By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A mother faces child neglect charges after she allegedly left her 1-year-old son unattended inside a running vehicle while she was shopping prior to Christmas.The defendant, Heather Diane Savage, will face preliminary hearing on the child neglect charge Jan. 17 before General Sessions Judge Larry…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard GRISSOM Warren County’s ambulance service could soon suffer a dramatic reduction in fees due to changes in the county’s billing procedures brought about by new Medicare and TennCare rules.Ambulance service director Leonard Madewell attended a recent Safety Committee meeting to go over the changes…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Steve Parks has taken on the job of caretaker at Camp Woodlee, a former state 4-H Club camp here in Warren County. Parks plans to renovate the facility and make it suitable for group camping again. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Steve Parks has spent…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Chris Perry and wife Danyelle stand on the Civic Center court where he collapsed and was revived by facility employees Charlotte Lalonde and Greg Wanamaker. From left are Lalonde, Danyelle and Chris Perry, and Wanamaker. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Local resident Chris Perry loves…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Oceanic Petroleum and OZT Holding officials have confirmed intentions to establish a tire recycling plant in Warren County, according to County Executive Kenneth Rogers. Rogers announced Thursday the plant should be in production sometime next year, and all that remains is to find a…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard FISK An ex-con has been arrested for the drive-by shooting last Thursday which left a White County man wounded when his vehicle was riddled with bullets by the mysterious gunman.The suspect, Deonray J. Fisk, 26, is charged with attempted murder and is being held under…

Franklin resident and Warren County native Marie Bratcher Shorter, age 82, was born June 28, 1923 and died Dec. 29 at Claiborne and Hughes Health Care in Franklin after an extended illness.A retired employee of Genesco and a member of the First United Methodist Church, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Edith…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Mai Louise Julian, 76, died Dec. 28 at Middle Tennessee Medical Center after a six-month illness.A homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Bonner Louise and Virginia Irene Newby Turner; and was preceded in death by brother, James Porter Turner;…

Demond Robinson Barnhill, 31, of McMinnville died Dec. 25 at Cookeville Medical Center in Cookeville.He was born in Woodbury to Carolyn Robinson Barnhill and the late William Dwight Barnhill. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Carl and Laura Woods Robinson and his paternal grandparents, William and Georgia…

McMinnville resident and Briceville, Tenn., native Alice Jackson Burris, age 82, was born Nov. 26, 1923 and died Dec. 28 at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga after a sudden illness.A retired florist and former owner of the Flower and Gift Center in Woodbury, she was a member of the Ivy Bluff Church of Christ. She was…