NEW YORK (AP) Baseball launched its probe Thursday into steroids use by Barry Bonds and others, and right away the head of the investigation came under attack. Commissioner Bud Selig said former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell ? and a director of the Boston Red Sox ? will lead the inquiry. Mitchell said he will…

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 Sunday.…

By The Associated Press Feb. 19 ? Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Jimmie Johnson)Feb. 26 ? Auto Club 500, Fontana, Calif. (Matt Kenseth)March 12 ? UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400, Las Vegas (Jimmie Johnson)March 19 ? Golden Corral 500, Hampton, Ga. (Kasey Kahne)March 26 ? Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Kurt Busch)April 2 ? DIRECTV 500, Martinsville,…

The Pioneer baseball team won a doubleheader over DeKalb County. Tim Frye picked up the 3-2 win on the mound in the first game and Trevor Wilson worked the second game for a 8-3 victory.(March 31, 1991)

SELMER, Tenn. (AP) WINKLER A minister?s wife charged with shooting her husband to death in the church parsonage was ordered held without bail after waiving her right to a hearing Thursday. The case against Mary Winkler now goes to the grand jury, which will determine if there is enough evidence to support the murder charges…

Joan Banks, right, talks with her biology lab instructor, Marcia Kribs, about the various species of ferns during a recent botany lab at Motlow College. Banks is one of many non-traditional students enrolled at the college. While the stereotypical college student is 18 years old and just out of high school, Motlow College classrooms prove…

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard McMinnville city forester Nick Kuhn has asked the Building and Grounds Committee for permission to apply for another grant. The federal grant funds, which come from the U.S. Forestry Service and are administered through Tennessee Department of Agriculture?s Division of Forestry, in the past have been…

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The city?s battle with Chattanooga Times Free Press over its newspaper vending box, which does not match the color scheme chosen for downtown, is now entering stage two with the drafting of a city ordinance to address the issue. Stage one, sending a letter requesting the…

Photo provided Members of McMinnville?s Breakfast Rotary Club have scheduled their annual Rotary Gala for April 22 at McMinnville Country Club. Money raised benefits several local organizations. A night of music and entertainment is set for April 22 when McMinnville?s Breakfast Rotary Club holds its annual Charity Gala at McMinnville Country Club. Traditionally, event attendance…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard Earl Hughes, known as Alaska?s Ambassador of Country Music, will make an appearance tonight at the Civic Center as part of Jacky Jack White and Friends. Alaska may not be the first state that comes to mind when you think about country music, but with…