By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard After being presented with the Voice of the Employee Award, employees at McMinnville?s post office immediately presented the $500 check they were given to the Warren County Food Bank. Pictured is Scott Forhetz presenting the VOE Award to, from left, Brent Nunley, Elsie Newby, Cheryl Pirtle…

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Led by Gilley Frog, children and lifeguards dance it up at last year?s back-to-school party. This year?s bash is scheduled for Aug. 26 beginning at 10 a.m. McMinnville Parks and Recreation has finalized its plans for a back-to-school pool party at Gilley Pool. The party will…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard McGINNIS A second election will be required to fill a Warren County Commission seat after one of the recent winners in the 2nd District has announced he will not be able to serve. ?It is with regret I must inform you I cannot accept my elected…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Judge Larry Ross heard cases in Traffic Court on Thursday. Included in court action: ? Jason G. Deckard was directed to serve 45 days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $600 plus costs and forfeit his license for two years for second-offense DUI. ? Elmer R. Church…

By CHARLIE JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard BELL ?And it?s 65, 65, who?ll gimme 65, 65, c?mon now, 65, 65, who?ll gimme 65 cents. All right now it?s 55, 55, who?ll gimme 55, I say who?ll gimme 55 cents,? comes the cry from the County Commission property tax rate auctioneer. While everyone knows…

TODAY, AUG. 20 A back-to-school Connect Rally will be held at McMinnville Civic Center Aug. 20-21 in conjunction with the Tennessee Baptist Association. Craig Tackett from Enlighten Ministries will speak and professional skaters from Nashville will perform each night. Time are 6:30 p.m. Sunday, and 7 p.m. Monday. Smartt Church of God homecoming will feature…

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Sierra Pedigo, a fifth-grader at West Elementary, says she?s not bothered by new rules that prohibit soft drink sales at school. Sierra says she only buys bottled water from vending machines. After returning to school last week, many students in Warren County elementary schools have probably…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A man who shot his neighbor?s dog because it was making his own dog bark was granted probation and ordered to pay the veterinary bills. The defendant, Aloy Serna Almaguer, 37, was granted a one-year judicial diversion on the charge of aggravated animal cruelty, meaning his…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard FRUTH Warren County may have suffered some significant economic blows, most recently with the closure of Carrier and the announced closure of A.O. Smith, but the county?s economic health remains fairly strong, according to nationally recognized economist Bill Fruth. Fruth?s company, Policom Corp., performs economic…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Shown with a large quantity of meth and thousands of dollars in cash recovered from a recent drug bust are Sheriff?s Capt. Tommy Myers, left, and Sheriff Jackie Matheny. An interstate meth smuggling ring has landed six people in federal prison, charged with conspiring to smuggle…