By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard City officials, members of McMinnville’s Breakfast Rotary Club and others gather Tuesday to celebrate the formal dedication of the club’s overlook project along the Barren Fork River. (Amy Satterwhite photo) It took 800 man hours, $10,000, lots of concrete and metal, and more than a…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MORGAN An accused child molester may have provided prosecutors with enough photographic evidence to lock him away for the rest of his life when he allegedly took pictures of himself molesting two little girls.The defendant, Joseph Morgan III, 50, was indicted recently on 36 counts…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Carlton Shirley prepares to be baptized Tuesday night by Cornerstone Baptist minister Braxton Hunter. A metal trough was used for baptisms during the tent crusade. (James Clark photos) Evangelist Harold Hunter doesn’t need a church to spread the word of God. During a crusade this week…

By Jim Miller / Columnist Dear Savvy Senior,I am 59 years old and I had a heart attack last year. My wife keeps nagging me to start walking with her so I don’t have another one. The problem is, I’m an old athlete, who thinks this walking stuff is more for women and is a…

Sherry Lynne Spakes and Joe E. Williamson were married May 14 in a double-ring ceremony at Hickory Creek Wedding Chapel. (Photo provided) Sherry Lynne Spakes and Joe E. Williamson were joined in marriage May 14 in a ceremony held at Hickory Creek Wedding Chapel. Eldie Ferrell officiated the event and recorded music was provided by…

By MARGARET HOBBS / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Pageant royalty named at the Dibrell Spring Pageant are, first row from left, Josh Greer, Mr. Dibrell Bradley Campbell and Josh Tuttle. Back row, Shani Jaco, Shay Godwin, Miss Dibrell Samantha Tramel, Aysha Johnson and Karly Wanamaker. Dibrell PTO and the school’s basketball teams sponsored…

By MARGARET HOBBS / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard 2004 4-H Dairy Princess Tess Fryar is about to end her reign with the crowning of a new princess tomorrow in the pageant held at Three Star Mall. (Margaret Hobbs photo) Twenty lovely young ladies will seek the title of 2005 Warren County 4-H Dairy…

By MARGARET HOBBS / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Joshua Moore proudly displays his favorite dairy cow, Lola, on his family farm. Joshua is serving as June Dairy Month chairman and planning Dairy Day at the mall tomorrow. (Margaret Hobbs photo) A triple play in baseball is a rare sight, but a triple helping…

Wrestling campA wrestling camp will be held by coaches David Holcomb and Lee Ramsey June 20-23, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. each day, at Siegel High School in Murfreesboro.Cost for the camp is $40 if participants register before June 16, and $50 after June 16. Registration fee includes a camp T-shirt.Anyone interested in participating should contact Holcomb…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — A Tennessee receiver and former quarterback pleaded guilty Thursday to charges stemming from a campus fight in a deal with prosecutors that requires paying restitution but spares them jail time. Receiver Bret Smith and Brent Schaeffer, a former quarterback who announced in April he was transferring, were charged with misdemeanor assault over…