By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 20-person arraignment docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court.Included in court action: Macon Lee Dutemple was issued an 11-29 probationary sentence and must pay $100 plus costs and perform 16 hours public service work for domestic assault. Jennifer Parson…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Main Street Live concert series was well attended its first week and officials want to keep the buzz, in terms of location, alive.While last week’s show featuring Hispanic groups was rained out, hundreds of people attended the first of the several scheduled free summer…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The city of McMinnville is quickly moving away from a period of stagnation and is gaining prominence as a place for innovative ideas.McMinnville has been announced as a recipient of the Achievement Award for Excellence in Economic and Community Development by the Tennessee Municipal League…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard ROGERS Two intersections that have been the site of serious accidents over the past several years have generated a resolution to institute changes in an effort to alleviate the problems.County Executive Kenneth Rogers presented the resolutions to the Highway and Bridge Committee for its…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard WCHS teacher and Lighthouse Ministries founder Nathan Smith was the recipient of the Noon Exchange Club’s 2005 Humanitarian of the Year Award. Pictured are, from left, club president Bryan Denton, presenter Bill Zechman and Smith. (Charles W. Johnson phot McMinnville’s Noon Exchange Club handed…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Workers with Crom Construction have to be careful, as shown by crew members working on the new city water tower under construction off Highway 127 and Highway 108. (Amy Satterwhite photos) Work on the city of McMinnville’s newest water storage tank off Viola Road is…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HALE Three local men were nabbed recently in Alabama trying to smuggle a shipment of ephedrine back to Warren County to make methamphetamine in light of the new restrictive law here which places the meth ingredient behind the counter.The suspects, Charles Paul Hale Jr., 38,…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Economist Bill Fruth discusses steps needed to turn around Warren County’s spiraling economy. Nationally renowned economist Bill Fruth didn’t mince words when predicting Warren County’s immediate economic outlook.“You are going to get hurt when Carrier closes,” said Fruth. “There’s no way around it. The county will…

Brandi René Norwood will marry Thomas Neal Piché in a ceremony taking place at Nuevo Amanecer Church. (Photo provided) Brandi René Norwood and Thomas Neal Piché will marry July 2 in a ceremony to be held at Nuevo Amanecer Church, formerly Antioch Baptist Church.The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mariá Vazquez of Rock Island and…

MOORE Warren County 4-H Clubs, in conjunction with June Dairy Month chairman Joshua Moore and the Farmers Market, is hosting dairy month activities June 25 at the market.Activities will kick off at 9 a.m. with a celebrity cow-milking contest. Sheriff Jackie Matheny, Southern Standard news editor Charlie Johnson and County Executive Kenneth Rogers will be…