Auditions for Beauty and the Beast are scheduled at The Arts Center of Cannon County Feb. 1 at 2 p.m. and Feb. 2 at 6:30 p.m.Roles are available for four guys between the ages of 10 and 18; three or four girls between the ages of 12 and 18; one adult male and one adult…

Rebeca Pinedo of Lima, Peru and Richard Mears of Hendersonville were married in an 11 o’clock ceremony taking place Dec. 27 at Rivergate Church of Christ in Madison.The bride is the daughter of Dina Torres Pinedo and the late Raul Pinedo of Peru. She is the granddaughter of Julio Pinedo, Manual Torres and Salome Torres,…

By Dandy Dave When Dave “Fit” Finlay found out he would be competing in his first professional wrestling match, he was surprised.After all, he was only 14 years old. Thus began a legendary wrestling career.He has had many surprises in his 30 years in the industry, but one of the biggest was last year, when…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Lady Broncos entertained the Lady Pirates of South Pittsburg Tuesday night with high hopes of picking up their third win of the season. But turnovers cost Boyd in the first half, and the result was a 71-47 loss for the Lady Broncos, who fell…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Poor shooting in the first quarter proved costly for the Boyd Broncos Tuesday night, as they fell to South Pittsburg 81-57 in home high school action.James Dunlap put the Broncos on the board in the opening seconds of the game, but South Pittsburg came back…

By Rob Nunley / Columnist Something about Tuesday night’s unbelievable girls loss at White County has put an old-school U2 song in my head. I just can’t get rid of it.“I can’t believe the news today. Oh, I can’t close my eyes and make it go away… Sunday, bloody Sunday… Sunday, bloody Sunday…”I’m not sure…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) SPARTA — The Pioneers did everything they had to do to claw their way back into position for their first district win Tuesday night.But when the game was on the line, the ball refused to bounce Warren County’s way — twice.Fighting from a…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) SPARTA — It was a tale of two halves.After battling basket-for-basket with the District 7-AAA leaders for the first two periods, the Lady Pioneers fell apart after intermission Tuesday night on their way to a 67-37 loss to White County.While the Lady Pioneers…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A drunk driver who slammed his car into a fire truck was issued the maximum sentence for his crime this week.The defendant, Doyle Kyle Nash, was directed to serve an 11-month, 29-day sentence behind bars, pay $600 plus court costs and forfeit his driver’s license.…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Trafficking methaphetamine will cost six Warren countains significant time in federal prison, with one defendant sentenced to nearly 22 years behind bars.Receiving the longest sentence in the recent round of federal court sentencings was Matt Jones, who was ordered to serve 21.9 years in federal…