All Warren County residents are invited to help plan Warren County’s “economic future” by attending the special “Economic Development Planning Summit” to be held June 15 at the McMinnville Civic Center from 8 a.m. till 2 p.m.Nationally recognized economic development consultant William H. Fruth of POLICOM Corporation will lead the program which is designed to…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard No physical evidence, no problem, according to prosecutors who say the lack of a smoking gun in the Pamela Rogers Turner sex case had no impact in the plea offer made to her camp this week.“We don’t have any physical evidence in 90 percent of…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard City officials are looking at regulating burials and decorations at Riverside Cemetery after noting a number of problems there. Improper stone setting is believed to be the culprit for leaning head stones like the one in this picture. Riverside Cemetery may be the final resting…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard ANDERSON The man who stabbed a minister was bound to the grand jury Tuesday after police said the knife-wielding alleged drug addict admitted he was a sick man when they arrested him at the scene.McMinnville Policeman Daniel Clayton testified during preliminary hearing Tuesday that David…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Kane Fuqua looks like any other healthy, bright, sports-loving 12-year-old boy. Caitlin Cooley is a beautiful 4-year-old girl with the sweetest smile you have ever seen. The smile lights up her face, and everyone else’s along with it. Caitlin likes to color. Kane likes…

By Jim Mullen / Columnist Decisions, decisions. Do I want my next cell phone to be the one that can take pictures and automatically send them to my friends and family, or do I want the cell phone that is also a satellite TV and walkie-talkie? Do I want the cell phone that let’s me…

By George Plagenz / Columnist She was 33 and it was summer, a combination that was all wrong for suicide.At age 33, at the prime of life, we can look far down the future’s broadening way and see forever.The gray dreariness of winter days can make us melancholy and subject to dismal thoughts. But come…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist We criticize countries like China and Mexico for working their people for pennies on the dollar while at the same time lamenting the loss of industries here which basically enslaved our parents for decades.For years the garment industry took advantage of cheap labor here, working people long days for $3.35…

By Bill Zechman / Guest Editorial When I first became involved in planning for the May 24 child-protective seminar Signs of the Crimes, I assumed that the overriding concern would be the tragedy of child-abduction by strangers. Within three hours of such abductions, three-fourths of the young victims have been sexually abused and then murdered,…

Country music sensation Aaron Tippin will perform at Lake Winnepesaukah’s Jukebox Junction stage on Sun., June 5 with shows at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.When you hear words like “honest,” “strong,” “hard-working,” and most of all “country,” the name Aaron Tippin immediately comes to mind. These are all titles he is proud of in his…