By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard CHRISAWN Finance Committee cuts include a little something for everyone. Changes to the budget include no new department head for the Urban Forestry Department, no added vehicles for city departments, no cost of living increases for city employees ? and a tax increase for city residents.…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard He?s a growing boy. Jeffery McCormick, 7, gets his height checked by Sonja Walker during the back-to-school event yesterday. The Warren County School System joined in the excitement generated by the state?s tax-free weekend with a special back-to-school event Saturday at Three Star Mall. A…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard ASHBURN A man who attempted to rape a Harrison Ferry woman during a burglary spree last year is to serve one year behind bars and remain on probation for a decade. The defendant, Bobby Jewel Ashburn, 32, has been ordered by Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley…

Eagle Shootout golf tourney The 3rd annual Eagle Shootout Golf Tournament will be played at Fall Creek Falls on Sept. 23. All money raised goes to support the Van Buren County boys and girls basketball teams. Entry fee for the four-player scramble is $50 per player, and includes green fees, cart and free range balls.…

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Mike Mansfield is the new principal at Irving College School. Changing for the better and bringing a positive attitude to the school are goals of Mike Mansfield, new principal of Irving College. ?I?m excited to be the principal,? said Mansfield. ?I?m looking forward to the challenge…

JASPER, Tenn. (AP) A Marion County judge dismissed methamphetamine charges against 30 people, saying prosecutors could not use multiple purchases of a key ingredient in manufacturing the illegal drug to build their case. State law bars single purchases of more than 9 grams of pseudoephedrine ? an over-the-counter cold medicine that is used to make…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Officers stand outside a home at 454 Bluff Springs Road where two bodies were discovered yesterday afternoon. Two bodies were found inside a Bluff Springs Road home Saturday afternoon, leaving lawmen to unravel the mystery as to how they died. ?It?s hard to imagine having two…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Rescue workers use extrication tools to cut Janet Lee McGee from the wreckage after the car in which she was a passenger slammed into the rear of a turning tractor trailer Friday afternoon on Manchester Highway. A local couple was critically injured Friday afternoon when they…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard WELLS The Budget and Finance Committee voted unanimously Friday to OK a county budget that will carry an estimated 75 cent property tax increase, while at the same time acknowledging the proposal has virtually no chance of being approved by the full Warren County Commission.…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard Bobby Ray student Logan Hollandsworth works at one of the school?s library computers as visiting Sister City students and hosts look on. Pictured are, from left, Aya Kato, Mai Saito, Christina Jennings, Emaly Cox, Shelby Cantrell and Anri Adachi. A group of 12 students from…