By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A man who stalked a local family and wiretapped their home last year will serve 200 days behind bars and will face an additional eight years in prison if he ever bothers the victims again. The defendant, Dickey Sanders Jr., entered guilty pleas to charges of…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 90-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in traffic court action: ? Juan Roper Lopez Corchado was ordered to serve 45 days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $600 plus costs and forfeit his driver?s license for two…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Eight people were sentenced this week by Judge Bart Stanley in Circuit Court criminal division. Included in circuit court action: ? Sammy Mullican was ordered to serve 14 years in prison and pay $6,000 plus costs for manufacture of meth and sale of drugs. ? Martin…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard Proposed changes to the open meetings law in Tennessee have local officials across the state up in arms, including officials in Warren County. A meeting of the Procedures and Rules Committee, which is made up of the chairs of the county?s standing committees, was called…

James Clark photo Finding golden or silver eggs at the Jaycees egg hunt yesterday at Pistole Park are, front row, from left, Caitlin Cooley, True Craven and Keyonna Boyd. Back row, the Easter Bunny, Salem Sweeton, Alex Hollandsworth with mom Kim, and Katelynn Cammack.

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Early voting numbers were less than expected for the first two days of early voting Wednesday and Thursday, and election officials suspect the Easter holiday may have something to do with it. ?We?ve tried to get out the word as much as possible that we were…

State Sen. Jerry Cooper (D-McMinnville) announced he has been in contact with the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance requesting they study recent storm damage to manufactured homes in Warren County and Middle Tennessee. ?I asked the Department to send investigators to Warren County to look at sites where manufactured homes had been destroyed, and…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard There will be five contested constable races this year as 18 candidates have volunteered to throw their hats into the ring for a job that gets no pay. The only exception is the 11th District where no one qualified to run, meaning a write-in candidate could…

TODAY, APRIL 16 Motorcycle church is scheduled for Easter Sunday at 2 p.m. at Charley?s BBQ on Sparta Street. Everyone is welcome to come and ride, rain or shine. Easter Sunrise service will be held at 6:13 a.m. on the lawn of First United Methodist Church. Contemporary services will be held at 8 a.m., Sunday…

File photo The overall survival rate for children with cancer has increased from 30 to 70 percent thanks to diligent cancer research. In an effort to make continued research possible, a bike-a-thon will be held in McMinnville this coming Saturday, April 22, to benefit St. Jude Children?s Research Hospital. Funds from events like this bike-a-thon…