By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Kroger pharmacy employee Faith Martin points out a box of Sudafed. Like other Tennessee retailers, Kroger will soon have to move Sudafed, and similar medicines that contain pseudoephedrine, into the pharmacy section. (Charles W. Johnson photo) The state dealt a major blow to meth-makers Wednesday,…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A toddler drowned Wednesday afternoon in the bathtub of her family’s home.The child, Abigail Evonne Hemby, age 19 months, daughter of Matthew and Carolyn Hemby, died despite efforts by her mother and emergency workers to revive her at the scene. The child has been sent…

Head Lady Pioneer basketball coach Ann Eades and her staff along with the Lady Pioneer basketball team will hold their annual basketball camp June 20-23 from 8-10 a.m. at the Warren County High School. The camp is for girls in grades 3-9 at a cost of $40 per camper or $30 if you have more…

By Rob Nunley It’s not very often that a journalist has the opportunity to break a story so huge, national implications are sure to follow.No, it’s not often. But it does happen. And it’s happening today.Anonymous sources close to the Warren County High School athletic department have told the Southern Standard former University of Tennessee…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County got a big knock from MaCall Cooper, but Lebanon had the last laugh Tuesday night, as they scored three runs in the seventh to nail down a 6-2 victory over the Lady Pioneers.Trailing 3-0 after three innings, the Lady Pioneers got on the…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The Lady Broncos softball team held a District 8-A doubleheader at home against Gordonsville on Tuesday, playing two five-inning games.The Lady Tigers took the first game 9-0, but in the second game the two teams had to settle for a 4-4 tie because of darkness.Courtney…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County Middle School pitcher P.L. Prater delivers during the second inning of Wednesday’s game at Pioneer Park. The Pioneers defeated Grundy County, 5-4. (Rob Nunley photo) Yuta Nakashima helped the Warren County Middle School baseball team rally from an early deficit, and Casey Myers…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard WCHS freshman Kyle Mullican slaps the ball toward the right side of the infield during Wednesday night’s game. Mullican scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth, tying the game. (Rob Nunley photo) The Pioneer baseball team staged a dramatic comeback Wednesday…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard When Cody Tate was deployed with the local National Guard’s 278th Regimental Combat Team to Iraq, he never expected to see kids living like they do.Tate, an Eastside School alumni, decided to do something about that.He sent word through his wife, Ashley Tate, and his…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard CENTERTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL The Warren County School System is a major step closer to a new school in Centertown.School board members voted unanimously at a special called meeting Wednesday afternoon to purchase a 32-acre tract of land, part of what is referred to as…