By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Pirates’ Cody Fults gets past the tag attempt of Tiger catcher Slater Parks during Friday night action in the 11-12-year-old Cal Ripken league. Fults picked up three hits at the plate to help his team to a 6-3 win. (Dale Stubblefield photo) Homeland Community…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Tournament action heated up Saturday in the 7-8 year-old coach pitch league.In the first game of the day Check Advance defeated Kenneth Rogers Tractor 21-11. The two teams combined for 37 hits on the day.Check Advance scored three runs in the first inning, three in…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Warren County High School Lady Pioneer softball team was scheduled to hold their third annual alumni day game on Saturday. But, for the second year in a row, the game was canceled due to rain and storms moving through the area. The Lady Pioneers…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard PENNINGTON For most, a bicycle is the first mode of transportation they own. Unfortunately, says school resource officer and local bicycle enthusiast Bobby Pennington, many children don’t know how to operate one safely.“With summer here, a lot of kids are out riding bikes on roads…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 106-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in traffic court action:• Alfonso L. Centeno was ordered to serve five days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $350 plus costs and forfeit his driver’s license for one year for…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard PALLAS After five years at the helm of Tennessee Technology Center at McMinnville, Dr. Abraham Pallas will end his tenure there tomorrow.The doctor has accepted an administrative position at a Florida community college to be closer to his wife, Pam, who left the community some…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A man who stood atop his house clutching a meat cleaver was sentenced to five years in prison for his five-hour standoff with lawmen this past November.The defendant, Robert Troy Whipple, 36, entered guilty pleas recently to charges of aggravated assault, evading arrest, driving on…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard As an IT manager, Cpl. Michael Reep, seen here in front of one of I Troop’s Bradley Fighting Vehicles, worries he’ll miss vital information technology advances while he’s deployed. (Will Stewart photo) In the ever-evolving information technology field, two years can seem like an eternity.…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Eleven people were sentenced last week by Judge Bart Stanley in Circuit Court.Included in court action:• Ethan Chad Weismore was ordered to serve 180 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence and perform 20 hours public service work for failure to list himself on the state’s…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard BROWN The American Heart Association’s Maggie Brown never expected to be a spokesperson for the organization. But neither did she ever expect to be a heart patient.Brown, 25, has spent the last several years fighting for her life after being diagnosed with a rare condition…