By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Pioneers Scott Murphy (69), Kyrie Harris (33) and Zach West (12) swarm Trojan quarterback Justin Holcomb for a first-quarter sack. As Katrina began making her way into Tennessee Monday night, the WCHS freshman football team survived the soggy conditions and improved to 2-0 in the…

NASHVILLE (AP) — When the Tennessee Titans traded for Travis Henry just before training camp, the move conjured up images of the powerful running back paired in the backfield with the speedy Chris Brown, causing fits for defenses. But that combination hasn’t been seen yet, with the Titans preferring to be cautious with the health…

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Spencer resident and Van Buren County native Lola Mae Blanton, 90, died Aug. 29 at River Park Hospital.A homemaker and a member of the Church of God, she was the daughter of Frank and Fannie Guy Yates; and was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Blanton in 1956; and three sons, Kenneth Yates, Charles…

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The latest Dutch version of the reality show “Big Brother” features a woman who’s seven months’ pregnant and may give birth live on TV. The government is studying whether using the newborn would violate laws against hiring children. The show made its season debut Sunday. A spokeswoman for Endemol, creator of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even with a robust economy that was adding jobs last year, the number of Americans who fell into poverty rose to 37 million — up 1.1 million from 2003 — according to Census Bureau figures released Tuesday. It marks the fourth straight increase in the government’s annual poverty measure. The Census Bureau…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — For weeks, supporters of a lottery in North Carolina searched for the one vote they needed to finally bring a numbers game to the only state on the East Coast without one. In the end, it was a lack of two votes that got the state into the gambling business. Two…

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man accused of impregnating a 13-year-old girl whom he later married pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge he sexually assaulted the teenager. Matthew Koso, 22, is charged with first-degree sexual assault. The girl, now 14, gave birth to their daughter last week. His trial date was set for October.…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — FBI agents nationwide have been ordered to conduct “threat assessments” of inmates who may have become radicalized in prison and could commit extremist violence upon their release, according to an FBI letter obtained by The Associated Press. “The primary goal of these efforts is to assess and disrupt the recruitment and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — When police visited an assisted-living facility in Pittsburgh they found employees cooking more than just the evening meal — authorities seized a lab used to make methamphetamine. Police also made two of the more than 400 arrests that were part of the first nationally coordinated operation aimed at producers and sellers of…