Stacie LeighAnne Elam and Stephen Ray Potter, II were married June 11 in a ceremony at the Inn At Harvest Farms Lake in Morrison. The Inn at Harvest Farms Lake provided a lovely setting for the wedding ceremony of Stacie LeighAnne Elam and Stephen Ray Potter, II. The couple solemnized their vows June 11 with…

By MARGARET HOBBS / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Babies ages 6 months to 36 months are encouraged to enter the American Association of University Women Baby Show. The yearly event will be held Sept. 14 at 3:30 in conjunction with the Warren County A&L Fair.There is a $25 entry fee for each child…

By MARGARET HOBBS / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Applications for the Fairest of the Fair pageant are ready and waiting to be picked up by aspiring young ladies wanting to enter the prestigious event. The pageant is sponsored annually as part of the Warren County A&L Fair and will be held Sept. 15.Entry…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Entries are due Aug. 23 at Magness Library, Chamber of Commerce or Security Federal It’s time to grab the kiddies, pull up your lawn chairs, and get ready for some great entertainment as Leadership Warren presents the sixth annual Back-to-School Movie Night next Saturday,…

Manchester resident George Edward Hudson, 68, died Aug. 14 at Manchester Health Care Center.A retired Temco employee and a member of Fredonia Church of Christ, he enjoyed fishing, turkey shoots, and gardening.The son of the late Jesse Thomas and Ora Mai Ramsey Hudson, he was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Sue Dodd Hudson;…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Soaring gas prices are threatening to produce political headaches and dampen the nation’s economic recovery, but neither the White House nor Congress seems inclined — or able — to intervene. Some questions and answers on the subject: Q: Why are gas prices so high? A: In short, there’s a tight balance of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The most memorable teachers may be good at bringing a school subject to life, making the classroom fun, listening to students talk about their troubles or training them to trust their own instincts. Or maybe all of those things. Most people say they remember a teacher from their school days who made…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Witnesses likened it to the running of the bulls. Screams filled the air and police called for backup as people were trampled, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven over. A child’s stroller was crushed. A woman urinated on herself. All in the name of getting a bargain. The violent…

WASHINGTON (AP) — People in this country have a love-hate relationship with math, a favorite school subject for some but just a bad memory for many others, especially women. In an AP-AOL News poll as students head back to school, almost four in 10 adults surveyed said they hated math in school, a widespread disdain…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a collection of rare, Civil War-era letters belong to the state rather than the man who has had them in his family for generations. The state sued after Charleston resident Thomas Willcox tried to auction off the letters. Willcox, who is a descendant of Confederate Gen.…