By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Tennessee hunting and fishing licenses will be going up by about 35 percent, marking the first time they have been raised in 15 years.The increase in fees, according to Allen Gebhardt of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, is to prevent further cuts in wildlife management…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard While the Tennessee lottery took in more than $863 million its first year, local retailers say it is no cash cow for them, but remains necessary to compete.“It’s not turned into a revenue producer, but we expected it wouldn’t,” said Terry Boyd, owner of Korner…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Bill Zechman, left, received the Distinguished Citizen Award while Ray Spivey took home the Free Enterprise plaque at the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting Monday. (Charles W. Johnson photo) The McMinnville-Warren County Chamber of Commerce handed out its premier yearly awards honoring Warren County’s…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard McMinnville Police K-9 Handler Tim Jones, along with the city’s drug dog Kastor, has a high rate of drug finds when they are called to investigate suspicious motorists and their vehicles. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the ability of police to use drug detecting…

By INGRID CANTERBURY / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Bobby Ray students love to read and Tennessee’s First Lady Andrea Conte gave them 500 more reasons to keep on reading.During an assembly in the Bobby Ray gymnasium on Tuesday the First Lady stopped to visit with students and drop off 500 books for the…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Bill Walter with some of the equipment, photos, maps and memorabilia he has collected during a lifetime of exploring and surveying caves. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Warren County’s Bill Walter has spent a big part of his life underground, literally. But he’s not a…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The high-risk qualifications established to determine who can get a flu shot are being tossed aside for tomorrow’s local flu shot clinic and officials say anyone who wants one can get one.After one of the nation’s flu vaccine suppliers was unexpectedly closed last year, resulting…

Morrison Ruritan’s 38th annual Little Miss Valentine Pageant will be held Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. at Morrison School. Rehearsal will be held Friday, Feb. 11, at 6 p.m.To qualify, contestants must be between the ages of 3 and 6 and not in school other than kindergarten, must live or have a grandparent who lives…

Rachel-Manai Robinson and Brian Anthony Watson were married in a double ring ceremony taking place Dec. 11 at Bonner Church of Christ. Tim Long was the officiant.The bride is the daughter of Lannie and Tonnya Robinson. Her grandparents are Gerald and Wanda Hallum, Louise Robinson and the late Ralph T. Robinson.Parents of the bridegroom are…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Jonathan Rayson as Seymour, with carnivorous plant Audrey II puppeteered by Michael Latini, Paul McGinnis and Marc Petrosino, perform in “Little Shop of Horrors” which will be at Nashville’s TPAC Jan. 25-30. (Photo courtesy of Bruce Bennett) The hit Broadway musical, “Little Shop of…