Families In Crisis is announcing the winners of the 2005 Guys and Dolls Pageant recently held at Wal Mart Super Center.The King and Queen winners of each division received a $50 savings bond along with the Queens receiving a tiara and sash and the Kings receiving a trophy and sash. The first and second runner-ups…

Photo provided Being presented Youth of the Month honors from Evening Exchange Club member Jewell Walker are Ross Garrison and Merranda Holmes.

A 32-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court.Included in court action: Michelle Byars was bound over to the grand jury on 13 counts of theft and 12 counts of forgery. Ronnie J. Keaton was ordered to serve 60 days of an 11-29 sentence and pay $250 plus costs for…

Duane Sherrill photo Patrolman Mark Mara inspects the wreckage of the vehicle driven by Kevin Myers, 16, which ran off rain-slick Cascade Avenue, struck a parking lot abutment and overturned Thursday morning near Partridge Meadows Apartment. Myers suffered non-critical injuries.

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Police investigator Barry Powers displays items recovered following the arrest of a pair who burglarized AKB Storage earlier this month. The suspects reportedly spent hours busting into locked storage buildings. (Duane Sherrill photo) Two suspects are in custody and more are expected to follow for…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A drifter from California talked herself into 70 days behind bars as her failure to remain silent in court will keep her in Warren County Jail through most of the winter.“I don’t care, let’s go,” responded Lori Worley, 34, Tuesday morning to her soaring jail…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard BROWN The Industrial Development Board of McMinnville and Warren County is getting closer to deciding on a new director of economic development, according to board member Mark Brown. The board-appointed Screening Committee has been interviewing hopefuls from a field of around 30 applicants in…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Pictured at the signing of Aruba’s contract with WastAway are, from left, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Nilo Swaen, WastAway CEO Floyd Bouldin, and Minister of Public Health Booshi Wever. (Photo provided) On the heels of winning the prestigious R&D 100 Award, WastAway officials have…

By LISA CHAPMAN / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard SPLASHPAD Warren County residents may have a new place to get away from the summer heat next year. Currently, $8,000 has been raised through a single anonymous donation for a splashpad to place downtown at The Hole.The water attraction, which has been a subject of…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Skyler Hobbs guides his sleigh as Santa Claus with the help of reindeer, from left, Taylor Madewell, Nathan Steele and John Rigsby. (James Clark photos) Skyler Hobbs sure makes a convincing Santa Claus, even if he is just three feet tall. The mini Santa came down…