By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Time is getting short for those who are unregistered but want to vote in the upcoming August elections. ?The deadline for voter registration is at our office by July 3 or to be postmarked no later than July 4,? said election administrator Donna Yates. ?Anything after…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard An 84-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in traffic court action: ? Jerry L. Sissom was ordered to serve 70 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, pay $100 plus costs, perform eight hours public service work and…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard Commissioners took steps Monday to increase security for Judge Bart Stanley and Judge Larry Ross at Warren County Courthouse. The Building and Grounds committee took measures Monday to increase security at Warren County Courthouse by approving the purchase of video surveillance and radio equipment for…

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard It?s still there after all this time. Despite passing an ordinance in mid-April that would eventually allow the removal of the red Chattanooga Times Free Press newspaper rack, it still resides outside McMinnville Post Office. It?s a situation that should have been remedied by now, but…

MAYO Warren County High School teacher Lisa Mayo, who also teaches geography and geology at Motlow College as a member of its adjunct faculty, has been named a Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholar. She will spend three weeks in Japan this fall as a participant in the JFMF Teacher Program, which is designed to expose…

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A promotional poster shows members of the band Utopia, who will be playing Friday night in McMinnville. Week three is a time to rock with Main Street Live. If you need a little excitement with a lot of lively music, say hello to Utopia this Friday…

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard JAKUBIAK After seeing the column ?City administrator an unnecessary job? written by James Clark in a recent Southern Standard edition, David F. Jakubiak had one question after the end of his interview Monday night. ?I just have to ask if this is what the citizens and…

McGregor graduates from Christian Heritage College James McGregor, Jr. completed his bachelor?s degree in education with a secondary major in Christian studies and humanities at Christian Heritage College in Mansfield Queensland, Australia on April 7. This accomplishment completed his BA in Bible youth ministry and French. He started at Lipscomb University where he graduated magna…

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard MATTHEW WINKLER Nearly three months after the murder of former Central Church of Christ youth minister Matthew Winkler, members of the congregation are still searching for answers. Winkler?s wife, Mary, was indicted Monday by the McNairy County grand jury on charges of first-degree murder ? with prosecutors…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Rescue workers prepare to remove William Wilson from the wreckage of his mini-van after he was trapped inside the wreckage following a multi-vehicle crash Monday on Nashville Highway near the new Centertown school site. A local couple was injured in a three-vehicle crash Monday on Nashville…