The Pioneer high school baseball team improved to 6-3 in the district standings, using a six-run sixth inning to down White County on the road by a 10-3 final. Ryan Vincion picked up the win on the mound for Warren County. (April 23, 2001)

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard This group of WCHS educators and personnel recently attended a Secured & Prepared Schools in Tennessee security team training seminar. Pictured are, front row, from left, Mike Droese and Jeffery Martin. Back row, Jill Brock, Melissa Orrick, Stacy Smith and Bobby Pennington. A group Warren…

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard SEALS After Gov. Phil Bredesen unveiled his Meth Destroys campaign, a program to educate communities about the dangers of meth use, the Aspire team from WCHS decided to join in on conveying the message. ?Aspire means to serve,? said program sponsor Lynn Seals, ?and that?s exactly…

FREEZE Surrounded by family and friends, Denise Hillis was honored as the 31st Morrison Citizen of the Year at a banquet Saturday night. The annual Morrison Ruritan Club award is presented to an area citizen in recognition of their many community contributions. Jerry Davenport said of Hillis, ?Nobody loves this community more than Denise.? He…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 38-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in traffic court action: ? Thomas B. Hildreth was ordered to serve 47 days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $350 plus costs and forfeit his driver?s license for two years…

Hickory Creek Elementary has been awarded a $10,000 mini grant to increase physical activity and improve nutrition at the school. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation (CDC) partnered with Cargill, CDC and the American School Health Association to award mini grants to 47 U.S. elementary schools to boost student health. ?We are very…

Lisa Hobbs photo Play ball! It?s almost baseball and softball time again at McMinnville Civic Center. The season is scheduled to start in May. Teens hired for the summer learned to work the concession stand, including cooking, Friday evening. Pictured, from left, are Penny Wanamaker, Traci Kell, Shea Martin, Brian Myers, Kayla Wilson and Andrea…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A boy was swept over Frank G. Clement Dam following heavy rains over the weekend, prompting city officials to consider ways to improve safety at Pepper Branch Park. The boy, Alex Johnson, 12, was helped from the water Sunday afternoon by Dave McCormick after the boy,…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard The district attorney?s race is a dead heat while a political newcomer appears on the verge of unseating the incumbent county executive, all according to the Sherrill Poll completed Monday after four separate days of exit polling. The poll was the fourth pre-election poll commissioned by…

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard Widespread rumors that immigration officials were in the area Monday picking up illegal Hispanics is not true, the federal government says. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Temple Black, no one has been picked up in Warren or DeKalb counties. ?There has been no roundup…