The Orchid Society of Middle Tennessee will present the spectacular “Orchids of the World” Show and Orchid Sale March 15 and 16 at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens, 1200 Forest Park Drive, Nashville.Hours are: Saturday, 9:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. This event always showcases high quality exhibitors displaying their magnificent…

By Dale Stubblefield / Columnist There’s nothing like a good college basketball game, with young athletic players sprinting the floor, hitting 3’s and playing above the rim.And for every college fan, March is the time we stay glued to the TV in hopes of winning the office pool and claiming the bragging rights until next…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Boyd Broncos soccer team opened its season on the road Monday with a District 8-A win over Smith County 3-0.First-year team Smith County would have its hands full trying to contain Boyd’s speed in the open field. It would take just 15 minutes for…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Tullahoams’s Matt Gray slides into second with a stolen base after Warren County second baseman Joshua Bratcher had to leap for a throw during Monday’s 2003 opener. (Rob Nunley photo) TULLAHOMA — The 2003 Pioneer baseball season got off to an inauspicious beginning Monday night,…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 94-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in traffic court action:• Justin Pendergraph was ordered to serve 45 days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $50 plus costs and forfeit his driver’s license for two years for second-offense…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Thirty-two people were indicted Friday by the Warren County grand jury.Included in grand jury action:• Candido Gonzalez was indicted on the charge of aggravated assault.• James Jarnow Jr. was indicted on charges of aggravated assault and theft.• Tom Hofti and Joyce Holland McCurry were indicted…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard There was music, humor, good food, and just plain good fun as a large contingent of locals gathered Friday night for another edition of Songwriter’s Night with Jacky Jack White and Friends.White, as the headliner, delivered his own brand of easy-going performance and banter,…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Four people were injured in a head-on crash on Highway 56 North Saturday evening, caused when a teen-age driver tried to pass another vehicle.The teen driver, Charlie Barnes, 16, sustained facial injuries along with his passengers Bryan Cantrell, 17; and Ricky Stanley, 18. Barnes is…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Congressman Lincoln Davis reads a Dr. Seuss book to students at Dibrell Elementary School Friday as part of the nationwide event called Read Across America. Over 40 million students participated in the program last week. (Will Stewart photo) Warren County students joined over 40 million…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BYRGE A jail escapee has been recaptured and his mother arrested for aiding in his run from the law.The escapee, Jeffery J. Byrge, 18, was arrested at Arms Apartments this weekend, just over one week after he fled Warren County Jail during booking. His mother,…