By Dale Stubblefield / Columnist Another school year has just begun, with a new season and fresh start for the Warren County Pioneer football team.With the first game of the 2005 season just two days away, the community and high school have high hopes the Pioneers will start a new tradition this season — winning.No…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee’s top draft pick Adam “Pacman” Jones didn’t sign a deal or practice Tuesday, and coach Jeff Fisher said that means the cornerback won’t be going to Atlanta for the Titans’ next exhibition. Jones really wanted to play in Friday night’s exhibition game against the Falcons because Atlanta is his hometown. Both…

NASHVILLE (AP) — Jay Cutler doesn’t regret his decision a bit. Despite six victories in three years as starting quarterback, he announced in January that he would ignore the NFL and return for his final season. “I made a decision. There’s no turning back,” said Cutler, who was voted as the top Southeastern Conference quarterback…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard WCHS offfensive coordinator Donnie Harris, center, and line coach Jeff Lee explain a play to the Pioneers’ scout offense during Monday’s practice. Through three weeks of working to improve themselves, the Pioneer varsity football team went to work Monday focusing on one common goal: Stopping…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Two teens charged with terrorizing McMinnville in a plan of vengeance have been bound to the grand jury even as the bills begin to come in for the damage they caused.The defendants, Norman Cox and Chris Haycox, both 18, waived their right to a preliminary…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Michael Wilkerson will trade three months of freedom for four years of confinement for his daring escape from guards at the courthouse last year.However, the four-year sentence is merely a drop in the bucket for the 31-year-old convicted drug trafficker as he is already serving…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A convicted child molester violated his probation without touching dry land as the court sent him back to jail for contacting the victim’s family while he was on a boat.The defendant, Frank H. Cherry, 68, was ordered to serve 120 days in jail before being…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Three more clerks have entered guilty pleas to charges of selling beer to an undercover operative, bringing the total to 18 who have been sentenced for the crime.Entering pleas Tuesday before General Sessions Judge Larry Ross were Nancy Dodson, Linda Green and Maria Guzman. Dodson…

By AMY FOSTER / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Clair Cochran is scheduled to perform this Friday night in the next to last Main Street Live concert. (Charles W. Johnson photo) With August winding down, the next to last concert of the Main Street Live concert series is here with local talents Clair Cochran…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Local pharmacist Nestor Stewart will be the Red Cap Honoree for this year’s American Heart Association Heart Walk fund-raiser being held this Saturday, Aug. 20 at McMinnville City Hall. (Charles W. Johnson photo) When the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk kicks off in Warren…