Local social worker Myra Johnson Hale will be participating in the Walk to D’Feet ALS on Oct. 15 in Nashville.The Tennessee Chapter of the ALS Association reports the walk benefits research and patient services for those affected by ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The three-mile walk begins at 9 a.m. and registration…

By AMY FOSTER / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MTNA president Pat Wilcher walks through a line of trees at his nursery, Wilcher Nursery in Rock Island. Wilcher is preparing for the annual MTNA show Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 at McMinnville Civic Center. (Amy Foster photo) The Middle Tennessee Nurseryman’s Association is gearing…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard The school system’s professional and community development coordinator Bonnie Collier talks with PALs, or Parents As Leaders, at a recent meeting. (Charles W. Johnson photo) If you want your child to succeed in school, become actively involved in his or her education. That’s what…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Another local business has come on board to donate materials for the construction of Warren County’s animal control center.“Superior Walls called me last week and said they want to put the walls up for us,” County Executive Kenneth Rogers said. “They’re going to do…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Kenny Harris arranges pumpkins at his Farmers Market booth Friday afternoon. Harris has over 1,000 pumpkins he’ll be selling at the Farmers Market until he runs out. If you’ve ever thought about carving a 40-pound pumpkin, you better find Kenny Harris at the Farmers Market.The arrival…

By RON HARRIS / Associated Press Writer Fans of Gretchen Wilson’s chart-topping 2004 debut album, “Here for the Party,” might have braced for a letdown with her latest, “All Jacked Up.” Feel free to unbrace. This album’s even better than the first. The pride of Pocahontas, Ill. pulls no punches (again) and nearly every song…

DANDRIDGE (AP) — A juvenile court judge has found two middle school students guilty of plotting to kill a teacher. Jefferson County Juvenile Court Judge Ben Strand on Friday found Maury Middle School students Robbie Norton, 14, and Dustin Taylor, 12, guilty of delinquency by reason of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Norton and Taylor…

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Nashville police department is investigating the death of a man who police stunned with a Taser. Patrick Aaron Lee, 21, died Saturday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after Officer Jonathan Mays and Officer Jamie Scruggs used their Tasers to restrain him late Friday outside the Mercy Lounge nightclub, police spokesman Don…

COLUMBIA (AP) — A man convicted of murdering his ex-wife and daughter was sentenced Saturday to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony murder. Parker Ray Elliott, of Culleoka, could have receieved the death sentence. He was convicted in the Maury County Courthouse by…