By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A man who sold crack cocaine within the shadow of Bobby Ray Elementary will serve 12 years in prison.The defendant, William (Bro) Miller, 26, entered a guilty plea recently to charges of sale of cocaine and was ordered to serve 12 years in the state…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 28-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in traffic court action: Fredy C. Gutierrez was ordered to serve 48 hours of an 11-29 sentence, pay $350 plus costs and forfeit his driver’s license for one year for…

By INGRID CANTERBURY / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard If you have a child attending school in Warren County, be prepared to answer a few questions.As part of an initiative to garner more family involvement in Tennessee schools, the state school board has contracted with Family Friendly Schools. Through surveys and training, Family Friendly…

By INGRID CANTERBURY / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County teachers are one step closer to receiving a supplement for their health insurance benefits after Thursday night’s school board meeting.Prior to the meeting the negotiations committee and Warren County Education Association representatives signed an agreement on the WCEA’s proposal. The WCEA now has…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Dr. Robert J. Singer, right, of TriStar’s Skyline Medical Center, shows some new technology for treating brain aneurysms to local physician Dr. Tim Fisher. (Charles W. Johnson photo) River Park Hospital is partnering with sister TriStar Health facility Skyline Medical Center in Nashville to…

Spencer resident and Oakland, Md., native Vera C. Hillis, 89, died Jan. 25 at White County Hospital after a two-year illness.A homemaker and a member of the Church of God, she was the daughter of Ellen Harvey Duckworth.She is survived by sons, Joe Arnold of Spain and Ivin Young of Spencer; stepson, Zeake Hillis of…

Algood resident Mildred Morris Love, 72., died Jan. 25 at her home.A homemaker, she and her husband, Tommy Love, operated and owned Love-Cantrell & Cope Funeral Home in McMinnville for many years.The daughter of William and Daisy Bush Morris, she was preceded in death by her husband, Tommy Love; and brothers, J.H., Paul and Pat…

Walling resident Karen Ann Browning, 66, died Jan. 25.An employee of Montgomery Ward and a member of Heavenly Host Lutheran Church, she was the daughter of Leon and Helen Lucille Harshbarger Rahn and was preceded in death by her husband, Robert (Bob) Browning.She is survived by sons and daughter-in-law, Robert Michael and Lisa Browning of…

McMinnville resident and East Patchogue, N.Y., native Joseph William Hoppe, 70, died Jan. 27 at River Park Hospital.A retired member of the New York Highway Patrol and a member of the Lutheran Church, he served his country in the U.S. Army in the Korean War.The son of William and Sylvia Switzkofski Hoppe, he was preceded…

Smithville resident Jane (Bunny) Keen, 61, died Jan. 29 at DeKalb Hospital.A cook for DeKalb Hospital and a member of Gath Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late John B. and Georgia White Judkins, and was preceded in death by son-in-law, Rickey D. Ford; and sisters, Frankie Lauderdale, Betty Beard and Bobbie Doe.She…