VIRGO: The year aheadIn the year ahead you are likely to become involved in a venture or enterprise that is grander in scope than anything you’ve tackled in the past, although you’ll need associates. The more productive they are, the more fortunate you’ll be. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — If anyone has the ability to…

Bill Clinton was an active, jogging, jovial time bomb. Like thousands of others, he had no idea how close he was to a heart attack and possibly death — even though he had years of presidential health care and continued checkups. His case is a stark illustration of how silently heart disease creeps up and…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard Controversy has swirled around the local animal shelter for years, particularly in the past three months. In this file photo, animal shelter manager Beth Farmer, left, talks to Fox reporter Liane Jackson about animal dumping. Warren County residents, particularly those who have had problems with…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard One of the teen-age passengers in last week’s crash on Scenic Hills Road has succumbed to injuries, while the driver remains in extremely critical condition. Front-seat passenger Candace Richardson, 16, died Monday evening at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where she had been under treatment…

Duane Sherrill It’s the week before the season and time to go on the record about who you think is going to the Super Bowl. Granted, there’s really nothing scientific about picking the winners since rarely, in recent history, have the odds-on preseason favorites even made it to the Super Bowl. No more dynasties like…

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard For hundreds of Warren County residents who receive Supplemental Security Income from the Social Security Administration, the checks were in the mail. They were just two days late. Concern circulated last week when hundreds of checks, normally delivered the first day of every month, didn’t arrive at…

By WILL STEWART Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard While attending the Title 1 annual parent meeting Thursday night at Hickory Creek Elementary, Dibrell third-grader Rickey Stoner has his future told by this gypsy fortune teller played Warren County Schools special education director Linda Wilson. Designed to give an extra boost to students who are…

By WILL STEWART Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Local Motlow students Rhonda Swindell, left, and Laura Steele enjoy cake and ice cream as they celebrate Motlow’s 35th anniversary Friday morning. Since its opening in 1969, Motlow State Community College has been a lot of things for a lot of people. For most, however, the…

Tyler Bell Name: Tyler BellSchool: Eastside ElementaryGrade: SeventhAge: 12Homeroom teacher: Jeanna MortonFavorite subject: AlgebraExtracurricular activities: Basketball, 4-H, Jr. BetaWhat I want to be when I grow up: Nurseryman