Warren County Middle School’s sixth-grade boys basketball team dominated Centertown’s boys Thursday night, winning 42-13 at WCMS.The Pioneers took a 7-2 lead after the first quarter, and continued to build on their advantage in the second, going up 18-7 by the halftime break.WCMS took control of the game for good in the third quarter, rolling…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Thursday night at Morrison, the Eagles picked up two wins from Irving College as the Lady Eagles cruised by the Lady Tigers 54-28. In the boys game Morrison was to strong in the paint and claimed the 44-20 victory.In the girls game Irving College was…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist Fantasy football coaches are scrambling this week, picking up future hall of famer Cris Carter after he ended his short-lived retirement, opting to play with the injury-riddled Miami Dolphins.Still one of the best receivers in the game when he left at the end of last season from the Vikings, Carter…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County’s Tommy Jones follows through during the Pioneer bowling team’s home match against Columbia Academy Thursday at Garden City Bowl. Jones had the high series for the Pioneers, rolling a 522. (Dale Stubblefield photo) Warren County High School’s bowling teams defended their home lanes…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard In high school football, place-kickers usually don’t get much respect.But Friday night, senior kicker David Bradshaw earned the respect of his team, and its fans, as he hit for two field goals in the first half against Clarksville.Bradshaw hit for a 25-yarder with 2:12 to…

By Beth Furbush / Better Business Bureau News If you are a would-be author and have had no luck in interesting a publisher to purchase your manuscript, you may be tempted to submit the work to a vanity book publisher.Conventional publishers accept manuscripts and review them. If the publisher thinks the book (or story) will…

By Jim Glenn / Columnist The Social Security Administration is taking new steps to make it more difficult to steal, counterfeit or misuse Social Security numbers.Jo Anne Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security, said, “For several years now, our agency has been working to strengthen the process for issuing Social Security numbers and cards. But concerns…

By James Clark / Business Pulse If you’ve ever made an excuse for not voting (“It’s too long a wait” or “My vote won’t make a difference”), there’s a South Dakota man who has got your excuses beat. And, believe it or not, he happens to be a politician.The man is Bob Sahr and his…

Wavie L. Curtis, Victor Jose Alvarez Jr., Sarah Lucy Stewart, Aaron C. Savchuk Wavie L. Curtis, 96McMinnville resident and Warren County native Wavie L. Curtis, 96, died Oct. 25 at Raintree Manor.A homemaker and a member of Shellsford Church of Christ, she was the daughter of George and Della Jones Roberts; and was preceded in…

TO THE EDITOR: Here we are at election time again. I would like to express some concerns I have.No. 1 is liquor by the drink. This issue is whether to allow restaurants to serve mixed drinks. This is not about package liquor stores. We will not have liquor stores – only in restaurants. This is…