By BETH RUCKER / Associated Press Writer Vanderbilt quarterback Jay Cutler (6) scrambles away from Mississippi defensive lineman Michael Bozeman (72) during the second quarter Saturday, Sept. 17, 2005 in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) NASHVILLE — The Southeastern Conference’s perennial losers now have plenty of reasons to celebrate. Jay Cutler threw for 314 yards…

By Chuck Shepherd / Columnist Australian surfer Shane Willmott of the country’s Gold Coast became a national media sensation in July when reporters showed up to watch him put his three trained mouse surfers through their paces, in local creeks and in the Pacific Ocean. Willmott trained them in a bathtub and built them little…

Air Force Airman Corey S. Beets has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.During the six weeks of training, the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization, and military customs and courtesies, performed drill and ceremony marches, and received physical training, rifle marksmanship, field training exercises, and special…

The devastation of Hurricane Katrina has been felt as far away as Tennessee, and Warren County is no different as local residents have helped displaced storm victims in their time of need.The real implications of Hurricane Katrina, however, became even more real for Caney Fork Electric Cooperative employees as 11 members of the cooperative workforce…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Students in Warren County Schools may want to change some of their habits, the bad ones anyway, like putting off homework and unexcused absences, because somebody’s watching, but it’s not big brother, it’s mom and dad. Or at least it could be.Parents who have…

Electric bills are rising. Gas costs more than ever. And the price of newsprint continues to soar.With expenses climbing in every direction, the Standard will raise the price of single-copy newspapers to 75 cents on Wednesday and Friday. The newspaper already costs 75 cents on Sunday.“We’ve held prices to 50 cents as long as we…

Charles W. Johnson photo Pretty Hollie Robertson is shown framed by the Ferris wheel lights as she strolled around the fair Friday night. Scattered showers didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of fair-goers as they packed the midway.

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Calling for a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe into alleged widespread perjury allegations, former youth minister turned convicted child molester Jeffery Simmons says there were 200 incidents of perjury in the case which has landed him behind bars for 48 years.Simmons, who has been behind…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard AMY GRANT Get ready for some reality TV, Warren County. And no, it’s not what you may be thinking. It’s not going to be angry Warren countians duking it out on “The Jerry Springer Show.” In fact, it’s diametrically opposed to that particular show.The…

GENEVA (AP) — The hole in the ozone layer this year will probably be slightly smaller than the all-time largest of 2003, signaling that depletion is still occurring but possibly at a slower rate, a U.N. agency said Friday. “The size of this year’s ozone hole is approaching an all-time high, but it will probably…