By Margaret hobbs Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The annual Little Miss and Little Mister Warren County pageants are scheduled for this Saturday at Hickory Creek Elementary. The event is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in the school gymnasium featuring 17 young ladies and two young men in the competitions. The pageant is…

Margo Howard Dear Margo: I can’t believe I’m writing, but here goes! I adore my husband. He is solid as a rock, hardworking, dependable, brilliant and very loving. We have been married for five years. What is the problem? My husband loves watching pay-per-view boxing, and when matches are broadcast, he usually goes to strip…

Baby Girl Alexandra Fiona Duke, first child of Michael and Kate Duke, was born March 15 at Hillcrest Hospital in Ohio. She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce. She is the granddaughter of Michael and Hilda Duke; Michael Tomaro and Mary Duffy of Ohio and Martha Sue and Dale Bell of Statesville, NC. Her great-grandmother is…

By Margaret hobbs Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Officials of the Junior Auxiliary sponsored Junior Miss Warren County Pageant are extending the deadline for entry. Applications will be taken if postmarked by Wednesday, April 5, or can be brought to the Caney Fork Electric auditorium on April 5. Pageant representatives will be on hand…

Photo provided Ken Smith and Jennifer Morehead will marry April 22 in Houston, Texas. He is the son of Jozada and Ken Smith. Kathy and Phil Morehead of Abilene, Texas are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Jennifer Morehead, to Ken Smith. Ken is the son of Jozada and Ken…

(AP) For the Atlantic Coast Conference, the road to the women?s Final Four was as easy as counting to three. OK, maybe not so easy, but the journey still ended with three. In an unprecedented achievement for a conference, ACC powers North Carolina, Duke and Maryland all are headed to Boston for the national semifinals…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Alyssa Millraney delivers a pitch during the first inning of Tuesday night?s WCMS softball game against White County. Millraney threw 2-1/3 no-hit innings, and the Lady Pioneers won the game 13-3. While their game might have gotten off to a late start, the Warren County Middle…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Pioneers blew a chance at evening their District 7-AAA record Tuesday night, as White County pulled off an 8-7 come-from-behind victory in Sparta. Warren County, which dropped to 1-3 in district play and 4-6 overall, committed five errors in the losing effort, and allowed the…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County?s boys tennis team picked up a victory on Wednesday, while the Lady Pioneers fell just short in their match against visiting Coffee County. With several high school players out on spring break, members of the middle school squad were called upon to play in…

Distributed by Universal Press Syndicate After being shut out of the festivities for the last five years, the Southeastern Conference returns to the grand stage Saturday when Florida and LSU take the court at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis to battle an upstart and college basketball?s most storied program in the national semifinals. Florida, which…