U.S. Equipment closed the gap between first and second place in the girls 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch softball league with a pair of wins last week.U.S. began its week with a 16-15 win over N.H.C. on Monday, then nabbed a 19-14 win over Heartwood Nursery Tuesday night.In Tuesday’s win, the girls from U.S. Equipment bouncd…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist For many of us, it’s becoming that sacred time of year when we get out our cheat books, spread sheets and magazines to prepare for fantasy football.Those of you who are into fantasy football know it becomes a consuming pastime, often dictating what kind of mood you will be in…

By Jim Glenn / Columnist What’s SSA? If you live in a small Wisconsin city about 50 miles north of Milwaukee and like to play baseball, you’d answer that it’s the “Sheboygan Softball Association.” If your hobby is flying gliders, you probably would say it stands for the “Soaring Society of America.” And if you…

By Beth Furbush / Better Business Bureau News With the interest rates at its lowest in years, buying a vacation home may not be a bad idea right now. If you are considering the purchase of a second home, the Better Business Bureau advises you to focus more on the actual property and price, than…

By James Clark / Business Pulse Editor It will go down in history as one of the great product failures of all time.It was about a year ago that food giant Heinz unveiled a new product called Funky Fries. The company grinned from ear to ear when it announced it would be selling chocolate French…

Nora L. Chapman, 82McMinnville resident and Warren County native Nora L. Turner Chapman, 82, died June 28 at LakeWest Hospital in Willoughby after a battle with lung cancer.An employee at the shoe factory during the 1940s and then the garment factory, she retired from Century Electric. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy…

TO THE EDITOR: Why? This is my question — why I have no control over what can be delivered to my personal mailbox? I do not want soft porn in my world. I do not want any porn in my world. Seven years ago I shut off my television because even when I block channels…

TO THE EDITOR: We have figured out the problem with our county government. There is not anyone who knows their job for example.Kenneth Rogers thinks he’s the road superintendent. Jackie Matheny thinks he’s the Judge. Larry Ross sure messed up when he turned the drug offenders loose (Bonnaroo).I can say this for Larry Ross, he…

TO THE EDITOR: With Warren County in yet another financial crisis, and with talk of yet another property tax hike, department budget cuts etc., I question why the county is once again poised to give Magness Library (a private corporation) public money.The Tennessee Constitution, Article 2, Section 29, states; “But the credit of no county,…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Once a free man after being acquitted on charges he robbed two local stores last year, former serial robber Daniel Whited now faces two federal firearm counts that could cost him 20 years in prison.Whited, 46, entered not guilty pleas Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge…