By Paige Z. Northcutt / Manager, USA Gym This week’s article is on an area that I also hear a lot about, “Spot Reduction.” Everyone has seen those TV commercials where someone is trying to sell you a machine, abdominal exerciser, or thigh minimizer, while also telling you that you can lose that midsection by…

By Duane Sherrill Sure, they’re locking horns with the odds-on favorite to win the Stanley Cup, but still the Nashville Predators are in the NHL playoffs after five opening years of disappointment.For a time it seemed like the Preds were never going anywhere as they kept their wallet tightly closed in a league where the…

This summer as thousands of athletes journey to Greece — site of the first Olympics — to compete for gold and glory, the Tennessee Senior Games remind everyone that Olympic competition and spirit transcend all ages.“The true spirit of competition at the first Olympics in 776 B.C. is still alive today in athletes of all…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Thursday afternoon at Boyd, the Lady Bronco softball team took on the Lady Feet of Webb. In the first inning Boyd looked very solid and jumped out to an early lead. But the top of the fourth ended up being a disaster for the Lady…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Warren County Middle School boys soccer team put its undefeated record on the line Thursday night as the Pioneers took on Cookeville’s Avery Trace at Pistole Park.“This was a nail-bitter,” said coach Matt Jackson. “Both teams played very hard and we are very happy…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Pioneers finally picked up a win over Coffee County Thursday night, but a victory in their third battle of the year with the Red Raiders didn’t come easily — or quickly.Colby Killian pitched 6-1/3 innings of one-hit relief, and plated the game winning run…

By Chuck Shepherd As the Romanian government hurries to improve law-enforcement sophistication in its campaign for European Union membership, villagers in the Transylvania region are resisting police crackdowns on their traditional practice of vampire killings, according to a March Knight Ridder News Service report. Vampires (unlike Hollywood conventions using crosses and garlic) are just people…

Local community leaders and others will gather together April 20 in a lockup fund-raising effort designed to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.In 2003, Warren County “jailbirds” raised more than $23,000 to help local children attend MDA summer camp, receive medical assistance with wheelchairs and leg braces, and benefit from medical research aimed at eliminating Muscular…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 90-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in traffic court action:• Alberto Gonzalez was ordered to serve 30 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, pay $50 plus costs and forfeit his driver’s license for one year for…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A Smithville store owner will serve five years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute pseudoephedrine to meth traffickers.The defendant, Elmus Johnson of Smithville, owner/operator of Smithville Food Mart, also known as the Texaco Food Mart, sold the cold medicine after being specifically warned by…