Youth Baseball, Softball Sign-upsSign-ups for Warren County Youth Baseball and Softball will be Feb. 18 and 25 from 5-8:30 p.m. and February 19 and 26 from 9 a.m.-3p.m. at the McMinnville Civic Center. Parents should bring a copy of the child’s birth certificate. For more information you can go to the WCYB website at www.wcyb.org.…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard It’s hard to win when you turn the ball over, but it’s even harder when your opponent has a hot hand.Thursday night at Boyd, the Broncos had their hands full against Mt. Juliet Christian. The Saints exploded for 24 points in the first period on…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Lady Broncos were looking for their first District 8-A win of the season Thursday night against Mt. Juliet Christian at home.Each team turned the ball over 10 times in the opening period, but the Lady Broncos never trailed, downing the Lady Saints 42-28 to…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard MURFREESBORO — A scoreless stretch of nearly six minutes during the third quarter of Friday night’s game proved costly for Warren County’s girls, as they fell in district action at Murfreesboro Siegel, 57-48.Trailing just 28-24 at halftime, the Lady Pioneers (7-9, 1-5 in District 7-AAA)…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard MURFREESBORO — The state’s top Class AAA team lived up to its No. 1 ranking Friday night.The Siegel Stars, who debuted at the top of last week’s Associated Press high school basketball poll, jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, as they…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 20-year sentence given to a man for torching a pair of houses just before Christmas two years ago will stand as the court nixed his appeal for a new trial.The claim by defendant Dorris Lee Markum, 30, that lawmen should have taken samples of…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Court Square has already been the site of significant demolition as part of downtown construction, and more major changes are in the near future.Plans are to move the downtown gazebo from its location on Court Square to the vacant downtown lot owned by the city,…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard The hard-core players don’t call it ping pong anymore. These days it’s called table tennis and people take it a lot more seriously. In fact, it’s now an Olympic sport with worldwide competitions.But whatever it’s called, paddles were swinging and balls were flying yesterday…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 54-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in court action: Jerry L. Tate was bound over to the grand jury on the charge of third-offense driving on a revoked license. Christopher D. Hayes was bound over on…

By INGRID CANTERBURY / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard It’s difficult to be a kid and many times harder to be a parent, so Warren County Schools’ Special Education Department is offering a program called Parent Project.The curriculum focuses on prevention and intervention, in order to meet the needs of parents with difficult or…