By George Plagenz / Columnist With Father’s Day just around the corner, I’d like to share with you some stories I’ve written down and saved over the years about my own father and God the Father. One I’m particularly fond of comes from author April Oursler Armstrong, whose dad was none other than renowned life-of-Christ…

By Jim Mullen / Columnist The thunder was getting closer, there were lightning flashes off in the distance. I shut down my computer. I can’t afford to lose all the notes I’ve taken since making a backup a week ago. Oh, yeah, I mean six or seven months ago. If the lightning doesn’t fry the…

By James Clark / Columnist A trip to the driver’s license center may soon be in my future.That’s because the driver’s license center is the first place I’m heading if a Muslim woman is granted the right to have her picture made wearing a veil over her face.Believe it or not, a Florida judge is…

Our Viewpoint With a constant emphasis on keeping alcohol away from Tennessee highways, it’s only logical to wonder if state lawmakers didn’t indulge in a few too many drinks when allowing motor vehicle passengers to continue to drink.Once again, our General Assembly has forfeited millions in federal highway construction dollars because it refuses to ban…

Harvesting and weaving hickory bark will be the topic for an Appalachian Life Workshops handcraft session scheduled June 12 through 15 in Readyville.The event will involve plenty of hands-on learning and every participant will take home an item they will be proud to have made. Every skill level in welcome.Appalachian Life Workshops, located on 70…

Dennis and Dala Jernigan of Beech Grove announce the engagement of their daughter, Lyndsay Desire?, to Justin Paul Logan. He is the son of Bill and Sandy Logan of Beech Grove.The wedding is planned for June 26 at the Carriage Lane Inn in Murfreesboro.The bride-elect is a 2003 honors graduate of Coffee County Central High…

Mr. and Mrs. James T. Crawford Jr. of Smithville reveal plans for forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Amanda Gale, to Steven Bo McCraken. He is the son of Charles and Connie McCraken of Smithville.The wedding will take place June 21 at six o’clock in the evening at The Inn at Harvest Farms Lake in Morrison.The…

Centertown Softball Leagues In the Centertown T-Ball league Monday night, Lassiters Wrecker Service slipped past Medleys Diner 17-16. Maranda Jarvis, Courtney Blair and Joshua Lanier had homeruns. Lance Home Repair defeated Sains Business Services 13-7. Kake Scheidler had a round tripper.In coach pitch, American National beat Dr. Fosters 13-11. Coty Orrick hit a homerun for…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard In recent action in the girls modified fast-pitch 11-12 league, McKinley’s Chiropractic blanked Eva’s Restaurant 7-0.Cassie Wanamaker had the perfect game for McKinley’s as she struck out 14 batters gave up no hits and didn’t allow any walks.For McKinley’s, Chancerie Martin and Wanamaker had two…

By Rob Nunley / Columist There are 750 major league baseball players in the United States.And now, there seem to be 750 million fingers being pointed at one of them.Sammy Sosa was ejected from Tuesday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, after he was found to have used a corked bat.Is it illegal…