenger flipped into a pond, leaving him trapped beneath the wreckage. The victim, Masedonio Aldino Cruz, 20, was found inside the 1995 Ford Escort when the car was pulled from a…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard STANLEY The defense for Stephen Champion is appealing the teen’s recent juvenile conviction on charges he struck a deputy during a disagreement this past June that saw four members of the Champion family arrested.The appeal will be heard by Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley on…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Friends of the Caney Fork chairman Ricky Dunn at the headwaters of Rocky River where the environmental group hopes to convince Spencer to discharge its treated wastewater rather than into the main channel of the Caney Fork. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Friends of the…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard State Rep. Charles Curtiss talks with 278th National Guard Capt. Jim Reed during his recent trip to Camp Shelby, Miss. Soldiers with the 278th are expected to be transferred to California before eventual deployment to Iraq. (Photo provided) As a former Marine, state Rep. Charles Curtiss…

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Alvin Boyd Myers, 56Morrison resident and Grundy County native Alvin Boyd Myers, 56, died unexpectedly Aug. 24 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.The owner of A.J.’s Nursery and a member of the Christian Fellowship Church, he was the son of Chester Myers of Centertown and the late Willie Mae Higgins Myers.He is survived by his wife,…

By NANCY ZUCKERBROD / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — One of the staunchest opponents of the war in Iraq will be making noise inside the Republican National Convention. Rep. Jimmy Duncan of Tennessee will join other conservative Republicans at Madison Square Garden in New York, calling for four more years and preparing to campaign in…

NASHVILLE — Conservationists plan a lawsuit over federal handling of wetlands in the Cumberland Plateau, saying the Army Corps of Engineers is ignoring the Clean Water Act for an airport expansion. The organizations, including the National Wildlife Federation and the Tennessee Clean Water Network, said they filed a 60-day notice this week of their intention…

By TOM SHARP / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE — Tennessee legislators compiled a lukewarm record on environmental issues during the last General Assembly, according to an environmental scorecard issued Thursday by Tennessee Conservation Voters. The group, a coalition of 17 other groups interested in environmental issues, rated lawmakers on their sponsorship or votes on 17…

By TOM SHARP / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE — Gov. Phil Bredesen could save $325 million in TennCare spending by picking “low-hanging fruit” that would not hurt enrollees as much his reform proposal would, a coalition of advocate groups said Thursday. The coalition, the familiar advocates for TennCare, pledged to support some manner of TennCare…