The Fulmer Brothers Yankees held onto their division lead in the 9- and 10-year-old Cal Ripken league Thursday night, downing A.O. Smith 6-4 at the Hoover and Milraney field.Logan Walker worked all six innings, allowing just three hits on his way to the win. He walked two batters, and fanned nine. Dillon Rowland and Cory…

Results from the 13-15-year-old fast pitch league last week saw Cumberland Bank roll past Womack Printing 5-1.Each team sent one run across the plate in the first inning. Cumberland scored two in the third and two in the fourth to take the win. Jessica Mullican picked up the win with 11 strikeouts on the night.…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Senior Shellie Hayes is timed running from home to first. (Dale Stubblefield photo) Head softball coach David Upton held tryouts this week with over 30 girls vying for a spot on the 2005 Lady Pioneer softball team. Coach Upton is looking to fill the void…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 54-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in court action:• Timothy W. Johnson was ordered to serve 90 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence and pay $60 plus costs for sixth-offense driving on a revoked license and…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Every year about a week before Memorial Day, volunteers place hundreds of flags at area veterans’ graves to honor their ultimate sacrifices.This year was no exception as around 30 volunteers and others from the American Legion Post 173 and the post’s auxiliary placed more than…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard When all the money trickles in, it is estimated Warren County’s second Relay for Life will have raised over $90,000 – an almost 30 percent increase over last year’s event.“It went really, really well. We had more people and raised more money than last year.…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A motorcyclist was seriously hurt Thursday afternoon when his cycle slammed into a car that pulled into his path.The cyclist, Michael Paris, 23, remains under treatment at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where he is in stable condition, suffering a severe leg injury and…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County residents may soon find themselves with a considerably lower property tax rate for 2004, but most will see little change in their total tax paid.The change is due to this year’s reappraisal of property done by the state. The reappraisals are done…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A rash of serious accidents on Smithville Highway has gotten the attention of lawmakers and highway engineers, who plan to take steps to make one of the county’s most dangerous intersections safer.“I’m going to have the engineers make recommendations and then I’m going to take…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard “Beauties,” from left, Trevor Galligan, Rudie Thomsen and Dale Sneed, practice their feminine poses just before strutting their stuff on stage during Relay for Life’s “Not So” Beauty Contest. (Will Stewart photos) Rudie Thomsen is a man who knows his limitations, even when he dresses like…