By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Self Construction, at front, and K&R Vending, above, were among the several cheerleading teams which performed at Saturday’s awards ceremony. (Rob Nunley photos) The Jaycees Basketball Cheerleading program held its annual Awards Night Saturday at the Bobby Ray Gym, with teams receiving recognition…

Coach Matt Turner’s camp for county school students interested in playing for the Warren County Middle School football team had to be canceled this week.Plans originally called for a bus to bring players in from the county elementary schools for the camp, which was to begin at 3:30 Monday and Tuesday afternoons.However, students were not…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.) Warren County pitcher Joey Haston delivers to a Coffee County batter during Monday afternoon’s scrimmage against the Red Raiders at Ramsey Field. The Pioneer baseball team hosted Coffee County for a preseason scrimmage Monday afternoon, and new head coach J.W. Holt was pleased…

Some 240 Democratic leaders from across Tennessee’s Fourth Congressional District converged on Warren County Saturday to elect delegates to their party’s national presidential nominating convention in Boston this summer.“This extraordinary level of enthusiasm shows that Democrats are energized and mobilized to reclaim the White House for the American people,” said Paul Davis, chairman of the…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard When his mom, Carolyn Steele, suffered a severe allergic reaction, 10-year-old Nate Steele saved the day by calling 911. (Will Stewart photo) When his mom’s throat constricted and she began to shake as the two pulled in the driveway of their Viola home two weeks…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A record-setting 23 African-American high school seniors were honored at the ninth annual African-American Athletic and Scholarship Banquet held at the Civic Center Saturday night.Banquet coordinator Donna Martin, who began the event in 1996 upon discovering that year’s graduating class contained only five African-Americans, expressed…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WOLFORD The numbers, said Wayne Wolford, just don’t add up, and county students are the lesser because of it.While minorities make up over 10 percent of the Warren County Schools student population, he pointed out to the school board’s personnel committee Thursday night, they make…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard A bomb threat at a local shopping center turned out to be a hoax Tuesday, but law enforcement and emergency management personnel took the situation quite seriously.Around 2 p.m. yesterday, officers from the McMinnville Police Department, as well as the McMinnville Fire Department, Warren County…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Irene and Arthur Lorance pose with a resolution in Arthur’s honor presented to the Centertown mayor by the state legislature on his 95th birthday. The resolution touts him as the oldest acting mayor in Tennessee. (Charles W. Johnson photo) It’s probably safe to say…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Carla Contreras, left, and her mother, Martina, recall the 9-year-old’s frightening fall into a well Sunday morning. The girl was pulled from the well by rescue workers after she clung to the walls for half an hour. (Duane Sherrill photo) The life of a 9-year-old…