By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Chase Stewart of the Morris’ Auto Body Yankees takes a cut at a Connor Dixon offering during his team’s tournament win over the Hills Creek Reds Tuesday night. (Dale Stubblefield photo) In the first round of the 11-12 year-old Cal Ripken league tournament Tuesday night,…

Amy Satterwhite photo Bass player Scott LeDuc, left, and banjo player Gary Clendenon of local bluegrass band Just Lookin’ Around help get things started during the first 2005 Main Street Live concert last Friday night. Organizers say about 500 attended. The concert series continues tonight at 7 p.m. next to Security Federal with Mexican music.

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 45-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court which included another sentence handed out for a parent who failed to send her child to school.The sentence came in the case of Patricia Dishman who was charged with failure to…

Woodbury resident and Cannon County native Alene P. Reed, 81, died unexpectedly June 4 at Vanderbilt Hospital.A homemaker and a member of Unity Church of Christ, she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Stacy Mayor Preston; and was preceded in death by her husband, John William Reed; son, Billy Reed; daughter, Brenda Nell…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Babyface is ideal for cooing infants, or as a nickname for singer-songwriter-producer Kenny Edmonds. In politicians, though, it’s often a losing look. Scientists have found that voters frequently pick the candidates with more mature looks, exuding competence, over those who have certain features — round face, big eyes, small nose, high forehead,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Struggling to breathe life into President Bush’s call for sweeping Social Security legislation, Senate Republicans are considering raising the retirement age and holding down future benefits for highly paid workers. Not among the suggestions outlined Thursday by Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is a cost-cutting approach that has…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the weeks and months before Sept. 11, 2001, the FBI had some clues, but didn’t see them. It had a lead from one of its own agents, but didn’t follow it. A sobering inside look at pre-Sept. 11 intelligence operations by the Justice Department’s inspector general chronicles — in some instances…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Computer users, beware. The head of the world’s largest software company worries that consumers who make Internet purchases have become too complacent about the risks of financial fraud and stolen identity. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in an interview with The Associated Press that a calm period without significant Internet attacks has…

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Laura Bush on Thursday said that spending time with kids brings real benefits in keeping them out of trouble, and urged more grown ups to become mentors. “At the end of the day the most important contribution mentors make is spending time and attention with the child,” Mrs. Bush told…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday moved up the deadlines for manufacturers to make popular, mid-sized television sets capable of receiving digital signals. The next-generation technology provides sharper images and more programming options. The Federal Communications Commission voted 4-0 to require that all medium-sized televisions, those with screens from 25 to 36 inches in…