Betty Crocker Dear Betty, I’m making up my Thanksgiving menu and am looking for a new idea for using sweet potatoes instead of my usual casserole. Can you help? Gorham, Maine Sweet potato casserole is a traditional favorite, but there are other scrumptious ways to bring the sweet flavor and brilliant color of sweet potatoes…

Roger Cook A student at Warren County High School recently made the statement that the Bible has no business is our school. Oddly, I received the following document the day before this person’s statement was published. Read it to the end. We might learn something there. The following is probably the most important piece of…

Southern Standard readers are invited to extend happy birthday and anniversary best wishes to friends and loved ones through this weekly column. Please submit your messages by our noon deadline each Thursday. Happy Birthday Wishes: Nov. 9 – Sandy Porter, “Happy 39th birthday; we love you,” Lonnie and Sandra. Nov. 11 – Gerald Hillis, “Happy…

All-Pro linebacker Keith Bulluck is curious to see which Tennessee Titans team will show up Sunday against Chicago. Will it be the Titans who routed Green Bay 48-27 on Oct. 11? Or the group that stumbled to five losses in six games, nearly frittering away the season?

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD There’s no place like home, and Thursday night at Dibrell the Wildcats swept Warren County Middle School. In the first game, the Lady Wildcats slipped past the Lady Pioneers 27-22 and in the second game Dibrell downed the Pioneers 37-25 in seventh- and eight-grade action. The Lady Wildcats defense shutdown Warren County’s…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Kentucky’s Shane Boyd threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Glenn Holt with 1:39 left, lifting the Wildcats past Vanderbilt 14-13 on Saturday. Kentucky (2-8, 1-6 Southeastern Conference) snapped a seven-game losing streak. Boyd and Holt connected for two fourth-quarter touchdowns against the Commodores (2-8, 1-6), who just missed recording what would have…

Monday, Nov. 155th-6th basketball, Irving College at Morrison, 6 p.m.5th-6th basketball, Eastside at WCMS, 6 p.m.5th-6th basketball, Centertown at Dibrell, 4 p.m.7th-8th basketball, Centertown at Dibrell, 6 p.m.Boyd Jr. High basketball, at Auburntown, 6:30 Tuesday, Nov. 16WCHS basketball, at Moore County (Hall of Fame Game), 6:30Boyd basketball, at home vs. Webb (Hall of Fame Game),…

1. (97) Kurt Busch, Ford. 2. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet. 3. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet. 4. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet. 5. (6) Mark Martin, Ford. 6. (20) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet. 7. (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge. 8. (38) Elliott Sadler, Ford. 9. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford. 10. (19) Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge. Full lineup, page 7-B

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) Everything seems to be falling into place for Kurt Busch. Not known as a great qualifier, Busch will start from the pole Sunday at Darlington Raceway because rain Friday prevented qualifying for the Southern 500. “It was a real good break for us,” said Busch, who last started from the top qualifying…

Duane Sherrill Who’s the best team in the NFL at the halfway point? Granted, there are a lot of people who will point to the Pittsburgh Steelers given their defeats of the formerly unbeaten Patriots and Eagles on consecutive weeks. And, given the performance of super rookie Ben Roethlisberger, who beat the Eagles with Jerome…