By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Austin Fairchild watches his tee shot on No. 7 during Friday’s match against Avery Trace. (Photo provided) The Lady Pioneers picked up their first win of the season, while the boys team got back on the winning track in Monday’s middle school tri-match at Willowbrook.Warren…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard A base hit from Lincoln County’s Derrick Douglas falls just out of the reach of Jordan Underhill’s outstretched glove during the first inning of Monday night’s game at Ramsey Field. (Rob Nunley photo) After getting back on the winning track in district play Sunday, the…

A 33-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in traffic court action: Jorge Hernandez was ordered to serve 195 days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $1,150 plus costs and forfeit his driver’s license for three years for third offense DUI and second-offense driving on a revoked license. William…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard After being wrongfully imprisoned two years ago when his girlfriend cried wolf, an abusive boyfriend was sentenced to 150 days behind bars for attacking the same woman who had him arrested on trumped up charges in the first place.The defendant, Stanley Brooks, 31, entered a…

This year’s Warren County High School Scholarship Program is scheduled for this Thursday, April 21, in the WCHS auditorium at 12:30 p.m.Parents are invited to this program which will present a wide range of scholarships to deserving WCHS students who plan to continue their education at various institutions of higher learning around the country.Scholarships awarded…

Warren County High School principal James Bennett announces the pre-registration schedule for those students entering the ninth grade in the 2005-2006 school year.Bennett will lead a team from the high school that will provide information and assistance to this year’s eighth-graders and their parents in pre-registering for the ninth grade. The sessions are scheduled as…

Accepting the Arry Youngblood Award as Ruritans of the Year from club president Lavel Whitehead, center, are Ken Lawson and Dianne Parker. (Photos provided) In the largest attendance ever, over 150 friends, family members and fellow educators gathered Friday to honor Wanda Gann.Nominated by many in the community, Gann was named the 2005 Morrison Citizen…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Trenching for the 20-inch water transmission line continues on Highway 108. City officials expect the project, to include a new 3 million gallon water tank, to be completed by September. (Amy Satterwhite photo) A cattle farm off Viola Highway would seem an unlikely place to…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard City employees Charlie Furbee, left, and Josh Baker work on constructing the new playground equipment at Riverfront Park. The new playground could be complete by next week. (James Clark photo) Construction is just swinging along for the new playground being built at Riverfront Park.The new equipment,…

NASHVILLE (AP) — The House unanimously passed a bill Monday that toughens the penalty for anyone who violates an order of protection. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Kathryn Bowers, D-Memphis, would define violation of an order of protection as domestic violence and punishable by a Class A misdemeanor. The measure is scheduled to go before…