The varsity Pioneerettes dance team competed in the National Dance Alliance Dance Nationals in Orlando, Fla., in March.The team brought back a fourth-place trophy in the Funk division, and also received the prestigious award of the “Most Innovative Choreography” out of all the teams that competed in the Funk division. They also brought home a…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Lady Broncos softball team won their first game of the year Saturday, defeating Mt. Juliet Christian 21-5. The Lady Broncos pounded out 16 hits on the day, while giving up three hits and three walks.Boyd’s defense put Mt. Juliet down in order in the…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Lady Pioneer softball team traveled to Coffee County Monday to take on the Lady Raiders. Coffee County took advantage of an error and three hits in the bottom of the fourth to take a 11-1 win over Warren County.Both teams went down in order…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Warren County Middle School softball team picked up four wins over the past four days, taking two games last week over Coffee County Middle and two games over Avery Trace on Monday.In the first game Monday against Avery Trace, the Lady Pioneers scored first…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard After besting her peers at the regional and state DECA competitions, Warren County High School senior Toni Madewell will head to national DECA competition in Nashville next week.There she will go up against close to 13,000 students from across the country in 12 categories in…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard The McMinnville-Warren County Chamber of Commerce is one step closer to receiving grant money and a loan to finish the interior of the Chamber building.Chamber officials met with representatives from USDA Rural Development Monday to sign a “Letter of Intent to Meet Conditions” which…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Failure to render assistance to an injured victim will cost a local woman 145 days behind bars, four years after she fled the scene of an accident on New Smithville Highway.The suspect, Hilda M. Manier, was arrested recently on the charge of failure of duty…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Three people were injured Tuesday afternoon in a two-car crash on Highway 56 North.One victim, Maria Isabel Cuellas, 26, who was a passenger in a Dodge Caravan driven by Angel Ramirez, 36, was airlifted from the scene by LifeForce helicopter which made its landing in…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Targeting unlicensed drivers, the highway patrol will conduct a roadblock this weekend to check for valid driver’s licenses.The roadside safety checkpoint will be Friday on Highway 8. The exact time of the roadblock has not been revealed. State law requires such roadblocks to be announced…

By TOM SHARP / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — The Governor’s Task Force on Methamphetamine Abuse began looking for ways Tuesday to deal with what Gov. Phil Bredesen called a scourge on the state. The broadly constituted 20-member task force will report to Bredesen by Sept. 1. “The bottom line is we’ve got a…