County awarded water line grant
By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Gov. Phil Bredesen announced earlier this month the approval of a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant to assist in a water line extension project in Warren County.The funds were provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and were allocated under a…
Read MoreA donation so bright, you have to wear shades
By LISA CHAPMAN / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County Chapter of the American Red Cross receives a check for $1,650. Pictured, from left, are Dennis Taylor, Jean Gilley, Pat Wilcher, Ann Halcomb and John Turner. (Lisa Chapman photo) The Warren County Chapter of the American Red Cross was presented a check for…
Read MoreBank employees dress up for donations
By LISA CHAPMAN / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Tellers from First National Bank have fun raising funds. Pictured are, from left, Blair Jefferies, Tabitha Oakley, Rebecca Mullican, Debbie Haley, Michelle Brock, and Robert Garibaldi. (Lisa Chapman photo) First National Bank held its 14th annual Costume for the Cure fundraiser Friday. The event is…
Read MoreAt 75, Prater stays young chasing children around
By LISA CHAPMAN / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Reba Prater, 75 years young, is surrounded by kids that make it all worthwhile. Prater has been working at Central Church of Christ Daycare for 16 years. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Reba Prater will celebrate her 75th birthday Monday. She has worked as the director…
Read MoreMason shows tender loving care
By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Ken Mason has been acting as caregiver to his wife Evelyn for the past five years after she suffered a stroke in 2000. The two have been married 56 years now. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Ken Mason is a caregiver. For several years now…
Read MoreSoldier urges students to avoid drugs, alcohol
By LISA CHAPMAN / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard David Goode learns how to stay drug free from Sgt. 1st Class Danny Kelley. Goode is a fifth-grade student at West Elementary. (Lisa Chapman photo) Students at the high school, middle school and West Elementary learned a valuable lesson last week — how and why…
Read MoreMischievous teens face Halloween curfew
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The traditional 9 p.m. curfew will be enforced inside McMinnville city limits on Halloween as people under 18 caught outside their homes after that hour will face citation.According to McMinnville Police Captain Bryan Denton, extra patrols will be made to deter would-be pranksters and vandals.“People…
Read MoreEscape from local jail costs Torres two years
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard TORRES An accused interstate drug trafficker who escaped Warren County Jail and stayed on the run for four years has been sentenced for his jailbreak.The escapee, Filiberto Torres, 31, entered a guilty plea before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to the charge of felony escape…
Read MoreNew hospital owner makes trip to town
By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard ANDERSON Capella Healthcare will officially take over operation of River Park Hospital on Dec. 1, according to company president Tom Anderson, who was in Warren County Thursday to meet with employees and hospital officials.Capella purchased River Park in July as part of a multi-million…
Read MoreSome soldiers say training didn’t prepare them for Iraq
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Some soldiers from Tennessee who returned from Iraq this week say the training they received did not prepare them for what they would face there. More than 3,200 Tennesseans in the 278th Regimental Combat Team left for Iraq last November as the largest single deployment of Tennessee National Guard troops since…
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