By Duane Sherrill / Columnist Will the Titans be as bad as forecasted by the experts, given their losses during the off-season?Looking at their opening schedule, it wouldn’t be a leap at all to see the Titans start 0-4 as they have a brutal opening four, beginning with a trip to Pittsburgh on Sept. 11.…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard HAMILTON The Lady Pioneer soccer team held a play day on Saturday, with Knoxville West, Shelbyville and Livingston Academy hitting the Warren County soccer field.The Lady Pioneers failed to score a goal all day, as they fell to Livingston Academy 1-0 in the first game,…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Brandon Hodges watches his tee shot on No. 9 sail down the fairway. (Rob Nunley, Dale Stubblefield photos) The 19th annual Rotary Golf Classic was held yesterday at the McMinnville Country Club, with a throng of teams vying for prizes in the yearly charity event.But…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Linemen swap paint while quarterback Josh Paz prepares to fire a pass downfield during team drills. (Rob Nunley photos) Through one week of full-contact, full-gear practices, Pioneer head football coach Chris Madewell said his team is where it needs to be heading into the 2005…

By Chuck Shepherd / Columnist Even though India now has 80,000 licensed dentists, nearly 100 “street dentists” continue to operate in dusty, open-air “offices,” performing extractions and “fitting” used dentures for, typically, 1 percent to 2 percent of what a licensed dentist would charge. One patient of practitioner Mahender Singh, observed for a June dispatch…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 39-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. There was no General Sessions Court Tuesday.Included in traffic court action: Thomas W. Moore was bound over to the grand jury on the charge of third-offense DUI. Nathan Fisk was…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Nineteen people were indicted Friday by the Warren County grand jury.Included in indictments rendered by the tribunal: Carol Green was indicted on charges of introduction of drugs into a penal institution. Melva Barrow was indicted on the charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. Mealonie Lowry…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A cross still stands facing the Highway 55 bypass as a sign of remembrance for the three murders that took place on Myers Lane six years ago. However, colorful ribbons were recently torn down. Six years after the triple slaying on Myers Lane, the sister…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Pictured are, from left, Rural Development’s Larry Harkleroad, Jorge, Mariela, Isla, mom Socorro and Yessenia Arellano. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), through its Rural Development Program, is working to help all Warren County families to purchase homes. The program is currently working on…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard County Executive Kenneth Rogers, with the help of director of accounts Linda Hillis, playfully burns a facsimile of one of the notes the county recently paid off eight years early, thus saving over $300,000 in interest. (Charles W. Johnson photo) It’s not very often…