By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With his juvenile partner in crime buying a dog for his girlfriend with his share of the money, a local man faces several years in prison for his part in the copper heist at Caney Fork Electric. The defendant, James Paul Hill, was bound over to…

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Michael Chrisawn was presented the seal of McMinnville for his four years of service to the city by Mayor Royce Davenport. Chrisawn will be serving a six-year term on the McMinnville Downtown Revenue Finance Board. There were some tearful moments at Tuesday night?s McMinnville Board of…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A grandmother who tried to prevent her daughter from whipping her grandchildren was fortunate to avoid jail time as assault charges have been dismissed against the grandmother for an alleged physical altercation with her daughter. ?You can?t tell someone else how to raise their kids. It…

Lisa Hobbs photo Not believing 25 years can go by so fast is Jimmie Dean Bush, who has spent a quarter of a century at McMinnville Post Office. She began working for the post office on Aug. 28, 1981. Pictured are postmaster Charles Bogle presenting Bush with her 25-year anniversary award.

Seth Wright photo Joseph Stotts presents a check for $1,550 which was split three ways among Harmony House, NAMI Warren County and Generations/Gaithers Resident Fund. Stotts, who is with the Generations group, organized the Bowman Music for Hope Festival to raise the money for the mental health organizations. The event was held Nov. 17 and…

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard Nancy Mayfield and her daughter, Dachelle McVey, work on the Pioneer Pediatrics float they have entered in tomorrow?s parade. Pioneer Pediatrics won best overall float last year and first place in the business category the year before. Weather forecasters are calling for high winds and dropping temperatures…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard Making it through the cleansing part of the simulation and wondering what will happen next is Phyllis Martin, reclining on a stretcher. She was ushered through the simulation by Melissa Ballew. In the event of a toxic chemical attack, River Park Hospital wants to be…

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BAKER City administrator hopeful Barry Baker doesn?t plan on micro-managing the city department heads. Let?s just hope no city employee pushes his ?freaky buttons? if he gets the job. According to Baker, he has two freaky buttons he hopes no one pushes. Pushing either could result…

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard BROCK After three years of operation, McMinnville?s same day surgery center is being purchased by River Park Hospital. The center, called Middle Tennessee Surgical Care, got its start in August, 2003 when area surgeons joined together to offer an alternative to River Park. That was when the…

Trevor Tyler Rein, infant son of Trevor and Sara Ann Rembiszewski Rein, died Nov. 26 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga. He was born Nov. 20 in Chattanooga. In addition to his parents, he is survived by paternal grandparents, William D. Rein of Rock Island and Alisa C. Rein of Mabelton, Ga.; maternal grandfather, James…