By Dale Stubblefield / Columnist STUBBLEFIELD It’s Christmas Day and hopefully Santa brought everybody something special this year.I’m sure most everybody got the presents they asked for, but maybe we should look and see if he filled everybody’s stockings with goodies. You know what they say, it depends if you have been bad or good.My…

Six girls squads and eight boys teams will converge on Warren County High School this weekend, to compete in the Warren Lodge Tournament at the Charlie Dalton Gym.Several local teams, as well as both the boys and girls teams from Cannon County Eastside and Coffee County Middle, will compete in the three-day tourney, which begins…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Pioneer football team is working hard in the off season with great success. Lne coach Matt Turner spots freshman Dale Murphy as he works out on the incline bench press. (Dale Stubblefield photo) The Warren County High School football team may have struggled through…

Doran (Butch) Edward Davenport, Lodemya Edna White Harris, Rickey Allen (Little Rayburn) Lee Doran (Butch) Edward Davenport, 87McMinnville resident and DeKalb County native Doran (Butch) Edward Davenport, 87, died Dec. 19 at River Park Hospital.A retired grocery merchant and a member of First Baptist Church, he was a member of Warren Masonic Lodge 125, F&AM…

By Jim Mullen / Columnist I see People magazine’s sexiest man alive Ben Affleck has bought his girlfriend, movie star and singer Jennifer Lopez, a diamond the size of an ice cube for an engagement ring. What is wrong with him? She could poke herself in the eye with that thing while she’s trying to…

By Hope Hines / Columnist It’s all about imagination. That’s why I love radio.Yes, TV has imagination, but only up to the width of your screen. The degree of imagination is directly proportional to the amount of money you spend on your TV.Radio forces the listener to create, like trying to put a face with…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Judge Larry Ross declined to release the teens into the custody of their natural mother, Bernita Wiley, pictured above. (Duane Sherrill photo) Revealing a note entitled “10 Ways to Kill Your Dad,” prosecutors convinced the court to keep the two teens charged with beating their…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 66-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court.Included in court action:• Andy McAmis was bound over to the grand jury on charges of aggravated assault and aggravated burglary.• Bobby McClure was bound over to the grand jury on charges…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County’s generosity brought one woman to tears after helping to give a holiday meal to her and 449 other local families as part of the Share A Christmas Dinner campaign.Food baskets were distributed to families at the Civic Center parking lot Friday — a…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Glyna Lee and Jeff Golden are pictured at a recent banquet in which Golden was presented a clock. Longtime City Bank and Trust Company president Jeffrey Golden is retiring from his post and being replaced by marketing director Glyna Lee.In accepting her new position, Lee…