By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Warren County Middle School varsity soccer team kept its undefeated record intact, and ran its streak of shutout victories to three in a row with a pair of wins earlier this week.Monday night, the Pioneers grabbed a big victory against White County, winning 4-0.Tony…

By BOB BAUM / AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — First Stanford, now Syracuse. In a five-day span, Alabama has conquered the region’s top seed and the defending national champion in its remarkable rise from curiosity to contender. Next up is No. 2 seed Connecticut in Saturday’s finals of the Phoenix Regional. After its convincing…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Colby Killian delivers during his one-hitter Wednesday night against Murfreesboro Siegel. (Rob Nunley photo) Warren County’s baseball team opened its District 7-AAA baseball season with back-to-back stellar pitching performances, but could only manage one victory as they split a two-game series with Siegel.On Tuesday night,…

By JANIE McCAULEY / AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun makes his players slap the floor on defense during practice. It’s so ingrained now, some of the Huskies even do it in games. “The first thing he told me when I got to Connecticut was score and play defense,” forward Rashad…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Though he died of a heart attack in 1998, former Warren countian James Allen Garrett will be remembered into perpetuity with the establishment of a scholarship in his memory at Tennessee Tech.Memorializing his lifelong love and teaching of music, the scholarship will help deserving music…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Thirteen people were sentenced Wednesday in Circuit Court by Judge Bart Stanley.Included in court action:• Victor M. Rivera was ordered to serve 270 days of an eight-year sentence and pay $2,000 plus costs for possession of cocaine with intent to sell.• Aguilar Omar Rodriquez, Luis…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 40-person docket was heard Tuesday in General Sessions Court by Judge Larry Ross.Included in court action:• Daniel Lee Davenport was bound over to the grand jury on the charge of manufacture of meth.• Cameron Kevin Evans was issued an 11-29 probationary sentence and must…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard AcuHealthcare Solutions’ Megan Gannon, center, goes over some information on dealing with domestic violence with River Park ER nurses Sandra Witt, left, and Shannon Swindell. (Charles W. Johnson photo) River Park Hospital takes the problem of domestic violence seriously, and is one of several…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Cadets representing JROTC programs in four states, who are striving to be the “best they can be,” will compete at the Midsouth Championship Drill Meet at Warren County High School this Saturday.Sponsored by Dr Pepper, the event is in its 20th year. It will feature…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Winners in the local VFW Post 5064 “Patriot’s Pen” essay contest were honored at a banquet at the VFW recently. The winners are, from left, overall winner Maria C. Terrazas, Daniel Boyd, Michael A. Stevens, Mitchell Young and Jonathan M. Poe. Winners for the…