By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Tom Barrett led the way with four hits, and belted a solo home run to help Randy’s Raceway clinch third place in the city co-ed softball league with a narrow 18-17 win over Homes America Wednesday night at the Civic Center field.With the win, Randy’s…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Yorozu pitcher Dennis Parrish delivers during Wednesday night’s game against The Sound Machine. Parrish hit a home run to help lead his team to the regular season championship and an undefeated season record. (Rob Nunley photo) Yorozu built an early lead, then had to hold…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 62-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court.Included in court action:• Christina White was bound over to the grand jury on the charge of manufacture of meth.• David Redmon Jr. was bound over to the grand jury on the…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Officials said after several years on the books, the old Allis Chalmers building, located at 124 Sparta Street, will be torn down if improvements aren’t made. (Amy Satterwhite photo) City officials say they’ve had it with a building they have added to their “unfit structures”…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Students with attention, learning and behavior problems may soon benefit from the use of neurofeedback training equipment recently acquired by Warren County schools through grants made available through the state and the local Eagles Club.Neurofeedback training, also known as EEG biofeedback, uses computerized equipment to…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Shelter worker Mack Mullican counts the kittens as shelter officials promote June as Adopt a Cat Month. Shelter workers say the cat and kitten population increases over the summer. (Amy Satterwhite photo) As Beth Carter and Mack Mullican pull a litter full of kittens from…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A teen-ager was hit by a vehicle Tuesday evening on Fairgrounds Road seconds after he stepped out of his mother’s vehicle to cross the street.The victim, Ryan Blake Hitchcock, 14, was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville for treatment of severe leg injuries…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Johnny Harmon lays concrete blocks high above Main Street on what will be the third floor of the new Chamber of Commerce addition. Harmon’s no stranger to the business. “I started when I was 15 and now I’m 52,” he said. (James Clark photo)…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HEBE The price to restore the downtown statue Hebe is too steep for city officials.Aldermen have denied a request from Heritage Alliance for $18,000 to help restore the statue. Although city leaders said they appreciated the group’s efforts and sincerity, they indicated they could not…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard PRIEST Police are hoping for the best but suspecting the worst in the case of a young mother who disappeared over a year ago without a trace.The woman, Ramona Priest, who was 19 when she last seen in February 2001, vanished without explanation last year…