By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Magness Library was proud to present An Evening with Young Poets last week. The event featured a number of local students from seventh to 12th grade from all over the county who performed their own works in front of a receptive audience. According to…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Centertown Title I math teacher Bettye Pack tucks her personal belongings away after retiring from the school, where she has taught for 30 years. (Amy Satterwhite photo) Packing up her room Monday, it seemed Centertown teacher Bettye Pack didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.That…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Happy little dachshund Johanna enjoys a chin rub from Humane Society animal shelter director Beth Farmer as Humane Society president Andy Anderson looks on. (Charles W. Johnson photo) If there’s one common denominator for animal lovers in this country, it’s that everyone loves a…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Being caught with three meth labs in under a year has landed a local man in federal prison for six and a half years with his illegal enterprise also taking two friends with him to prison for conspiracy.Donovan Wood, 41, entered a guilty plea and…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A retrial has been set for Eric Sullivan, who has already been found guilty of murder but who has seen that conviction overturned. Still to be held in an undesignated location to prevent tainting the jury pool, the retrial of once convicted murderer Eric Sullivan…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BROCK Brush service provided by the city of McMinnville may become a little more expensive, city officials indicated, after the department director recommended getting out of the brush business altogether.The city was put on notice in March about recycling company WastAway’s intent to stop taking…

Charles W. Johnson photo Pretty red-haired Easton McCormick, 6, checks out one of beautiful spring flowers at the Farmers Market. The Farmers Market is open every Wednesday and Saturday morning, and will expand its hours to Friday afternoons beginning in June.

Margaret Hobbs photo Little cowpoke Clayton Jones, 18 months, rides his stick horse at the Warren County Saddle Club recently. He is the son of James and Lynn Jones.

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Gas. Can’t live without it, can’t afford to buy it.This seems to be the lament of most Americans these days. But oddly enough, there also seems to be a major attitude change over the last couple of decades.Where once the cost of fuel drove Americans…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Emma Grace Madewell, 3, gets the book “Goodnight Gorilla” from her mailbox with her sister Madisen, 2. The book is sent to children as part of the Imagination Library program. They are the daughters of Chris and Christie Madewell. (James Clark photo) When Christie Madewell sees…