By Duane Sherrill Well, I hope the Mannings are happy since Eli got his way and gets to play in the Big Apple after all following a draft-day trade.Silly me. I thought the word “draft” meant the player didn’t have any say in who picks him. I guess when you’re a blue chipper with a…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Bobby Simpson pursues Oakland’s Graham Overton down the field during first-half action Thursday night at WCHS. The Pioneers picked up their fifth district victory of the season. (Rob Nunley photo) The Pioneer soccer team picked up its second District 7-AAA victory of the week Thursday,…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Pioneer baseball team’s streak of four straight District 7-AAA splits came to an end Thursday, as Oakland won 7-3 to sweep their two-day series with Warren County.A four-run fourth inning made the difference for the Patriots, and completed their comeback from an early Pioneer…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Alex Mullican slides safely into home during Friday afternoon’s game against York Institute at the Duff Invitational tournament. (Dale Stubblefield photo) COOKEVILLE — The Lady Pioneer softball team rolled through pool play this weekend while competing in one of the top high school tournaments in…

By Chuck Shepherd In March, at the latest trial of a former executive charged with looting his company during the 1990s, ex-employees of Adelphia Communications said that company founder John Rigas (1) was once taking out so many cash advances that his son (also an Adelphia executive) had to limit him to $1 million a…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard If the success of its first service project is any indication, Warren County Middle School’s Youthact Club is on its way to becoming the school’s premier service organization.The club raised over $1,800 – more than quadruple its goal – for the Warren County Humane Society,…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Members of Warren County High School’s Class of 2004 have raked in $1.3 million in college scholarships, high school scholarship clerk Deborah Jordan announced Friday afternoon.Many of the scholarships were presented Thursday during a special scholarship program at the high school.An estimated $340,000 of the…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 41-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in court action:• Charles Dwayne Self was ordered to serve 45 days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $600 plus costs and forfeit his driver’s license for two years for second-offense…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Jim McGaw talks of restoring the Hebe statue, which was removed from Court Square with a crane a little more than a year ago. Plans are to move it into storage until it can be placed back downtown. (Amy Satterwhite photo) Some call her a…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard COLE The craftsmanship of nearly 200 high school students drew $35,500 at the auction block Saturday as a Michigan businessman bought the annual Warren County High School house.“We pretty much work on it all year long,” said Charlie Delong, who oversees the construction of the…