By Janice M. Howard / Style Editor for the Southern Standard Mary Beth Gribble, left, April Kirby and Erika Betschart promote June Dairy Month in Warren County. (Janice M. Howard photo) Delicious, creamy, rich, sweet tooth satisfying, chocolaty and… good for you? That’s what dietitians at the Southeast Dairy Association are telling us, just in…

Warren County High School baseball player Joey Haston and Team Tennessee captured first place in the Pre-Sunbelt Tournament last weeke at Edmond, Okla.The Tennessee All-stars, a team selected by the Tennessee High School Baseball Coaches Association, defeated the Texas Al-Stars in the semifinals and Oklahoma Red in the championship game, winning the tournament for the…

By Bernard Smith / Columnist SMITH Last week at Dover, Ricky Rudd ran the wheels off his car and still couldn’t overtake rookie Jimmie Johnson, who cruised to his second win of the season. Ricky had to settle for second place.There have been rumors that Ricky Rudd is dissatisfied with NASCAR, Fox and the young…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard First National Bank showed the power that gave it the regular-season championship in Senior League baseball Saturday, dismantling Check Advance 19-4 to open the league’s tournament.FNB came out of the gate strong, sending 19 batters to the plate and cranking out 14 runs on seven…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A pair of prison cellmates have been re-united behind bars after they were arrested for burglarizing W.T.’s Place on Karate Lane Monday.The suspects, Thomas Bruce Marshall, 32, and Eric Conaster, 24, are charged with burglary, theft and vandalism.They are charged with breaking through a door…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 79-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court.Included in court action:• Korena S. Adcock was ordered to serve 122 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, pay $1,100 plus court costs and forfeit his driver’s license for two years for…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HALE Not knowing how or when the state will fund next fiscal year’s budget, the Warren County School Board passed its first-ever continuation budget Thursday night which will allow the system to operate on this year’s budget until Oct. 1.“This is a day I hoped…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The school system’s vocational department has bested the state average in every category on the recently released Perkins Report Card, vocational director Jerry Stubblefield has announced.“We have outstanding facilities, good equipment and instructional materials, but the only reason we fared so well was because of…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Patty Sue Haston, left, accepts Tennessee Substitute Teacher of the Semester honors from Kelly Services local office manager Audrey Morgan, center, and district manager Pamela Vaughn. (Will Stewart photo) Longtime county elementary school teacher Patty Sue Haston has been named Tennessee Substitute Teacher of the…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WATLINGTON The Warren County School Board Thursday night voted down a plan to outsource the system’s custodial service, opting instead for Chairman Mike Holland’s plan which will lay off 24 custodians while keeping 41 as full-time system employees complete with their current pay and benefit…