By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Travis Young stopped the show when he sang ?Tonight I Want To Cry? a song made famous by Keith Urban. His talent didn?t go unnoticed by the judges or the audience as he took first place in the competition. It was a night of music and…

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard Students who are reluctant to attend the WCHS prom because age restrictions prevent their dates from going are trying to organize an alternative prom at McMinnville Country Club. ?We?re trying to do something to let them wear their dresses and let them have their night,? said parent…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard Local 4-H?er Joshua Moore is the first 4-H State Congress governor from Warren County in 55 years, but it hasn?t gone to his head. This governor still spends a lot of his time running the milking machines in his family?s business, Moore?s Lane Dairy. For…

Charles W. Johnson photo Victoria England takes a running start in an effort to get her butterfly kite in the air during yesterday?s Kite Day at Hickory Creek Elementary. A beautiful, but relatively calm, spring day made it a bit difficult to keep the colorful contraptions in the air.

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard The Industrial Development Board reports the county is seeing significant economic activity from manufacturing prospects interested in Warren County. Since competition for new industry is fierce, and many companies prefer to keep their expansion plans confidential until they are finalized, the IDB feels obliged to…

McMinnville resident and Grundy County native Ruby W. Holt, 89, was born July 4, 1916 and died April 19, at River Park Hospital. A homemaker and a member of the Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Doc Elzie and Ida Dunn Wanamaker. She was married to Gentry Holt who preceded her in…

James Harold Peden, 84, of the Short Mountain community died Wednesday, April 19 at River Park Hospital. Mr. Peden was born Sept. 26, 1921 in Warren County and was preceded in death by his parents Joseph Edward and Betty Ann Busey Peden, wife Clara Lucille Emery Peden, grandson Russ Neal, Jr., sister Elizabeth Smith, and…

GROVE HILL, Ala. (AP) A rural high school teacher accused of having sex with at least four male students and involving at least one of them in a plot to kill her husband was released Thursday from Clarke County Jail on bond. The Coffeeville High School teacher, Sharon Linton Rutherford, 30, who had been in…

NASHVILLE (AP) Three more cases of a fungal eye infection that can cause temporary blindness have been confirmed in Tennessee and three others are under investigation, the state Health Department said Thursday. Among the seven confirmed cases, six were among contact lens wearers who used Bausch & Lomb ReNu with Moisture Loc solution, department spokeswoman…

By Charles C. Haynes Fights are breaking out in states across the nation about how to teach the Bible in public schools. Competing “Bible bills” are popping up everywhere, with Republicans and Democrats vying to see who can thump the Bible the loudest. First prize goes to Georgia Republicans. Late last month the Legislature voted…