By Will Stewart / Columnist STEWART The general consensus here at the office, and indeed with a majority of my friends and family, is I have lost my mind. Why? Only because I have decided to take a little trip – a little trip to the Middle East.I know, I know. Believe me, I’ve heard…

By Dale Stubblefield / Columnist Last week the departure of Arkansas basketball coach Nolan Richardson ended a 17-year tenure as the Razorbacks’ head coach. Richardson was fired after he criticized reporters and fans, saying he was treated differently because he is black.Arkansas bought out the remaining six years of Richardson’s seven-year contract for $500,000 for…

Warren County High School’s baseball team will play an intrasquad scrimmage Friday, where Pioneer fans will not only get a look at the team’s future, but also a chance to celebrate its past.Players from the 1992 State Championship squad will be on hand, and will be recognized in a special ceremony before the scrimmage.Saturday’s activities…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard After dropping a nail-biter to the Music City Magic, the Lady Pioneers 14-and-under AAU basketball team got its revenge when it counted this weekend.The Lady Pioneers defeated the Magic 31-23 Saturday at the Tullahoma Civic Center to capture the championship in their first tournament of…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard WCHS head football coach Gerald Tidwell, right, talks with assistant coach Jeff Cupples while supervising activity in the Pioneer weight room Monday afternoon. (Rob Nunley photo) New WCHS football coach Gerald Tidwell is officially on the job, and is taking steps to get his staff…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Recognized as honorary Brigadier Generals are American Legion Post 173 Honor Guard members, front row, from left, Emanuel Brewer, W.C. Chilton, Horace Watts and Edward Molloy. Back row, Charles Norton, I.V. Hillis, Winfred Casey and Cecil Prater. They’ve traveled over a hundred miles to perform military…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Students across Warren County joined students from across the United States Friday in celebrating the joys of reading as part of the National Education Association’s Read Across America campaign.Read Across America was created five years ago by a special reading task force of the NEA.…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Sheriff’s deputies returned to a familiar crime scene over the weekend, raiding a Campaign residence for a second time in the past few years, this time arresting a new pair of alleged meth makers.The suspects, Stanley Eugene Bradley, 34, and Matthew J. Jones, 27, are…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard On the same day an alleged meth lab exploded and burned a Woodbury apartment complex, a local couple was caught here operating an alleged lab out of Cotten Apartments.The suspects, Kenneth Eric Self, 31, and Daffodil C. Parsley, 25, are charged with attempted manufacture of…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Core drillings are set to take place to determine if land adjacent to the current jail is fit for expansion.The Smith family, which owns the wooded land, has given approval for the Jail Committee to have the core drillings done. Geo Science Design has been contacted…