One and DONE: Defending champs send WCHS home
By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) The Lady Pioneers ended their season in the first round of the District 7-AAA Tournament Monday. The Lady Pioneers’ Whitney Pelham and Cookeville’s Ashley Martin tumble out-of-bounds while going for a loose ball. (Rob Nunley photo) SPARTA — Looking back, they were two…
Read MoreTraffic Docket: Ross hears 46-person court docket
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 46-person docket was heard last Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in traffic court action:• Albert R. Cantrell was bound over to the grand jury on charges of sixth offense driving on a revoked license and violation of habitual traffic…
Read MoreNursery Notes: Animal damage control procedures
By Mark A. Halcomb / UT Area Nursery Specialist Joey Wray, one of Warren County’s local Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agents, spoke briefly during the Middle Tennessee Nursery Association meeting last week. He can be reached at 931-686-8972 or wray@blomand.net.Roy Cannon, can be reached at 931-815-2600 or lorren@blomand.net.When contacting by e-mail, type “animal damage” as the…
Read MoreExtension Notes: It’s time to start thinking Farmer’s Market
J. Dale Beaty / Extension Leader The Warren County Agriculture Producers Association is meeting this Monday night, March 1 to assigned market stalls and prepare for the coming market season. This association runs the local Farmer’s Market and last year was the first season in the new market facility. They had a good year and…
Read MoreFeb. 29: Celebrate Jesus Rally features Chris Sanders
Former Titans wide receiver Chris Sanders will be featured speaker Feb. 29 for the annual Celebrate Jesus Rally at the Civic Center with music by the Isaacs, a well-known Gospel Music group. There is no admission charge and the public is invited to attend.Several churches in the Warren County area have bonded together to sponsor…
Read MoreFeb. 27: Library, church ready to honor black history
Magness Library will present entertaining and informative programs in observance of Black History Month this Friday, Feb. 27.The first program will be at 6 p.m. at the library. Wayne Wolford will present materials pertaining to his research on the Rockets and Clowns, semi-pro baseball teams based in Warren County from the 1930s till 1988. Wolford…
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Read MoreObituary Report for February 25, 2004
Estell Raymond McGuire Bouldin, 65Rock Island resident and White County native Estell Raymond McGuire Bouldin, 65, died Feb. 24 at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.A homemaker and a member of Rolling Acres Brethren in Christ Church, she was the daughter of Robert and Estell Cope McGuire.She is survived by her husband, Amasa Berne…
Read MoreYoung account for nearly half of STDs
By MARK SHERMAN / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Teenagers and young adults account for nearly half the cases of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States though they make up just a quarter of the sexually active population, according to the first extensive national estimate of STDs among young Americans. Researchers at the…
Read MoreSelf-monitoring blood pressure may avoid treatment
By LINDSEY TANNER / AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Letting patients measure their own blood pressure at home could help detect “white coat hypertension” — a high reading that occurs only in the doctor’s office — and enable many people to get off medication, a study found. The study, published in Wednesday’s Journal of…
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