By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Urban forester Nick Kuhn poses by the behemoth tractor for mowing city officials preliminarily approved for purchase. The $63,000 mower is intended to mow state right of ways along the bypass. (Amy Satterwhite photo) McMinnville officials say they think they can do a better job…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard ROGERS Low-income seniors in Warren County may soon have access to an apartment complex offering an estimated 15 to 20 units of affordable housing if a grant providing federal funds to build the facility is approved.According to County Executive Kenneth Rogers, the Upper Cumberland…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard STANLEY A bid to avoid trial for the death of a 16-year-old girl was rejected for a teen driver charged with vehicular homicide for a 2003 crash which killed one and injured five others.The request for pre-trial diversion for defendant James Nicholas (Nick) Harrell, now…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard CHRIS & PAM TURNER Facing charges she had sex with a 13-year-old male student, embattled former Centertown coach Pamela Turner denies her pending divorce was her fault, challenging her estranged husband to prove she was guilty of inappropriate marital conduct.“(Pam Turner) denies it is her…

For the second time in as many weeks, the Warren County tennis teams swept Van Buren County, downing the Eagles and Lady Eagles during their match Monday afternoon at Fall Creek Falls.The boys’ team picked up a clean sweep, topping their VBHS counterparts 7-0 to improve to 5-2 on the season, and the Lady Pioneers…

By Dale Stubblefield / Columnist For the golf enthusiast, this past weekend was more than one could imagine. If you live, eat and sleep golf, then this year’s Masters was the best thing since sliced bread.The week at Augusta is like the week of the Super Bowl or World Series. Yes, there are other great…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Boyd’s softball team ran into a brick wall on Monday when the Lady Broncos entertained the Lady Tigers of Watertown. Watertown sent 19 batters to the plate in the first inning of play as the Lady Tigers rolled to a 23-1 win.Kelsey Hall took the…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Yuta Nakashima sprints down the line while McCallie’s Chase Brookshire leaps up for a high throw. The Pioneers defeated McCallie, 4-3. (Rob Nunley photos) The Warren County Middle School baseball team handled the rain, then took care of the Tornado on Monday afternoon.The Pioneers jumped…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County’s high school baseball team completed a clean sweep of its own Dr Pepper Wood Bat Classic Sunday, topping both Coffee and Sequatchie County to finish the weekend 3-0.With the victories, the Pioneers ran their winning streak to eight straight games, and improved to…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Pioneer baseball team’s eight-game winning streak was snapped Monday night, with a 2-1 loss to Murfreesboro Riverdale.With the defeat, during which neither team scored an earned run, Warren County fell to 12-5 overall and 3-2 in District 7-AAA play. Riverdale upped its record to…