PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) Residents and tourists in cars, trucks and campers clogged highways along the state’s Atlantic coast Thursday, fleeing inland as mighty Hurricane Frances threatened Florida with its second battering in three weeks. About 2.5 million residents were told to clear out – the biggest evacuation request in state history – ahead…

NASHVILLE (AP) Education officials took in early returns on the state’s lottery scholarship program and began looking at ways it could be massaged in future years. Roughly 36,000 students have been given HOPE scholarships so far, awards worth $3,000 a year at four-year schools and $1,500 at community colleges. Roughly 10,000 Wilder-Naifeh grants have been…

NASHVILLE (AP) Many of the state’s nearly 7,000 sex offenders have failed to meet a Sept. 1 deadline to register under a new law, frustrating some authorities who must eventually track them down. “I’ve got about 140 sex offenders on a list provided by the state,” said Lt. Myles Howard of the Bradley County Sheriff’s…

James Clark It was about two weeks ago when I was confronted with one of those tough choices in life. I was pulled aside and asked to buy a $2 raffle ticket to support Dibrell Elementary’s Back-to-School Festival. It was a maddening decision and one I didn’t take lightly. One part of me wanted to…

Joseph Perkins When MoveOn.org posted not one, but two ads on its Web site that likened George W. Bush to Adolf Hitler, John Kerry uttered nary a discouraging word. When the Media Fund ran attack ads that falsely claimed: “President Bush says he’s going to help companies outsource jobs” to other countries, the Massachusetts senator…

Class Of 1964 ReunionFortieth Class Reunion for the Van Buren High Class of 1964 will be held on Sat., Sept. 11th at 2:00 PM at Fall Creek Falls Picnic sheds one and two by the Nature Center. A very informal gathering. Everyone should bring a picnic lunch. Drinks, lounge chair or blanket. If at all…

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By WILL STEWART Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Republican candidates and organizations have been the largest recipient of Warren County political contributions this election cycle, collecting just under half of all county donations. According to The Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan research group which tracks political money, Warren countians have given a total…

NEW YORK (AP) President Bush outlined his vision for the next four years during his speech last night at the Republican National Convention. President Bush asked voters Thursday to reject John Kerry’s “policies of the past,” casting himself Thursday as a steady and compassionate leader who would use a second term to build a more…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County Middle’s Casey Dunn smothers Franklin County South’s Giordani Taylor during first-quarter action Tuesday night at Nunley Stadium. It may not have been the prettiest of wins, but you’d better believe they’ll take it. Warren County Middle School kept its early unbeaten streak alive Tuesday…