By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Tennessee Metal Fabricating headed into the weekend with a perfect record in the girls’ 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch league, and picked up a pair of wins last week.On Monday night, TMF held on despite allowing six runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, topping…

By Duane Sherrill Well, if the Saints do move to San Antonio, I sure hope they don’t do like the Jazz before them and doggedly hold on to a team name not reflective of the surroundings.The latest rumors coming out of New Orleans say Saints owner Tom Benson is discussing a possible move from the…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Tennessee Auto Rangers improved to 4-0 in the 9- and 10-year-old Cal Ripken baseball league Tuesday, blanking the Dairy Queen Astros 19-0.Grayson Woods pitched the first three innings for the Rangers, allowing just one hit to Dakota Myers while walking two batters and striking…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Friday night F.C. Boyd Christian school held its annual spring sports banquet to honor all of the Broncos high school and middle school athletes.The event was kicked off with dinner and remarks by athletic director Jeanne Hagar, Boyd President C.N. Womack and principal Eva Ferrell.“We…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Samuel Pack of Stewart’s Farms and Stables swings for an RBI single during his team’s game this weekend against L&C Construction. (Rob Nunley photo) The Jim Mansfield T-Ball Field can’t contain Chayse Frye.Frye, who plays for Quality Mold in the 7- and 8-year-old boys’ coach-pitch…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The stripping of licensure for longtime forensic pathologist Dr. Charles Harlan has had an immediate impact here as a local vehicular homicide case has been put on hold while the defense finds a new toxicology expert.The state’s case against James N. (Nick) Harrell, 19, for…

RAMSEY This year’s Armed Forces Day, sponsored by the McMinnville Evening Exchange Club, will be held this coming Saturday at Three Star Mall beginning at 10 a.m. The event will honor all active military personnel with particular emphasis on the local 278th National Guard Unit currently deployed in Iraq.Evening Exchange Club president Boyd Ramsey said…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 31-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in court action: Armando Gomez was ordered to serve 45 days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $600 plus costs and forfeit his driver’s license for two years for second-offense DUI.…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Sixteen people were sentenced this week by Judge Bart Stanley in Circuit Court.Included in circuit court action: Samuel Darrell Jr. was instructed to serve 120 days of a four-year sentence, perform 20 hours public service work and pay $75 plus costs for theft and aggravated…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Crystal Wray and teacher Bill Williams show off the $100 prize Wray won in a national essay contest. (Amy Satterwhite photo) Teacher Bill Williams’ students have already attained a great deal of success using an innovative teaching tool called The Stock Market Game.But Crystal Wray…