By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Pioneer soccer team picked up a big win Thursday night, downing Oakland 3-1 on the road to finish third in the District 7-AAA standings.Warren County (5-7-1 overall, 4-1-1 in district play) will play host to their first-round district tournament game Monday night, when they…

By Beth Furbush / Better Business Bureau News All the talk about homeland security is prompting more consumers to secure their homes. More and more people are buying professionally installed alarm systems for their homes.Although no system makes your home completely burglar-proof, a home security system can reduce your chances of being burglarized and give…

By Jim Glenn / Columnist The Social Security Administration reminds people who get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits that they must report all changes in their income, the things they own, or how they pay their household expenses.It’s important to report changes as soon as possible, so we can be sure we’re paying you the…

By James Clark / Business Pulse Editor I no longer have an excuse for missing church. With inventor Mike Gill’s latest idea, the ability now exists to take church with me where ever I go.I’m not exactly sure what provided Gill with his motivation. Maybe he had a chronic problem with oversleeping Sunday morning. Maybe…

Iris Grace McGee, 87Mt. Leo resident and Warren County native Iris Grace McGee, 87, died May 2 at NHC after an extended illness.A homemaker and retired beautician and a member of Oakland Church of Christ, she was the daughter of Billie and Nora Hillis Bouldin; and was preceded in death by her husband, Harold McGee.She…

By Joan Ryan / Columnist President Bush had been in office only a few hours in January 2001 when, with the first strokes of his presidential pen, he reinstated the “global gag rule.”The rule, instituted by Ronald Reagan and lifted by Bill Clinton on his first day in office, prevents U.S. family-planning money from going…

By Ed Kimbrell / Columnist Barry Diller is one of the major architects of the new media world, where five international corporations own and operate and control the media. He’s always been an independent thinker about media and what they do and is now at the zenith of his career and power. And Barry Diller…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A worker from subcontractor Burelson Pools of Huntsville, Ala., covers grade stakes near the children’s slide Wednesday. (Amy Satterwhite photo) With three weeks to go, contractors say they are on target to open Gilley Pool on May 24, weather permitting.“I have every intention of making…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Angie Youngblood lifts her heart in song at the National Day of Prayer held at the gazebo on Court Square. (Charles W. Johnson photo) What has become a national tradition was observed downtown Thursday as people from all walks of life assembled for the National…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BOULDIN Believing the culprits would return to claim their stash of goodies, police waited by a collection of vending-machine snacks earlier this week to nab children who inflicted thousands of dollars in damage to a business and a church in Westwood.The six children, ranging in…