By Lisa Hobbs As some of you may know by now, I was the recipient of someone’s animal abuse victim. Specifically, my husband and I found a puppy tied by a rather large chain to a pole behind a local business in front of the trash cans. The puppy was extremely pitiful. The chain was…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON McMinnville has a new pharmacist in town. Nestor Stewart is proud to announce that Jeremy Sanders has taken a position as a full-time pharmacist at Stewart Plaza Pharmacy. Sanders, a Warren County native, has been working for Stewart’s for some time, and credits his employment there as an influence on his…

This Saturday, the 91st annual decoration day will be held at Mt. Zion Cemetery featuring food, music, children’s games and numerous prizes. The evening will be capped with the annual cakewalk, with all the proceeds from the day’s events going for maintenance and general upkeep of the cemetery grounds. A historic hemlock tree, which has…

By DUANE SHERRILL A 55-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in court action: ‘ Julio D. Perez was ordered to serve 90 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, pay $850 plus costs and lose his license for two years for second-offense DUI and driving on a…

By DUANE SHERRILL A man who attempted a home invasion told investigators he hid inside a bathroom next door with his partners in crime until lawmen left before fleeing the scene of the botched crime. The defendant, Jody Leon King, was bound to the grand jury Tuesday by General Sessions Judge Larry Ross on charges…

By JAMES CLARK Do you need a lift? If so, UCARTS will take you there. Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency executive director Phyllis Bennett and Warren County Executive John Pelham have teamed together to bring a pilot program to Warren County. The new program makes public transportation available to every resident in Warren County, no…

By DUANE SHERRILL School board members are halfway to passing a new drug testing policy which would make the participation in the program completely voluntary. The Warren County School Board, in an unanimous vote, passed on first reading the new proposed policy. The policy will not become effective until after a second reading scheduled for…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON A section of Main Street was closed off for over an hour beginning around 2 p.m. yesterday after an unidentified motorist with a truckload of garbage dumped several gallons of green and white paint on the street. The incident prompted police, fire department and public works employees, along with private citizens,…

Today’s edition of the Standard will be the last to include TV listings. The decision was made for a number of reasons. The underlying factor is that fewer and fewer readers rely on the listings to know what’s on TV. That’s because on-screen TV listings are available to anyone who subscribes to cable or satellite…

By JAMES CLARK Dibrell Elementary’s teacher of the year tested positive for meth last Sunday after a meth lab reportedly belonging to her son was found in her basement. However, kindergarten teacher Anita Kirby adamantly maintains she does not use drugs and furnished the Standard with two voluntary drug tests she took last week to…