Dave Ramsey Dear Dave, My wife and I had our car worked on the other day, and brought it home with a receipt stamped ?paid in full.? The next day, the mechanic who worked on the car called and said we owe an additional $50 for labor. We looked on the bill, and the cost…

DETROIT (AP) At least a few hundred people can be thankful for gasoline prices topping $3 a gallon: the auto workers keeping their jobs, at least temporarily, because of General Motors Corp.?s decision to extend production of the Saturn Ion. GM had planned to end production of the 4-cylinder compact in December. But the world?s…

Business Highlights from the Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ? BP said Thursday it had signed two major deals to supply new pipe for approximately 10 of the 16 miles of an Alaskan oil pipeline it was forced to begin shutting down early last week. The discovery of leaks and severe corrosion in the pipeline…

James Clark photo If any type of wild animal is causing problems on your land or around your house, Dale Gribble is a licensed animal control officer who can take care of the problem, whether it be on land or in water.

James Clark Brian Covert has opened a video production company in Warren County. His specialty is producing training videos for companies. City officials have a tough job, I realize this. On top of all the difficult day-to-day decisions they have to make, they also have to tolerate a smart aleck like me who is just…

Baby Boy Luke Ryder Judkins, son of Tiffany and Corry Judkins, was born July 7 at River Park Hospital. The infant weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces and is joined by siblings, Chloe Wallace and Tyler Prater. He is the grandson of Powell and Nancy Wallace, Vickie Church and Bobby Judkins. Baby Girl Lakeara Griffith and…

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard ?Madagascar? will be the featured attraction at Leadership Warren?s Movie Night on the West Lawn of Security Federal. The show begins at 8 p.m. Aug. 26. McMinnville Parks and Recreation wants to have one last splash this summer, while Leadership Warren wants to treat students to…

Those who haven’t been living under a shell for the last several months have probably heard news of a new vaccine that has been approved by the FDA for the prevention of cervical cancer. During the course of discussion about the drug – Merck’s Gardasil – the terms “human papiloma virus (HPV)” and “sexually transmitted…

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard You could say Dustin Darnell smoked his way through the mud bog last weekend. He made it through with a time of 19.9 seconds. Rock Island resident Michael Foster has been to Iraq as a member of the 278th. While that trip was quite a ride, Foster…

James Clark photo It was kids night at the mud bog last weekend with a clown in attendance handing out balloons. Jakob Lewis, 5, enjoys the mud bog from the back of a four-wheeler.