By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Dairy Queen Astros pulled off a narrow upset, while the Tennessee Auto Rangers rolled into the winners’ bracket semifinals in 9-10 Cal Ripken tournament play Monday night.The Astros, who went winless throughout the regular season and fell in their first round game, finally tasted…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Security Federal catcher Garrison Holmes sets up at the plate in time to make the tag on Morris’ Auto Body runner Will Marttala during their tournament game in the 11-12 Ripken League Monday. (Dale Stubblefield photo) After two days of rain, the 11-12 year-old Cal…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard MIX It’s been a quarter of a century since Dennis Mix roamed the Pioneer gridiron, earning the reputation that would earn him a collegiate scholarship and numerous football accolades.But the former Pioneer and MTSU Blue Raider will achieve a measure of immortality this fall, as…

The Magness Library Summer Reading Program is under way. The schedule for the program is as follows: June 16: Summer Reading Program starts. Morning Storytime at First United Methodist Church. 10:30 a.m. – Thomas the Tank Engine Party, crafts, refreshments. 1 p.m. – “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” music, photos, crafts June 23: Morning…

SMEDLEY Shirley Manus“It’s just like O.J. He’s been proven not guilty but that doesn’t mean anything. I think he’s a little boy who never grew up because he became popular when he was so young.” Carolyn Minton“I think any parent who would let their kid near him it’s their fault what happens. When a wealthy…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 49-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court.Included in traffic court action: Danny Goodman was ordered to serve 90 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, pay $50 plus costs and forfeit his driver’s license for one year for…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HOBBY A would-be car thief failed to make a clean getaway over the weekend as she was found slumbering on the floor of the home she had just burglarized.The defendant, Angela Diane Hobby, 41, is charged with theft and burglary of a habitation. She will…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A new water main line located downtown and the method for sanitizing it created a stir Monday when crews flushed the line and water gushed higher than most of the downtown buildings.Crews working with Broom Construction, a contractor that is doing water line work in…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Local band 2C plays at Relay for Life on June 3. They will be playing downtown next to Security Federal Savings Bank this Friday beginning at 7 p.m. (Charles W. Johnson photo) The younger crowd better be ready to thrash Friday as alternative rock and…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard FAGAN Main Street McMinnville, in conjunction with Magness Library, will be conducting a seminar titled “Attracting Retirees for Economic Development” on Friday, June 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Tennessee State University Crop Research Station on 472 Cadillac Lane in McMinnville.According…