Campaign resident and Van Buren County native Gleta Jo Herriman, 77, died Aug. 21 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Havron Bryan and Minnie Lillian Templeton Grissom; and was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Lavern Herriman in…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Connie W. Mullican, 83, died Aug. 20 at her home.A homemaker and a member of Westwood Church of Christ, she served as a cub scout leader, den mother, girl scout leader, president of the PTA and was a member of the Westwood Garden Club for over 50 years.The daughter…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez has long accused the United States of conspiring to topple his government and possibly backing plots to assassinate him — a claim Washington has vehemently denied. But a call by Pat Robertson for American agents to “take out” Chavez reignited the issue Tuesday. The religious broadcaster said killing…

CHICAGO (AP) — The big Burger King sign across the street from a high school campus advertises this temptation: “2 Whoppers for $3.” The scene is repeated throughout Chicago, where fast-food restaurants are clustered within easy walking distance of elementary and high schools, according to a study by Harvard’s School of Public Health. The researchers…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard While a plea bargain stopped them from going to trial, the murder case against three men who burned a woman to death here in 2003 still ranks as one of the costliest cases in state history.According to records of the Administrative Office of Courts, cost…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard McMinnville K-9 Officer Tim Jones displays a bag full of what is believed to be marijuana found inside the wreckage of the car driven by Keesha Pleasant. She was injured when she slammed into a tree on Oriole Drive Tuesday. (Duane Sherrill photo) A crash…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard An angry party crasher ran an SUV through a crowd Sunday afternoon, seriously injuring one after he became incensed when cake from the birthday party he was attending was thrown in his face.The driver, Marco A. Ruiz, 26, is charged with two counts of reckless…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alcohol-related fatalities declined slightly across the nation and fell in 32 states last year, traffic safety officials said Monday in beginning a campaign to crack down on drunken driving during the Labor Day holiday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported a 2 percent decrease in fatal crashes in 2004 involving at…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Obesity rates rose last year in every state but Oregon, according to an advocacy group that called on the government and the private sector to get more involved in Americans’ battle with expanding waistlines. The advocacy group, Trust for America’s Health, said data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court, given a chance to revisit a heavily criticized ruling, refused Monday to reconsider its decision giving local governments more power to seize people’s homes for economic development. So contentious was the court’s narrow 5-4 ruling in the so-called eminent domain case earlier this year that some critics launched a…