By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard Lynwood and Armilda Mathis are two driving forces behind a new church called Church of Christ Highway 56 North. Lynwood Mathis says there are 43 Church of Christ congregations in Warren County and he?s preached at 27 of those locations. Both those numbers will increase by one…

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Over the past several years, Sarah Hoyle has been one of this area?s top lightning bug collectors. McMinnville?s top lightning bug collector, Sarah Hoyle, who has collected lightning bugs for the past few years and has been one of the top collectors in Middle Tennessee for…

Duane Sherrill photo Lawmen block off Fuller Street after a suspicious device that could have been a bomb was found Thursday afternoon inside a rent house that was being cleaned. The device was blown up on scene by the state bomb squad for precautionary reasons. The remains will be analyzed to determine if the device…

Reba Hibdon shops for bananas each week as she enjoys them on her morning cereal.

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Renting the McMinnville Parks and Recreation ball fields for tournaments will cost $80 per field for all-day use, but Parks and Recreation director Carlene Brown says that?s not even enough to pay for the cost of getting the field ready. Every summer baseball tournaments are held…

Charles W. Johnson photo Jamie Werpecinisky gets some air time as he executes a twisting dive into the cool water of Gilley Pool yesterday. Kids and adults from all over came to the pool to beat the summer heat that was in the mid-90s.

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard MYERS A recent claim of innocence by convicted triple murderer Doug Myers has the grandmother of one of the victims questioning the audacity of the prison inmate. ?I?m sick and tired of him saying he?s innocent,? said Kay Holt, grandmother to murder victim Chelsie Smith, 13.…

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard IOCONA Local residents have been elected to serve on the Warren County Commission from all portions of the county. But Steve Iocona could be the first Warren County Commissioner ever elected while serving his country in Cuba. Iocona is a member of the Navy Reserves who left…

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard Cliff Knudson kneels in front of his 1965 Mustang GT Fastback that will be on display tomorrow at the McMinnville Cruisers Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show at Three Star Mall. If there?s an organization hoping for sunny skies tomorrow, it?s the McMinnville Cruisers. The Cruisers are holding…

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard Police investigators have released photos of the bank robber who struck Citizens Tri-County Bank on Monday in hopes a local resident may recognize the person responsible. Investigators have been following a few leads since the Monday afternoon heist, but no firm suspects have materialized and there have…