By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County softball coach David Upton talks to his seniors after Thursday’s game. Pictured from left are seniors Crystal Jones, Brittany Patterson, Lacey Griffith, Tracey Medlen and Jasmine Ware. The Lady Pioneers played their final home game of the season Thursday against District 7-AAA foe…

When you drive around town in May, don’t forget to look for your Southern Standard boxes. That’s because the Standard will be displaying artwork from local students on our blue boxes and local residents are being asked to vote for their favorite drawing.The contest works like this: Spot your favorite drawing around town then pick…

It’s time to get healthy! Yes, you must control your health and now is the time to learn about healthy habits that will last a lifetime. Healthy Habits for Life seminar is designed to help establish lifelong eating and activity habits that will put you on the road to a healthier you! You’ll learn to…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard This summer marks the 20th year of Young Scholars Institute, a two-week long summer program whose goal is to offer gifted students in-depth enrichment activities that often cannot be taught during the school year.Young Scholars Institute, or YSI as it is better known, was first…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 74-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court.Included in court action:• Rafael C. Medellin was ordered to serve 142 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, pay $1,150 plus court costs and forfeit his driver’s license for three years for…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A local man will serve a quarter of a century behind bars for molesting a 6-year-old girl.The defendant, William Joseph Wilson, 21, entered a no-contest plea before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley last week to the charge of child rape. He was directed to serve…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard “Bless the beasts and the children, for in this world they have no voice, they have no choice,” begins the theme song to “Bless the Beasts & Children,” the fine 1972 Stanley Kramer film of the Glendon Swarthout novel about a group of boys…

William Murphy (Buckwheat) Roller Jr., 51McMinnville resident and Indianapolis, Ind., native William Murphy (Buckwheat) Roller Jr., 51, died unexpectedly April 25 at his home.A nurseryman, he was the son of Dora Roller of Smithville and the late William M. Roller Sr.He is survived by his wife, Joyce Rutledge Roller; son, William (Buffy) Roller of McMinnville;…

By Jim Mullen / Columnist I quit smoking 11 years ago. I quit again 10 and a half years ago. Then I quit once more about 10 years ago. I didn’t think it was possible, but I kicked the habit. It’s been nine and a half years since my last cigarette. If I can do…

By Ed Kimbrell / Columnist TV news directors, like editors everywhere, pretend they know what news is and how to deliver it. The dirty little secret about that is they’re often only guessing and acting out of instinct, education and experience.That’s also why local stations seem to report the same news with only minor variation…