According to the 2005 Bureau of Labor Statistics study, women work on average a seven-hour day and men work eight hours; one in five adults bring work home regularly; and women spend three-and-a-half hours a day on household chores. Time pressures on food preparation continue to rise. In fact, a 2003 Better Homes & Garden…

Photo provided Natalie Jennings and Tyler Caldwell will be married in a nuptial ceremony April 15 at Cornerstone Baptist Church.

By Margaret hobbs Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Ken Apple Family The Ken Apple Family will once again hold a concert at Irving College Baptist on April 9. The popular group will be at both the morning and evening services, with the evening service being devoted entirely to music. The morning service begins…

The Station-Pure Art is proud to open its door on Friday, March 31 , featuring the work of Warren County Middle School art teacher Ann Haley Hutchins? art club. ?I have featured Ann?s students in my gallery in the past and it?s amazingly different and creative,? said gallery owner Vicki Spivey. Ann does such a…

Photo provided Zydeco music will be presented by, front row from left, entertainers Karen Lewis, Lucy Majors and J. T. Northcutt and at back, Debbie Sanders, Jim Zidan, Melissa Shuran and Rosie Graham. The group will perform April 7 at Gala New Orleans in Tullahoma?. In addition to the music of a dixieland blues band,…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard There?s been a change at Historic Falcon Manor, but it?s in name only. Owners George and Charlien McGlothin have announced the popular tourist attraction is celebrating the 110th anniversary of Clay Faulkner building his mansion by changing its name back to the one he originally…

Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, How can I help take care of my 80-year-old parents that I live 600 miles from? I?ve tried to get them to move closer to me but they are determined to stay in their own house. Any suggestions? Miles Apart Dear Miles, There are more than 7 million long-distance caregivers…

Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: My husband and I recently spent two nights at the home of his best friend, “Bob,” and Bob’s wife, “Mary.” We slept in a nice, private, heated room above the garage. We’ve done this before, and it’s always worked out great. On the second night of our stay,…

Southern Standard readers are invited to extend happy birthday and anniversary best wishes to friends and loved ones through this weekly column. Please submit your messages by our noon deadline each Thursday. No more that three wishes to any individual, please. Happy Birthday Wishes: April 1 ? Happy birthday Louise Moore. Love, your family. April…

Sarah Kathleen Ball and Jason Daniel McVey will wed June 10 in an outdoor ceremony in McGee Cove. Plans for the forthcoming marriage of Sarah Kathleen Ball of Dyersburg and Jason Daniel McVey are being revealed by the bride-elect?s parents, Timothy and Nancy Ball and Steve and Kathy Blair of Dyersburg. Parents of the prospective…