JAMES CLARK Matt Winkler and his wife, Mary, are pictured with two of their three girls, Patricia and Mary Alice, in the Central Church of Christ directory. Their third daughter, Breanna, was born weeks after the Winklers left McMinnville. A former Central Church of Christ youth minister has been murdered and his wife and three…

MURFREESBORO (AP) — A combination of high-tech mapmaking and old-fashioned historical research may settle a debate on the location of the World War I site where Sgt. Alvin C. York single-handedly stopped a band of German machine gunners and captured more than a hundred prisoners of war. A self-funded team earlier this month unearthed spent…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee high school students would receive a statewide monthly report of teenagers killed in DUI-related traffic accidents under legislation moving through the Legislature Wednesday. The bill sponsored by Sen. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, unanimously passed the Senate Education Committee and is headed to the Senate floor. The companion bill remains in a House…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Supporters of a proposal to lower the state’s food tax received new estimates from legislative analysts showing that annual increases in the cigarette tax would roughly match lost revenue. Some lawmakers had expressed concern over previous estimates showing the state would collect $31 million in extra revenue in the swap. The proposal…

NASHVILLE (AP) — House Majority Leader Kim McMillan on Wednesday accused Republican opponents of her equal pay proposal of using “stalling tactics” to keep the measure from passing out of committee. McMillan, a Clarksville Democrat, wants to add legal penalties against companies found to have knowingly paid women less money for the same work performed…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Participants in the Consulado Movil wait in line in the middle school gym to have their photos made for a special identification document called a Matricula Consular. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Warren County?s second Consulado Movil event was another big success, according to Patricia…

By LISA HOBBS / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The downtown water tank towers above the McMinnville skyline and is a prominent fixture. With the new look of downtown, some city officials think it seems out of place. (Lisa Hobbs photo) With the revitalization of downtown moving right along, the water tower located beside…

By LISA HOBBS / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The city of McMinnville will see a fast increase in revenue now that a new ordinance allowing first-time school zone speeders to attend safe driving school is full throttle.The ordinance passed last month will allow judges to use their discretion in sentencing offenders to safety…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard North Warren firemen inspect the wreckage of the vehicle driven by Emily Lewis after she lost control on rain-slick Short Mountain Road and flipped the SUV into a field. Her 4-year-old son was ejected during the crash. (Duane Sherrill photo) A mother and her two…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Three officers attacked by a pitbull are reportedly undergoing precautionary rabies injections following a run-in last week which ended when one of the officers shot the dog.The officers are Sgt. Rusty Woodlee and patrolmen Mark Mara and Josh King. They were all bitten last Wednesday…