By DENNIS STANLEY / Publisher & Editor for the Smithville Review Authorities believe she was going to smuggle drugs into the jail for a $20 payoff. It cost her a $19,000 job.Sheriff Lloyd Emmons said Danielle Staggs, 18, of Woodbury, was dismissed from her job as a jailer at DeKalb County Jail and has been…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 104-person docket was heard during General Sessions Court Tuesday. The larger docket comes since a Tuesday session was not held last week.Included in court action: Edward C. Miller was ordered to serve 180 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence for failing to register himself…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 120-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in traffic court action: Rosendo G. Vincente was ordered to serve seven days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $350 plus costs and forfeit his driver’s license for one year for…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Three people were cut during a knife fight Sunday evening outside Bybeewood Apartments, sending two of the combatants for critical care treatment at Erlanger.The injured, Alejandro Diaz, Jose Diaz and Rodrigo Gomez were all treated at River Park for various knife wounds Sunday night. Alejandro…

The head of Warren County High School’s science department, Clark George, will discuss the latest controversy over intelligent design teaching when he appears on WCPI’s weekly interview program, “Viewpoints,” today at 6:03 p.m. and tomorrow at 12:30 p.m.Intelligent design, which some activists are promoting as an alternative to the theories of biological evolution and natural…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard County director of economic development Don Rigsby is firmly established in his new office on the upper floor of the Chamber of Commerce building expansion. (Charles W. Johnson photo) The county’s Industrial Development Board personnel have moved into their new offices on the upper…

More great music is in store as tonight’s installment of the Main Street Live concert series features two contemporary Christian groups. The performance starts at 7 p.m. next to Security Federal.

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard School began this week. That means motorists who don’t want an up-close look at officer Mark Mara, or other McMinnville police officers, are advised to observe posted speed limits when driving through school zones. (James Clark photo) Passing a school bus unloading children is tantamount…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard YATES A nearby resident says the smell around WastAway continues to linger — and so does his anger.McMinnville officials addressed the WastAway odor issue once again Tuesday night after resident Dow Yates came before the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and said the smell is still…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard From left, Norman Cox, Chris McCormick and Chris Haycox. Saying they went on a rampage because they felt the city was responsible for closing their Christian retreat, three teens arrested for a rash of vandalism over the past week are now facing felony charges.The three,…