By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard WCHS senior McKenna Rhea goes up for a block during Monday afternoon’s match against White County at the Charlie Dalton gym. The Lady Pioneers lost the match three games to one. (Dale Stubblefield photo) Coming off their District 7-AAA win over Oakland last week, the…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Tennessee and Oklahoma have agreed to play a home-and-home series starting in 2014, school officials announced Tuesday. The Sooners will host Tennessee on Sept. 13, 2014. Oklahoma will play in Knoxville on Sept. 12, 2015. Oklahoma and Tennessee have met twice before but never in the regular season. Tennessee beat the Sooners…

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County Middle School tailback Jay Hutchings (32) slips out of a tackler’s grasp during the first quarter of Tuesday afternoon’s game at Coffee County. Hutchings had three TDs in the Pioneers’ win. (Rob Nunley photo) MANCHESTER — Warren County Middle School’s rushing attack was…

KNOXVILLE (AP) — Hurricane Katrina has already made this season anything but normal for the third-ranked LSU Tigers. The way Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer sees it, his team’s change in travel plans for Saturday’s game in Baton Rouge, La., is a small inconvenience by comparison. The No. 10 Volunteers (1-1, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) normally travel…

A rare appearance by deputies who participated in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 highlighted the Constitution Day observance at the Tennessee Technology Center at McMinnville.The deputies bore striking resemblance to actual students, but their portrayal brought the message home to students, faculty and staff who filled the Jonah Fitch Room. Each attendee was called upon…

By AMY FOSTER / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard In just two short hours, Tennessee Oncology and River Park Hospital teamed up Monday and raised $750 for the non-profit organization Multi-County Cancer Support Network through a lasagna cook-off.“It exceeded what we had ever hoped,” Jill Palmer of Tennessee Oncology said. “It was an incredible…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON / News Editor for the Southern Standard Magness Library recently held another of its popular Young Writer’s Workshops, with this one being taught by young adult mystery author Vonda Skinner Skelton.Skelton currently has two books in print, both published by Silver Dagger Mysteries: “Bitsy and the Mystery at Tybee Island,” and…

Duane Sherrill photo Paramedics remove Katherine Bouldin from her vehicle after her car was hit by a tractor trailer driven by Robert C. Howard at the traffic light in front of Cumberland Plaza. Witnesses said the semi driver ran the red light and slammed into the side of the Bouldin car.

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard While crime has dropped over the years at the Warren County A&L Fair, lawmen still made their share of arrests this year, ranging from thieves to drug users.One arrest involved a Cumberland Valley Shows employee caught firing up a joint inside his girlfriend’s car during…

By DUANE SHERRILL / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard CRAVENS A woman who recruited three men over the Internet to exact revenge on her ex-husband five years ago has avoided jail while her three online friends were sent to the penitentiary, one of whom is still doing hard time.The defendant, Angela Jean Cravens, 40,…