Shirley Ann Haerle and Cordell Dykes announce their marriage.The couple was married by Rev. Paul Gunn at Irving College Baptist Church July 26.

By Betty Crocker Dear Betty,When it’s hot out, we can’t do carryout every night. But what I come up with is boring. Any interesting ideas? — Redlands, Calif. On a steamy day, the last thing you want to do is heat up the kitchen. To beat the heat, yet still give your family a delicious…

Family Features Editorial Syndicate Feeding your children healthy, balanced meals can be a major challenge at times. But your efforts in overcoming this challenge can pay off when it comes to the health of your kids’ hearts. What you do today can set their future health status as adults on the right track.According to government…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard NHC Healthcare employee Dianne Wood goes over some documents with local resident Gentry Mathis who attended the facility’s program on living wills. How one’s health care choices will be handled if one becomes unable to make those decisions for themselves is not an easy…

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Growing up, Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg were just like any other kids in love with baseball, playing imaginary games and dreaming. “In the backyard, when you were playing whiffle ball, you always imitated all the great players,” Boggs said. “I was always Reggie Jackson and Pete Rose. All those guys.”…

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Micheal Spurlock bided his time for three years behind Mississippi’s star quarterback Eli Manning. When Spurlock’s starting shot finally came — and went — he was benched after two mediocre performances. “I became a man probably a lot faster than I really wanted to,” the fifth-year senior said. “There was no…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Trying to earn his own spot on an NFL roster has Jarrett Payton in the midst of a football season that just won’t end. The son of the late Walter Payton came to training camp in 2004 as an undrafted free agent out of Miami and wound up on the Tennessee Titans’…

By TERESA M. WALKER / AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE — Steve McNair doesn’t look like a man who thought about calling it quits this offseason. The Tennessee quarterback laughs often, jogs up and down the field between drills at training camp and frequently pulls aside his rookie receivers to give them tips on what he…

By Duane Sherrill / Columnist I sure hope the Titans put a morals clause in the contract of their newest thug in Pacman Jones, who has disgraced a class organization before he has even seen an NFL snap.What is it about giving these kids money that makes them think they are some kind of gangsta…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Sam Martin, left, and James Phifer teamed with Bobby Newby and Darrell Walling to win Friday’s Boyd Christian School golf scramble. (Dale Stubblefield photo) Friday afternoon at the Willow Brook Golf Course, 14 teams hit the links for Boyd Christian School’s inaugural four-man golf scramble.The…