The Rev. and Mrs. Michael Miller of Columbiana, Ala. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Leah Meredith to Casey John Simpson. Casey is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Simpson. Leah and Casey will be married at First Baptist Church of Columbiana on April 19 at 6 p.m. The bride’s father…

Baby Girl Hope Noel Gilley, daughter of Trent and Heather Gilley, was born at Middle Tennessee Medical Center on Feb. 27. She weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and is joined by 3-year-old sister, Anna Grace. Her grandparents are Steve and Beverly Pedigo, Beverly Gilley and David and Donna Gilley. She is the great-granddaughter of Oleda…

By Dakota Tinney If you have just recently experienced a break up, you are not alone. We will all experience falling in love and falling on our face, and along with it we will feel passion and pain, happiness and hurt, confidence and low self-esteem, stability and insecurity. Some feel this is a result of…

By Dakota Tinney Most people think guys have it all under control. They don’t care what others think, and they get dressed in the morning five times quicker than girls because their appearance doesn’t matter to them. But on the contrary to these assumed opinions, many guys are fairly insecure about their self-image, and in…

This photo sent to the Standard by Rock Island resident Gina Starkey shows the ground received a good covering of snow Monday morning. The photo was taken about 6 a.m.

By Duane Sherrill Over 60,000 Tennesseans started but never completed their college education, leaving school without a degree that could earn them thousands of dollars more each year. According to Middle Tennessee State University adult services director Lance Ikard, the 60,000 number is probably a low estimate with the actual number of college dropouts in…

Viola resident Jesse Garrison, a social work major at Lipscomb University and Warren County High School graduate, traveled to New York City last week to serve the community through tutoring elementary school children in public schools. Garrison was one of 325 Lipscomb University students to visit 22 locations throughout the Western Hemisphere, from England to…

WASHINGTON (AP) ‘ The Pentagon announced today it mistakenly shipped non-nuclear components for an intercontinental ballistic missile to Taiwan but has recovered them and launched an investigation. At a Pentagon news conference, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne said the misshipped items were four electrical fuses for nosecone assemblies for intercontinental ballistic missiles. He also said…

WASHINGTON (AP) ‘ Big worries for the nation’s first high-tech census should have been obvious when tests showed some of the door-to-door headcounters couldn’t figure out their fancy new handheld computers. Now, officials say, technology problems could add as much as $2 billion to the cost of the 2010 census and jeopardize the accuracy of…

TDOT has had the following federal funds rescinded in just over two years:December 2005 $41,401,347 March 2006 $23,658,856 July 2006 $14,538,140 March 2007 $73,415,383 June 2007 $18,419,963 March 2008 $66,349,673 Total Loss $237,783,362 TDOT Commissioner Gerald Nicely issued the following statement: ‘Federal funds support a variety of programs at TDOT, such as highway maintenance, bridge…