By DUANE SHERRILL / Columnist Will the Titans use the draft to improve their 5-11 squad in a year which many forecasters are predicting could be another train wreck for the Music City boys?It’s no secret the Titans, at least earlier in the planning stages, had targeted shutdown West Virginia cornerback Adam Jones (Pac Man)…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County’s Brooke Bowman slides safely into home with the first run in the Lady Pioneers’ 10-1 victory over Tullahoma Thursday at the WCHS softball field. (Dale Stubblefield photo) The Warren County Middle School Lady Pioneer softball team took on Tullahoma at the WCHS softball…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Warren County’s Slayden Rogers tees off on No. 1 during Friday’s match against Avery Trace. (Dale Stubblefield photos) Warren County Middle School’s golf team may have started its season a few weeks later than other spring sports, but they made up for it with a…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The search for Warren County’s new boys basketball coach will continue into its fourth week, but one question has been answered: Bobby Luna will not be returning to the helm of the Pioneers.Luna, Warren County’s head coach from 1990 until 1994, and currently the head…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Pioneer baseball team got a rare rough outing from sophomore phenom Derrin Rogers, as they opened a two-day District 7-AAA series with Blackman with a 4-1 loss Saturday.Rogers struggled through his first three innings, allowing four Blaze runs on seven hits, including a home…

Andrew Klasek Another name has been added to the Eagle Honor Roll of Boy Scout Troop 309.Andrew Stephen Klasek, son of Marty and Kathy Klasek, received scouting’s highest advancement rank — the Eagle Award — at a Court of Honor ceremony at First Baptist Church. His troop leaders are Don Weitzel, Melonie Turner and Bryan…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 60-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court.Included in court action: Ronnie A. Craven was ordered to serve 90 days of an 11-29 sentence and pay $510 plus costs for possession of drug paraphernalia and driving without a license.…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Fifteen people were sentenced Wednesday by Judge Bart Stanley in Circuit Court.Included in circuit court action: Terry Dee Fults was directed to serve one year of a four-year sentence for aggravated burglary, theft and burglary. Bobby Forsyth was ordered to serve 180 days of an…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard City mechanic Paul Cathcart works under the hood of a police car at the city garage. (Amy Satterwhite photo) Paul Cathcart never knows what the day may bring him.As one of the mechanics for the city’s Department of Vehicle Maintenance, Cathcart might be doing an…

By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Doing her best Martina McBride impersonation, Kara Helton performs Friday night as part of the On the Road Again Show. Helton is joined by back-up singers Tammy McKinney and Tonya Tindle. (James Clark photo) They came from Viola, and all the way from the Grand Ole…