By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Gov. Phil Bredesen’s proposed TennCare cuts are not only going to impact Tennessee citizens who have depended on TennCare for their health insurance, they are also going to make a major dent in the bottom line of Tennessee hospitals.Tony Garr, executive director of Tennessee…

By INGRID CANTERBURY / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Students from Warren County High School’s Black History Club marched in a five-mile walk in Nashville Monday on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Pictured are, at front, from left, Noemi Guzman and Gaby Guzman. At back, Denzel Robinson and Craig Whittaker. Martin Luther King Jr.…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard In what has become an offshoot of Christmas, BB gun wielding vandals left a trail of destruction across the city over the weekend.“We’ve had problems like this several times before,” said McMinnville Police Cpt. Bryan Denton. “This time of year, we find it’s some kid…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard McMinnville residents could see their water bills increase again after city officials said they plan to move forward with more than $2 million in upgrades to the city’s water system.Members of the Water and Wastewater Committee voted last week to proceed with plans to build…

TO THE EDITOR: We’d like to invite you to take part in a unique event. Relay For Life is a fun and inspirational event that brings together a community to raise funds for cancer research, the development of new prevention and detection programs, to help the American Cancer Society continue to provide its expansive patient…

By Thomas Vaughn President Bush has often asserted he is “a uniter, not a divider.” Critics have been quick to challenge him on this point, particularly on his decision to go to war in Iraq.However, the biggest challenge to national unity on domestic policy is likely to come from those who oppose him on Social…

By Charles W. Johnson Co-workers have been tossing some unusual phrases at me lately and, like them, I have been wondering about their origins.Layout artist Seth Wright ran into one such unusual phrase when having his weekly conversation with Smithville Review editor Dennis Stanley who, when asked how he is doing, reportedly replies, “Oh, same…

Our Viewpoint News that the 2004 presidential election produced the largest voter turnout in 36 years is nothing but encouraging. It shows Americans do care about the direction of the nation we call home — a feeling which isn’t always readily conveyed by some elections.The Center for the Study of the American Electorate announced Friday…

Our Viewpoint There has been controversy surrounding a desire by the county’s beer board to stop drinking at Country Club Market.In actuality, there shouldn’t be a controversy at all. In fact, the situation is as cut and dry as it gets.Country Club Market doesn’t have a permit for on-premises consumption of beer. The market does…

Monday, Jan. 17Boyd High School basketball, at home vs. Van Buren Co., JV 4:30/Varsity 6 p.m.WCHS freshman basketball, at home vs. Oakland, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 188th-grade basketball, WCMS at home vs. Coffee Co., 6 p.m.WCHS basketball, at Lebanon, 6:30WCHS wrestling, at home vs. CPA, Marshall, 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 208th-grade basketball, WCMS at home…