Pioneers put through their paces
By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Reese Bishop and Johnathan Morris were the big winners in the Pioneer basketball team’s recent week-long evaluation.Chris Turner, who is taking over as the Pioneers’ head coach this year, held an evaluation camp for the varsity and freshman squads, to get a feel for what…
Read MoreLocal teams make Buick sectionals
By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Sectionals for the Buick Scramble were held at the McMinnville Country Club on July 4. A total of 24 teams competed, with three teams from the McMinnville Country Club qualifying for the Sectionals.Low Gross Champion, Low Net Champion and second place Low Gross all…
Read MorePioneers top local rivals: Warren County squads battle in finals
By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Zach Rubley of the Warren County Pioneers slaps a base hit to left field during his team’s game against the Warren County Braves during pool play at the WCYB Invitational Saturday. (Dale Stubblefield photo) An all-Warren County final highlighted Saturday’s 9-year-old Warren County Youth Baseball…
Read MoreYates named vice president of state election organization
Longtime Warren County Election Administrator Donna Yates has been elected vice president of the statewide organization for her profession, the Tennessee Association of County Election Officials.Yates, who has served as the county’s election administrator for the last 26 years, said she is ready to do her part.“This is an association of about 500 members which…
Read MoreBuying newspaper turns dangerous
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A local woman was injured Sunday morning when she was run over by her own vehicle while trying to buy a newspaper.The victim, Frances Butcher, 68, suffered leg injuries when she was struck by her vehicle and then rolled over by the car in front…
Read MoreBack to school for Bobby Ray: Alternative schedule means early start
By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Maya Denning, 6, spent part of yesterday morning working at a computer in the Bobby Ray Elementary library. Maya starts the first grade today. (James Clark photo) Believe it or not, school bells are ringing at Bobby Ray Elementary.Today is the first day of…
Read MoreMoms in Touch cover schools in prayer
By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) If you aren’t praying for your child, who is?This is a question posed by Moms in Touch International, a non-denominational group of Christian women who meet to pray for their children and schools, and whose local chapter hopes to see every Warren County…
Read MoreWarren County above average in child abuse cases
By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Editor’s note: The following is the fifth part of a continuing series detailing the well-being of children in Warren County, as was determined by the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth in its recent publication “Kids Count 2002: The State of the Child…
Read MoreCity officials agree to hold sales tax referendum: If measure passes, property taxes likely to be lowered
By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard DAVENPORT Indicating an increase in the local option sales tax may be the lesser of two evils, city officials on Tuesday voted to formally request the Warren County Election Commission allow people to go to the polls on the matter.City officials have been wrangling with…
Read MoreCommissioners hold special meeting, don’t vote
By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard TROTMAN In a meeting one commissioner called “highly abbreviated and rather pointless” the Warren County Commission essentially voted not to vote on a resolution to hold a referendum on a 3/4-cent local option sales tax this year.Commissioners had indicated they were in favor of…
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