Fall camp begins at, in WCHS
By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Pioneer head coach Chris Madewell instructs his running backs during practice last week. The Pioneers begin full-gear drills Monday, and will be staying on campus for a three-day camp. (Dale Stubblefield photo) Hoping the team that stays together plays well together, the Pioneer football team…
Read MoreWCMS aiming for another big year
By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WCMS coach Matt Turner watches as running back Jay Hutchings sprints through a ladder drill. (Dale Stubblefield photos) After several successful seasons in a row, the Warren County Middle School football team hopes to keep the trend going this fall.Practice began Monday as the Pioneers…
Read MoreNews of the Weird: Art collectors use paper, rock, scissors
By Chuck Shepherd In April, according to a New York Times story, when a Japanese art collector sought to choose between Sotheby’s and Christie’s auction houses to handle a sale (which ultimately brought in $17.8 million) and quixotically asked the two houses to play rock-paper-scissors for the privilege, Sotheby’s lost out on the eventual $2.3…
Read MorePassing fancy
Margaret Hobbs photo Erin Cantrell gets set to try her luck tossing a football during a Friday night fun fest at Bobby Ray Elementary. Bobby Ray students returned to class last Monday and decided to have their festival during the first week of school.
Read MoreTraffic Court: Ross hears 78-person court docket
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 78-person docket was heard Thursday in Traffic Court by General Sessions Judge Larry Ross.Included in court action: McConnico Maxwell was bound over to the grand jury on charges of fourth-offense DUI, driving on a revoked license, possession of legend drugs without prescription, reckless endangerment,…
Read MoreChild rape charge leveled against Luna
By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A Rock Island man is facing rape charges for allegedly forcing himself on a 10-year-old girl inside her family’s home.The suspect, Teodale Regledo Luna, is charged with two counts of rape of a child and could face up to 25 years on each count if…
Read MoreGroup wants local residents to shape up
By JAMES CLARK / Editor for the Southern Standard Faced with soaring obesity statistics across the nation and here in Warren County, the first-ever meeting of the Warren County Shapes Up Coalition will take place this Tuesday at River Park Hospital.Saying citizens can no longer afford to ignore this health crisis, the coalition is encouraging…
Read MoreQualls guides city into the future
By AMY SATTERWHITE / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard City planner Jack Qualls is charged with keeping up with changes that occur over time within McMinnville city limits. (Amy Satterwhite photo) You could say Jack Qualls is the man with the plan.The city’s newest planner says he hopes to retain residential spaces in McMinnville…
Read MoreAruba officials take look at WastAway
By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard (see photo info below) Government officials and financial advisors from the island nation of Aruba visited Warren County this week to observe the county’s methods of household waste disposal, including the locally developed WastAway system.WastAway is the revolutionary company that converts household garbage into…
Read MoreSummer Sweat Fun Fly Bash
By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Remote control pilot Glynn Glover gets his U-Can-Do 3D ready to take off during the McMinnville Remote Control Club’s Summer Sweat Fun Fly. (Charles W. Johnson photos) Remote control enthusiasts braved the July heat to take to the skies as the McMinnville Remote Control…
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