Hubie Brown knew the time was right to retire as coach of Memphis Grizzlies. He also knew his timing could have been better. “My biggest regret is that I didn’t meet them when I was in my 40s and 50s because I had more to give than I do now because I was more alert,…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD The Broncos secured a win in the Boyd Thanksgiving Classic Friday night coming from behind in the fourth period to down Montessori 63-60. The Broncos got off to a strong start with Dillon Childers, Tyler Hillis and Mathew Hancock giving Boyd a 7-1 lead. But Montessori came bouncing back and took the…

Warren County Senior High’s basketball teams lost their first District 7-AAA games of the season, falling to Lebanon 53-39 in girls action and 73-46 in the boys’ contest. (Nov. 30, 1979) ••• On this date in: 1981 — Alabama football coach Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant won his 315th victory to become college football’s all-time career victory…

A Foreign Trade Zone is a specially designated area which is considered to be outside the Customs Territory of the U.S. The following is a partial list of the many benefits you can attain when using a Foreign Trade Zone or Subzone: • No duty is ever paid on re-exported merchandise from a zone. •…

By DUANE SHERRILL Selling cocaine within the shadow of an elementary school will cost a pair of local men 15 years in prison. The defendants, Fidencio Perez and Jauquin Attecha Juarez, entered guilty pleas recently to charges of sale and/or possession of cocaine within a school zone. They both received 15-year sentences and were fined…

By DUANE SHERRILL Fifteen people were sentenced in Circuit Court this past week by Judge Bart Stanley. Included in court action: • Charles Wm. Phillips must serve 10 years at 100 percent for aggravated sexual battery. • Billy Martin was ordered to serve 180 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence and perform 20 hours public…

By JAMES CLARK Terry Myers had his name drawn at random from around 600 entries to win the $250 grand prize in the Standard’s Football Forecaster contest. Terry Myers likes to pick football games. And he’s usually pretty good at it. But luck wasn’t with him this year. Despite entering the Standard’s Football Forecaster contest…

By AMY SATTERWHITE When construction work on the eastern portion of Main Street ends next year, that won’t be the end of it. Phase one, which is the term being used to describe Main Street between Chancery Street and Market Street, has been split into three of its own phases initially called phases one, two…

By DUANE SHERRILL A 17-year-old local youth and his older cousin were sentenced to eight years in prison for their roles in a pair of convenience store armed robberies this August. The defendants, Terrence Antwain Johnson, 17, and Marcus Johnson, 21, entered guilty pleas recently before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to the charge of…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON County officials have begun a process that will result in Foreign Trade Zone status for Warren County. If successful, the move will provide a number of benefits for local business and industry, according to director of economic development Don Rigsby. The venture is in conjunction with an application being presented by…