Warren County High School’s track squads had a rough day at Monday’s District 7-AAA track meet, hosted by Blackman High School.Both the Pioneers and Lady Pioneers finished at the bottom of the meet’s final results, with the boys squad scoring five points and the Lady Pioneers finishing up with six.Riverdale won both ends of the…

By Dale Stubblefield / Columnist STUBBLEFIELD Poor judgement and behavior by athletes is sometimes inexcusable. But with high school or college kids, you try to be a little more understanding because of their age.For some of these kids, it’s the first time away from home and as human nature goes they’re going to make a…

The WCMS soccer team downed Walter J. Baird Monday night 4-1, and remain undefeated heading into their season’s end.Mario Ponce had two goals in Monday’s win, while Cody Cowens and Deigo Santillian had a goal each.“It was a good game,” said coach Matt Jackson. “We’re having an outstanding season, and the team is showing amazing…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County Middle School’s baseball season came to an end Saturday night, with a pool-play loss to Goodpasture in the 2003 Tennessee Middle School Baseball State Invitational Tournament.The Pioneers’ Derrin Rogers dueled against the Cougars’ Logan Darnell for the full seven innings of regulation play,…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Honored before Saturday’s game against McGavock were Pioneer soccer seniors, from left, Jerry Dixson, Lucas Griffith, Ryle Chastain, Sampson Hitchcock and David Bradshaw. The Pioneers rallied to beat McGavock, 2-1. The Red Raiders of McGavock scored early in Saturday afternoons game against the Pioneers, at…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Emley Grandey, 5, and her brother Kyle, 3, enjoy waving an American flag during Sunday’s patriotic rally at Three Star Mall. It’s estimated a couple hundred people attended the rally called Support Our Troops – Support America. (James Clark photo) Most of the fighting has ended…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard OTTO Blue Cross Blue Shield policy holders in Warren County, who have been concerned about paying out-of-network penalties at River Park Hospital, can breathe a little easier now.River Park CEO Steve Otto announced this week that HCA will be waiving out-of-network penalties for Blue…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard WAGGONER After more than a year of planning, meetings and discussion, a contract for construction of the Warren County Jail expansion has been awarded.After a formal bidding process held at the County Administration Offices yesterday, that included sealed bids from seven contractors, MCG of…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard While Tuesday’s jarring 4.9 earthquake left people across seven states wondering what is next, experts in the Earth Science field say there is no need to panic given the geographic location of McMinnville between two earthquake threat zones.“A 4.9 is pretty unusual for this neck…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard An earthquake of rarely seen magnitude for this area hit in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday with its effects being felt in Warren County.The quake, measuring 4.9 at its epicenter near Ft. Payne, Ala., caused some minor structural damage in the northeast Alabama town, cracking some…