By Dandy Dave The success of “The Scorpion King” has Hollywood executives wanting The Rock to stop wrestling.They believe that no one will take Rock seriously as an actor if he still wrestles. Another reason is that no movie studio can take a chance on him getting hurt while in the ring.What the Hollywood people…

Crouch Motors captured high team and high game honors this week to hold on to first place in the Gold and Silver bowling league.The team came away with the highest game score, bowling a 706, and turned in a 1,939 series.In individual play, Patty Womack had the high team game with a 213, and the…

The Sound Machine came away with two big victories in the latest round of action in the city’s Co-ed Softball League.Sound Machine cruised to a 34-14 win over Highway 55 Exchange. Wade McBride blasted two homers in the game while Pete Blackwell added one.McBride and Blackwell finished 4-for-4, while John Sparkman was 3-for-3. Erica Smith…

By Rob Nunley / Columnist ROB NUNLEY (Random Robservations coming at you quicker than a Tina Vucic crosscourt backhand…)It’s nearly the end of the local school athletic year, so what better time to hand out kudos to some of the individuals and groups that put forth that extra effort it takes to play like a…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard A group of Warren Countians will be “hooping” it up in state competition, after advancing through the district round of the Tennessee Senior Games.JoAn Cantrell and Isabel Smith each won gold medals in the basketball free throw competition at the Upper Cumberland District games, which…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard The boys Training League has changed format this year from its traditional pitching machine to the coach-pitch format endorsed by Tennessee Youth Baseball Association rules.There are other major rule changes as well. Now only 10 players can be on the field at a time, instead of…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County’s Linsey Cornelius clears the bar in the high jump competition at the TSSAA sectional finals Wednesday at Chattanooga Red Bank. In her first year competing for the Warren County High School track team, junior Linsey Cornelius came literally inches from a spot in…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Boyd Christian goalkeeper Jay Medley dives to bat away a shot attempt during a recent game. Medley recorded 29 saves during Tuesday’s Region 5 A-AA tournament game against Davidson Academy. (Dale Stubblefield photo) Boyd Christian School’s soccer season ended with a heartbreaker Tuesday night, as…

In Wednesday’s edition concerning missing court tapes, it was erroneously reported Connie Cravens was a friend of the knife-point robbers who committed a home invasion robbery on Francis Ferry Road. Connie Cravens was the victim in the case. Angela Cravens was the friend of the robbers. We apologize for the error.

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Money laundering indictments were handed down this week against a local merchant accused of using his business as a front to conceal “dirty money” from his alleged illegal enterprises.The suspect, Rogelio Cruz Vasquez, was indicted by the Warren County grand jury on two counts of…