By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Keeping up to date on the three vacated positions in the city can get complicated as the search continues for McMinnville?s next city administrator, chief of police and urban forester. Here?s how things are shaping up with the candidate search. For city administrator, officials are considering…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Being out of a job and dirt broke is what an accused thief claims pushed him to use his position as an insider to burglarize the local bowling alley. The suspect, Michael B. Burks, 24, confessed last Wednesday to burglarizing McMinnville Lanes, forcing his way into…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A man accused of blackmailing his wife into reducing his child support payment has been cleared of any wrongdoing after a jury found him not guilty of extortion charges. The defendant, Ricarte Bernardo, was found not guilty by a jury on the charge of extortion after…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard POTTER With the finish line in sight, political newcomer Lisa Zavogiannis is taking no chances of pulling up short, outspending her incumbent rival District Attorney General Dale Potter nearly 5-to-1 during the most recent reporting period. According to the State Board of Election Finance, Zavogiannis reported…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BLEVINS Being a captain isn?t all glitz and glamour as proven by Sheriff?s Captain Tommy Myers, who recently took the hands-on approach to gather evidence the hard way against a local crack cocaine dealer. ?Well, he wouldn?t let us have his stomach pumped so we had…

James Clark photo The Warren County Democratic Party held a watermelon rally Saturday at the Farmers Market to help kick off early voting which began Friday. Pictured, from left, are Democratic Party chairman Paul Davis, incoming County Executive John Pelham, and Democratic Party vice chairman Preston Huckeby.

James Clark photo Spraying her brother with water is enough to make Hannah Wood smile, but considering yesterday?s scorching temperatures, Harrison Wood doesn?t mind. The National Weather Service in Nashville reports the high temperature yesterday in McMinnville was 97 degrees. It?s expected to be more of the same today.

After holding a successful political forum for candidates running in county-wide elections, the Southern Standard and WCPI have organized a separate forum just for county commission candidates. The county commission forum will be this coming Monday, July 24 at the Warren County Administrative Offices beginning at 7 p.m. Every candidate running for county commission is…

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard After years of speculation, A.O. Smith made it official yesterday. Company officials announced plans to completely close the local facility which currently employs 160. Employees were called to a meeting Tuesday afternoon around 3 p.m. and told the news. Jobs will begin leaving the local plant in…

McMinnville resident and Warren County native Jerry Lynn Bouldin, 44, was born March 3, 1962 and died July 13 at River Park Hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A former employee of the Warren County Road Department, he was the son of the late John David and Wanda Faye Smartt Bouldin. He is…