Winning top honors in the women?s First National Bank Tennis Tournament were Darlene Caten, Terrce Rice, Amy Puckett, Leslie Richardson and Peggy Partin.(August 29, 1981)

James Clark photo Warren County freshmen cheerleaders need to raise money for trips to Murfreesboro, Gatlinburg and Florida this year. Pictured washing cars yesterday outside Dairy Queen are, from left, Brittany Fults, Kamron Simmons, Caitlin McClain, Derica Carter, Hailey Jones and Brittney Fann.

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With Tennessee ranked fifth in the nation when it comes to obesity, the Warren County School Board has taken the lead when it comes to prevention by instituting a wellness policy for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. A Wellness Committee was placed in charge of…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 28-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in court action: ? Erubel Andreade Flores was ordered to serve 135 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, pay $650 plus costs and lose his license for two years for…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Caught on candid camera in the middle of a marijuana field last year, a pair of Grundy County men saw the writing on the wall and decided to cut a deal with prosecutors Friday for their part in a Rogers Hollow marijuana operation. Danny McGee was…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard Linda Dunlap displays some of the City High memorabilia in the window at Chole?s on Main Street. There?s currently a great mini-tour local residents can take down memory lane just by just walking up and down Main Street and looking in store windows. In celebration…

James Clark photo Victoria England shows she?s not afraid to smack the water face first during the belly flop contest yesterday at Gilley Pool. She had one of the most impressive belly flops.

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard After fighting a losing battle with neighbors and the city of McMinnville, a local woman has lost again, this time against the state of Tennessee as a number of hot checks will keep her on probation here for the next eight years. However, the defendant, Aaron…

Billy Wood: ?McMinnville is standing on the edge of an economic disaster with the closing of Carrier, Findlay, A.O. Smith, as well as many others. Wikipedia.com ranks Warren County the third poorest county in the state per capita. We owe it to ourselves and our children to change this and change it now. I have…

TODAY, AUG. 27 The McGee reunion will be held at noon at Shellsford Baptist Church. Bring a covered dish. A fundraising bluegrass concert will be held at Manchester Rotary Park from 2:30 to 5 p.m. with admission $10 and children free. The Cope family reunion will be held at Wayside CIC with a covered dish…