By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard BROCK You can say people are gushing about the latest addition to downtown McMinnville.The historic fountain, which once graced Main Street 60 years ago, is back on Court Square at the spot formerly occupied by the gazebo. The water was turned on for the first time…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Police are investigating if the tragic death of a 21-year-old Saturday night is linked to a drive-by shooting early Tuesday morning.The common thread is a home at 606 Clark Boulevard where Stephen Hunter passed away Saturday night. Police are operating under the assumption Mr. Hunter died…

Annie Ruth Ramsey, 77 of Cleveland, Ohio died Dec. 19, 2005.Beloved wife of Edward Ramsey, deceased, she is survived by her sons Larry (Benita) and Ronald (Pat), five grandchildren, Jonathan, Matthieu, Aaron, Stephanie and Elizabeth; her brothers- and sisters-in-law. Dearest aunt of many nieces and nephews mostly from Chicago and McMinnville. Family will receive friends…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Elsie Faye Denton Tolbert, age 82, was born Sept. 3, 1923 and died Dec. 19, 2005 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness.She was a homemaker and a member of Morrison Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband, Toy Freeman Tolbert; parents, Green and…

McMinnville resident and Ohio native Edna Marie Moore Jordan, 50, died Dec. 18 at Erlanger Hospital after a six-month illness.A homemaker and a member of the Pentecostal faith, she was the daughter of the late Virgil and Alma Moore; and was preceded in death by her husband, Robert L. Jordan; and son, Kelvin Jordan.She is…

HUNTER Morrison resident and Warren County native Stephen Blake Hunter, 21, was born Nov. 25, 1984 and died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2005 of a sudden illness.He was self-employed in the lawn care business. He was preceded in death by his mother Denise Wanamaker Underhill, paternal grandfather, James C. Hunter and uncle, John Hunter. He is…

CHAKLALA AIR BASE, Pakistan Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said he doubts that Osama bin Laden is in position to assert full command over the al-Qaida terror network. Rumsfeld, who arrived Wednesday morning local time for…

MEXICO CITY Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? The Mexican government, angered by a U.S. proposal to extend a wall along the border to keep out migrants, pledged Tuesday to block the plan and organize an international campaign against it. Facing a…

WASHINGTON Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? They go to war, they get shot at, and they see their friends die. But members of the military say they are more likely to think twice about re-enlisting because of the consistently long work…

HARRISBURG, Pa. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. ? In one of the biggest courtroom clashes between faith and evolution since the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, a federal judge barred a Pennsylvania public school district Tuesday from teaching “intelligent design” in biology class,…