By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Pioneer and Lady Pioneer tennis teams took a pair of tough losses Tuesday, falling in both boys and girls action to Oakland at MTSU.The boys team lost to the Patriots 8-1, dropping to 2-3 on the season, while the Lady Pioneers fell to 1-4…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Boyd Broncos took on district 8-A foes Mt. Juliet Monday afternoon at Boyd Christian, and after 90 minutes of play the teams had to settle for a scoreless tie. Highly talented Mt. Juliet met its match against the (3-1-1) Broncos, with both teams playing…

By JOSH EZZELL / Mid-South Sports Network MURFREESBORO — Warren County’s girls’ track team gave 110 percent at the District 7-AAA championships. But it wasn’t near enough to catch the opposition Tuesday at Blackman High School.The Lady Pioneers tallied 60.5 points for fourth place, while Riverdale scored 180.5 points to win. Oakland was second with…

By Rob Nunley / Columnist (Let’s talk a little baseball, shall we?)To err is human, but to err six times in one seven-inning game can absolutely kill you.Warren County found that out first-hand Tuesday night, when Riverdale’s Warriors proved you don’t give a good team any more chances than you can.While Tuesday’s 12-3 loss was…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Six errors, 10 strikeouts and just three hits added up to a deadly combination for the Pioneer baseball team Tuesday night, as unbeaten Riverdale came away from Patrick Ramsey Field with a 12-3 District 7-AAA win.Riverdale improved to 15-0 and 3-0 in district play behind…

A local man has been arrested for the second time this year for exposing himself to women in public, this time showing his wares at Wal-Mart.The suspect, Ramon Rajas Guerrero, was arrested recently after he was allegedly seen showing his private parts to a customer in the store. Police arrested him at Fred’s moments later,…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Two local Warren County High School teachers were recently awarded a Highland Rim Tech Prep Grant which allowed approximately 100 seniors to visit local businesses with an eye to exploring the many career opportunities available in Warren County.English IV Applied Communications teachers Sherry Grandey…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 58-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court.Included in court action:• Carrie Leann Arnold was ordered to serve 135 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, pay $900 plus costs and forfeit her driver’s license for two years for evading…

COOKEVILLE – Former Vice President Al Gore, speaking to a full crowd at Tennessee Tech last week encouraged the public to support the development of alternative energy sources to help eliminate dependence on foreign oil supplies.Gore addressed this year’s theme of balancing energy policy and environmental protection by challenging students and others to educate themselves…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard It would be hard to predict what’s in store for Iva Earle, but one thing is for certain: She won’t be renewing her license with the state Board of Cosmetology this year.Earle has been a cosmetologist since 1934, before licenses were required in Tennessee, which…