NASHVILLE (AP) — Developers demolished an historic Nashville house to make way for a Home Depot store despite an order that was issued to stop the demolition, city officials say. The more than 200-year-old home, one of the earliest structures built in Nashville, formerly housed the museum honoring Jim Reeves — a country music singer…

OCOEE (AP) — A new ruling from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prohibiting the export of young ginseng roots has many foragers in southeast Tennessee upset that the federal regulation could threaten their income. Ginseng root is common in the region, and much of it is harvested by rural residents and exported to Asia,…

By TERESA WASSON / Associated Press Writer HICKS FRANKLIN — The story of Carrie McGavock was too good to be left untold but too incomplete to be told as history. McGavock was the mistress of a Southern plantation when the Civil War arrived at her door Nov. 30, 1864. The Battle of Franklin turned her…

By GARY TANNER / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE — For several years, animal rights activists and prosecutors have been using animal cruelty laws to break up cockfighting and dogfighting rings around the country. But the bloody backwoods sport of “hog-dog rodeos,” which pits aggressive dogs against wild pigs, continues unchecked because many states do not…

By Paul K. McMasters / Guest Editorial It can be something of a jolt to the democratic sensibilities of most Americans when they learn that a journalist has been arrested for treason, held for months without public charges, denied bail not by a court but by the government accuser, and is destined to be tried…

By George Plagenz / Columnist Golden years they may be for some, but many senior citizens don’t see them that way.A great number of older people feel it isn’t only the loss of health but loss of dignity that makes the latter years of life so hard.The picture of the elderly living in the homes…

By Thomas Vaughn / Columnist In case you missed it, in the 24/7 media coverage of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Senate Judiciary Committee has voiced its approval of Judge John Roberts to be the 17th Chief Justice of the United States.The vote Thursday was 13 to 5 in favor of the president’s nominee.?Predictably, all…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Paige Skiles, 12, holds the reins while 5-year-old Autumn Brindley takes a ride atop saddle horse Doc as Warren County Saddle Club members prepare the trail for the first Fabulous Fall Trail ride to be held Oct. 15. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Saddle up…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard DAVENPORT Local government should be the first line of relief in the case of disaster says McMinnville Mayor Royce Davenport who believes the city is well prepared should the worst happen.“Local officials are responsible for the immediate response,” said Davenport of the city’s preparedness for…

Vervilla community resident and Coffee County native Jim Miller, 94, died Sept. 24 at Raintree Manor after an extended illness.A farmer, he was the son of Jack and Ann Bell Miller and is survived by nieces and nephews.Graveside services will be held at 9 a.m. today at Bascom Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon…