By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard City officials appeared to be convinced an engineering company can help reduce operating expenses or increase revenues and said they wanted to go ahead with a detailed study of the city’s infrastructure.The company, called Johnson Controls, Inc., is headquartered out of Milwaukee, Wis., and has…

Local residents Floyd and Lynn Goff found Hope Lodge a haven while Lynn was undergoing a six-week regimen of treatment for cancer. Hope Lodge is a free housing facility funded by the American Cancer Society. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Lynn Goff burst into tears immediately after she was diagnosed with uterine cancer.Goff was shocked by…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Investigators aren’t sure what caused this 1998 Chevy driven by Jimmy D. Webb to cross the median and collide with another vehicle Tuesday afternoon on Manchester Highway. (Duane Sherrill photo) A Summitville man was critically injured Tuesday when his truck crossed the median at the…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A local teen faces child rape charges after allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old girl during a party.The defendant, Eric Phillips, 19, was indicted recently on the charge of child rape, a crime which carries a penalty of 15 to 25 years. He was picked…

PIERCE Chonda Pierce isn’t sure where the term “Christian comedian” originated. But as a best-selling Christian comedian who has worked with Billy Graham and performed at the Grand Ole Opry, she’s not going to argue.“I don’t know where the title Christian comedian came from,” Pierce says. “I’m a stand-up comedian. That’s what I do for…

NASHVILLE (AP) — The state’s plans to cut TennCare enrollment ran into more trouble Thursday when a federal judge ruled that all 323,000 enrollees slated to be cut or have their benefits reduced can seek a hearing to appeal the loss of coverage. U.S. District Court Judge William J. Haynes said the appeals process was…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Morgan Gonder, senior patrol leader of Boy Scout Troop 631, gets ready for the troop’s project, called “Sole to Soul” which will collect shoes to send to needy children in Iraq with the help of the 278th National Guard troops. (Charles W. Johnson photo)…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard GREENE After being cleared of wrongdoing by the local grand jury last month, a Blues Hill rancher now faces seven years to life in a federal prison for allegedly pointing a gun at the sheriff’s department helicopter in February.The defendant, Jerry Glenn Greene, 36, is…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard FRUTH Despite massive manufacturing layoffs, Warren County is on firm economic footing, according to prominent economist Bill Fruth.“All I see is opportunity here,” said Fruth during a presentation yesterday at the Warren County Administrative Offices. “You have an airport. You have land. You have easy access…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Miss Tennessee 2004 Ashley Eicher greets West Elementary students after delivering a heartfelt discussion on respect for oneself and others at the school yesterday. (Amy Satterwhite photo) Miss Tennessee 2004 Ashley Eicher looks like the kind of person who has never had any trouble in…