By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Fifteen people were indicted Friday by the Warren County grand jury. Several cases were continued because of a backlog of laboratory cases due to the changing of Tennessee Bureau of Investigation labs which analyzes alleged controlled substances in drug cases.Included in grand jury action:• James…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Families in Crisis, the local shelter for victims of domestic violence, is holding its first Families in Crisis Car Show. It takes place at the old Wal-Mart parking lot in Cumberland Plaza this Saturday. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and judging starts at…

Dorothy Agnes Elrod Foster, 79McMinnville resident and Warren County native Dorothy Agnes Elrod Foster, 79, died June 8 at River Park Hospital.A homemaker and a member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ where she was with the Ladies Association for Christian Education, she was preceded in death by her husband, Noel Foster; parents, Lizzie and…

Girls Jr. Softball Results in the Girls Junior Softball League saw Smarty Pants defeat Mullican Tool 15-5. Haley Jones had a homerun for Mullican.Taco Bell blanked Sundrop 9-0. For Sundrop, Taylor Grissom and Sarah Jacobs had one homerun each.Tammy’s Little Tikes slipped past Love Cantrell and Cope 19-16. For Tammy’s, Rebecca Sweeton and Lauren Wilkinson.Hall’s…

The 16-under girls AAU basketball team has been very busy over the past several weeks. The team from Warren County traveled to Panama City Florida, Memorial Day weekend placing second in a YBOA tournament. The AAU Lady Pioneers won the North Middle Substate Division II in Cheatham County last weekend to earn a berth in…

The Warren County High School baseball team held tryouts Thursday and Friday with 36 players fighting for a position on the high school program. Head coach J.W. Holt and his staff put the players through two days of defensive and offensive drills to fill 28 spots.“I was a little disappointed with the number of kids…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist Wait a minute. The last time I heard, the east wasn’t supposed to be able to compete with the west in basketball.It’s been a steadfast rule that since the break-up of the immortal Michael Jordan Bulls, the east has simply presented no more than a bump in the road for…

Last week’s results in the girls modified fast-pitch league, Eva’s blanked Smokey Joe’s 19-0. For Eva’s, Chelsea Whitaker had three hits, Ashley Roland and Sharda Fergerson had two hits each. Lauren Laws, Christy Perry and Alyssa Millraney had one hit each. For Smokey Joe’s, Kala Vance had the only hit of the day. Millraney picked…

New head coach Keith Hamilton held tryouts last week for the Warren County High School soccer team. Coach Hamilton had 43 girls try out and based his decision on speed, skills and aggressive play.“I was very pleased with the numbers we had at tryouts,” said Hamilton. “This was a good group of athletes and it…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The last day of school was Wednesday but for some Warren County High School athletes Wednesday was the beginning of another year. Five different teams held tryouts this past week as they start their quest for a winning season.Volleyball, soccer, baseball and both the boys…