By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A different type of drive-by shooter is being sought by police after a slingshot wielding vandal celebrated the day after Christmas by breaking windows around town.The vandal or vandals struck between 7:15 p.m. and 8 p.m. Monday, hitting three residences across town within 45 minutes,…

Duane Sherrill photo Firemen first feared someone was inside this residence located at Old Beersheba and Sunset Point Tuesday afternoon. Although the structure was heavily gutted, no one was home at the time of the blaze. The cause of the fire is unknown.

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard DAVIDSON Representatives from OZT Holding and Oceanic Petroleum, the recycling company looking into building a tire recycling plant in Warren County, addressed a group of regional and county officials, business people and interested citizens at the County Administration building last night at the invitation…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard POWERS A woman with her young daughter were robbed at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon in the crowded Wal-Mart parking lot by a man the victim first mistook for a jogger.“She was just coming out of the store after shopping for about half an hour and saw…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Christmas was not merry for a Treemont man robbed by a trio of armed men who forced their way into his apartment Christmas night.“They said they would be watching me,” said the victim, noting they threatened to come back and kill him if he reported…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist Don’t waste your time. New Year’s resolutions rarely, if ever, work as they serve mainly as a way to put off doing something you don’t want to do.Think about it. How many resolutions have you made and broken over the years? No matter how easy or how hard, a New…

Our Viewpoint The crowd which attended the meeting of representatives from a company proposing to build a recycling plant in Warren County last night was a varied group. There were local business people, a good number of concerned citizens and officials from neighboring counties as well as others from as far away as Fentress County.…

Baby BoyNatasha Bryant and Jason Johnson announce the birth of their son, Shayd Malaki Johnson. He arrived Nov. 22 at River Park Hospital. Grandparents include Penny Bryant, Pat Bryant and Julie Fults. Baby GirlJozlin Caroline Floyd was born Nov. 3 at River Park Hospital. She weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and is the daughter of…

The McLean School of Music at Middle Tennessee State University invites participants to its 2006 Clavierfest competition for young pianists, which will be conducted March 18 in Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus.Aspiring pianists from kindergarten through twelfth grades will compete in age-related categories, with prizes ranging from 450 to $500. Students in all…

By Margo Howard / Columnist Dear Prudence: I am a 24-year-old woman looking for a way to tactfully address a particular issue. My mother is in the later stages of Huntington’s disease, a genetic neurodegenerative disorder. Most people have never heard of it, so when they ask, I compare it to Parkinson’s, since it is…