By DUANE SHERRILL A mother faces child neglect charges after her 4-year-old son nearly burned down their house while trying to cook eggs. The defendant, Angela Marie Jennings, 32, is charged with neglect of a child under the age of 6, as authorities suspect she may have been under the influence of narcotics while the…

By AMY SATTERWHITE Warren County High School Interact Club members and the Southern Standard are once again joining forces to offer the 24th annual Share A Christmas Dinner to those less fortunate. As in previous years, the Share program intends to feed about 450 local families who might otherwise go without over the holiday season.…

By DUANE SHERRILL The man who shot the sheriff is in trouble again, this time for trying to torch his sister’s home while she and her husband were inside. The suspect, Barry P. Simmons, 45, is charged with aggravated assault and attempted aggravated arson for a night of dangerous actions – which included pulling a…

By AMY SATTERWHITE Warren County High School JROTC instructor Ernest Brewington and his students put out a call for help, and people answered. The only problem is after receiving thousands of donated items for our troops, Brewington and the JROTC classes are having trouble finding the means to ship them to the soldiers of the…

By DUANE SHERRILL Officers inspect the vehicle driven by Amber Kennan after it was finally stopped on the two-lane portion of Sparta Street near the same-day surgery center. Officers don’t know for sure why she refused to stop. A Smithville woman led authorities on a high-speed chase through two counties Saturday, ending when she ran…

Rob Nunley (With the temperatures dropping like UT quarterbacks, what could be better to warm your heart like a healthy dose of random Robservations?) Last Friday, in a quote I know for a fact he actually said, Southern Standard editor James Clark mocked your friendly neighborhood sports editor’s football prognosticating abilities. “Nunley’s going to the…

By ROB NUNLEY The Warren County High School girls bowling team picked up a district win over Blackman High School Tuesday in Smyrna. Both the high game and high series for the Lady Pioneers went to Nicole Jones, who rolled a 238 game and a 589 series. The Pioneers fell short in their effort against…

Photo provided McKinley’s Chiropractic won the Division 5 Warren County Youth Soccer League. Members of the winning team are, front row, from left, Leslie Cantrell, Leala Marlin, Gabi Keith, Erica Myers, Caroline McKinley, Hayle Clemons, Kimberly Warden and Kristin Maynard. Second row, Hannah Hale, Kimberly Chisam and Brittany Porter. Back row, coaches, Amanda Love and…

Crouch Motors leapt up to take a narrow lead in the Gold and Silver bowling league at McMinnville Lanes with 25 points, while last week’s leader, Cumberland Bank, is in second with 24.5 points. Cumberland Lumber is in third with 22 points followed by Jones Twins Beauty Salon with 21, Dr Pepper has 20, McMinnville…

NEW YORK (AP) Bobby Cox and Buck Showalter were given little chance of success after payroll purges pushed out key players. Proving the predictions wrong, their teams won, anyway, and so did the managers. Cox was voted NL Manager of the Year on Wednesday for leading the Atlanta Braves to an unexpected 13th straight division…