Susan Grandey, director of the Warren County High School Pioneerette dance team, is pleased to announce that four of the team’s 2004 graduates will be dancing for collegiate dance teams this fall.Alyssa Wright will be dancing for the Golden Girls of Tennessee Tech University, while Ericka Porter and Lakelyn Foutch will be members of the…

By Duane Sherrill What Ricky Williams did to the Miami Dolphins is nothing short of theft, leaving the team who gave him millions high and dry right before the season begins.Hey, if he wanted to sit around on some South Pacific beach and smoke weed all day, he could have done that when his contract…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The morning and noon Rotary clubs will be teeing it up Saturday with their 18th annual golf tournament at the McMinnville Country Club.A field of 34 four-man teams will hit the links for charity with proceeds going to scholarships and various charities in Warren County.…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Through their first week of full-team practices, new Pioneer head football coach Chris Madewell describes his team as hard-working, in fairly decent physical condition, and eager to begin working in full gear this week.The Pioneers worked out in shorts and helmets throughout the past week,…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Pioneer Community Baptist Church needed a second game to take the Warren County Church League’s “B” division championship Thursday night.But after falling to Central 22-19 in the first title game, Pioneer — which came out of the losers’ bracket into the tourney finals — edged…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard First Assembly erupted for 22 runs in the championship game of the Warren County Church League’s Men’s “A” division tournament Thursday night, capturing the title with a 22-5 victory over Pearls of Christ.The two championship squads finished the first frame tied at 4-4, but an…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard They lived through the depression and World War II. They saw the Berlin wall go up, and watched as it fell, signaling the end of the cold war that existed for most of their lives.They’ve seen technology evolve from radio to television and on…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Nine people were sentenced this week in circuit court by Judge Bart Stanley.Included in circuit court action:• Arthur Thomas Belk III was ordered to serve 180 days of a four-year sentence, pay $2,000 plus costs and perform 24 hours public service work for manufacture of…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 77-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court.Included in court action:• John H. Turner was bound over to the grand jury on 43 counts of theft. He is charged with conning several local businesses out of hundreds of dollars…

By Jim Glenn Are you or someone you know among the nearly 1 in 5 people receiving Social Security benefits who is not using direct deposit? We often scratch our heads and wonder why everyone does not sign up for direct deposit.Direct deposit really is the most convenient way to make sure your benefit payments…