Friday night in the 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch league Quality Mold slipped past Hoover and Son Insurance 22-21 in five innings. Quality scored five runs in the first inning, six in the second, three in the third, one in the fourth and seven in the fifth. Hoover scored six in the first, three in the…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County High School tennis coach David Dunlap held his annual tennis camp this week with over 32 campers participating. The camp was divided into three sessions: Ages 5-8, ages 9-10 and ages 12-18.Coach Dunlap — with the help of high school tennis players Kristen…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Ted Prater, left, and Carolyn Lance pose with the plaques marking their induction into the Warren County Sports Hall of Fame Thursday afternoon. The Warren County Sports Hall of Fame inducted two new members Thursday afternoon during a ceremony held at Union Planters Bank.Carolyn Lance…

Stones River Crafts Fair will get under way at 10 a.m. June 8 and 9 next to Cannonsburgh, an authentic pioneer village located at 312 South Front St. in Murfreesboro.Extraordinary is a good description of the fine crafts that you will find at the fair referred to as “A Celebration of the Extraordinary.” The Stones…

By TOM SHARP / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — Foster children who get too old for state custody need continuing support as they make the transition to adulthood, a goal the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth is moving to address. Children can move out of foster homes once they reach age 18, but…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Country-soul artist Petrella is the opening act for this summer’s Friday night offerings of live music. Petrella is scheduled to perform at 5:30 p.m. June 11. (Photo provided) With the debut season of “Music in the Park” considered a success, Main Street McMinnville is organizing…

By WILL STEWART / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WIX In 14 years time, most products see some form of price increase. One exception is a nutritious school lunch, which since 1990 has been sold for $1.25 at county elementary schools and $1.50 at the high school.“Food prices have gone up, and we expect…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The WastAway plant, pictured above, may very well have been saved by the tireless efforts of firemen who worked to douse the blaze which broke out Tuesday morning in the plant’s exhaust system. (Duane Sherrill photo) A marathon fire fighting effort may have saved the…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard SCOTT Saying they “hunted down” Van Buren County Commissioner John Scott, his long-time girlfriend Stacey Songer says she wants to see all those involved in his killing brought to justice.Scott, 39, was mortally wounded last month during a gun battle outside Southside Parkway Market in…

By Nat Hentoff Singer-songwriter Merle Haggard, an enduring chronicler of the American experience, once told me, “when everything gets me far, far down, only music can lift me up.” Me, too. And in this time of homicidal jihadists and the systemic abuse of Iraqi prisoners, there are times when I need an infusion of the…