By TERESA M. WALKER / AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE — Tennessee rookie safety Vincent Fuller is out for Sunday’s game with the St. Louis Rams after having surgery to insert a plate into his broken right fibula, and the injury report Wednesday included six other Titans as being questionable. Still, the news could have been…

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By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Farm Service Agency director Steve Stubblefield oversees a number of USDA government programs intended to benefit area farmers. (James Clark photos) It’s closing in on six months since the United States Department of Agriculture constructed a new office on the corner of Faulkner Springs Road and…

By TODD HERZOG Tennessee Screw Machine building manager Duane Dishman stands by ground and machined shafts made for Carrier in Mexico and Tyler, Texas. Tennessee Screw Machine is alive and well at 4209 Smithville Highway on the northern side of McMinnville, having operated successfully for 29 years.Don Pennington, who perpetuated growth with his warm and…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Radio Shack manager Shawn Shepler displays several Bluetooth wireless communicators available at the local store. Bluetooth technology allows cellular phone users to go completely wireless. Star Trek communicators are not science fiction anymore as Bluetooth technology has placed wireless in the hands of cell phone…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard James Elam, left, and employee Tim McPeak handle the checkout center in the new expansion of Morrison Hardware & Industrial Supply. The store carries a wide range of tools, farm implements, garden supplies, and new and used ATVs. If you’re looking for tools, knives,…

By AMY FOSTER / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Window cleaner Tom Banks is opening Four Seasons Window and Gutter Cleaning Service. He provides free estimates and can be reached at 507-5004. With over 17 years of experience, Tom Banks is bringing a much-needed business to the Warren County area.Banks’ family operated business, Four…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Commonwealth University sophomore Hampton Couser stood pensively before graphic pictures of tortured animals. He was having an ethical crisis. His grandmother slaughtered pigs for a living in South Carolina — a job she had to take to keep food on the table. Vegetables have always been part of his diet,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 100 years ago, Horace Greeley told his fellow Americans to “Go west.” And they still are. Twelve of the nation’s 20 fastest growing metropolitan areas are in the West, the Census Bureau says. The fastest growing: Greeley, Colo. Greeley and its surrounding communities, about 60 miles north of Denver, grew…

NEW YORK (AP) — Since mid-July, new fall fashions like shrunken brown velvet jackets and Victorian style blouses have been gathering dust on racks at the nation’s retailers. It’s now almost the end of September, and for many merchants a combination of hot weather, subdued fashions in dark colors, high gasoline prices, and the ripple…