By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Pioneer junior varsity soccer players receiving awards included, from left, Matt Nelson, John Guthrie, Tony Grissom and Erik Stewart. (Photos provided) The Warren County boys soccer team completed a winning season this year, finishing third in District 7-AAA behind Riverdale and Blackman.Last week the Pioneers…

VFW Post 5064 will hold its annual Fishing Rodeo Saturday, June 4 at the Gribble Farm Lake on Shellsford Road. All mentally and physically challenged individuals are invited to attend and there is no age limit. The site is wheelchair accessible.Fishing poles and bait will be provided by the organizers, and participation is free to…

Warren County Schools is offering a series of Parent Programs featuring seminars on a variety of subjects affecting students and their families. The first is a 10-week program for parents of adolescents with challenging behaviors.This series will run on Thursday evenings June 2 – Aug. 4 from 6-9 p.m. at the Warren County High School…

By DENNIS STANLEY / Publisher & Editor for the Smithville Review It started off like any other Sunday. The owners of the Webb House Retirement Center were at church, so were two of the 21 residents of the center.But life took a drastic turn about 10:40 a.m. A fire was spotted and the remaining residents…

By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard With 13 weeks of live musical acts already lined up and ready to go, Main Street seeks to be the place to be on Friday nights this summer.The “Main Street Live!” concert series begins this weekend with bluegrass band Just Lookin’ Around. A variety of…

Relay For Life took in thousands of dollars over the weekend at the first Wal-Mart Memorial Day Relay For Life fundraiser which took place outside Wal-Mart. Each day Relay teams set up tents and tables and sold their wares to raise money for the American Cancer Society event.The California Transplants, a team made up of…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Motlow is expected to double in size after the state legislature this week approved $3.24 million for capital improvements at the local campus.“The new building addition will, in essence, double the square footage capacity of the existing facility and will include high-tech classrooms, laboratories and…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard BLTV technicians, from left, Ray Cantrell, Tim Webster and Clent Kesey, are set to keep the new “headend” facility in top operating condition. (Charles W. Johnson photo) Ben Lomand officially opened the new “headend” for its BLTV digital television and music service Thursday with…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard James Green, left, and Herb Klasek salute the flag during local Memorial Day observances Monday morning at Warren County Memorial Airport. A near record crowd was on hand for the 7 a.m. event. (Duane Sherrill photos) Recalling his brief encounter in a delta in Vietnam…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard SHOEMAKE A local native returning back to his home in Florida after visiting here over the weekend was killed Saturday night in a motorcycle accident near Chattanooga.The victim, James Richard (Ritchy) Shoemake, 34, died at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga Saturday from injuries he sustained…