Charles W. Johnson photo Kyle Tinney, 6, made quite a splash as he took advantage of a warm April afternoon to take a slippery ride on a Slip?n Slide as brother Kaleb, 13, looked on. The boys, who hail from San Diego, Calif., were visiting local residents Gabriel and Crystal Thompson.

By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard BENNETT Some high school parents and students are angry about what they say is a last-minute decision to prevent anyone 22 and over from attending this year?s prom. However, Warren County High School principal James Bennett says he is simply enforcing what has been a long-standing policy.…

James Clark photo Elizabeth Baker, 2, has reason to smile while she digs through the stash of eggs she collected Saturday at the Jaycees egg hunt at Pistole Park.

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Anyone who wants to be a street vendor in downtown McMinnville will have to possess $1 million worth of insurance, be fingerprinted, and have at least two Warren County property owners vouch for their character, according to a city ordinance now under consideration. The ordinance already…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard ROGERS While most people seemed to think convicted sex offender Pamela Rogers would maintain a low profile after her release from jail a little more than a month ago, the former beauty queen, and affirmed party girl, apparently had other ideas. The discovery of a…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard If it was former beauty queen and Centertown teacher Pamela Rogers who posted a personal profile on the now infamous Web site MySpace.com, it will be her own work which lands her back in jail. “To Number (the victim?s current jersey number) … my plans are…

KNOXVILLE (AP) SMITH Ramar Smith, a highly-touted guard from Detroit, has signed with Tennessee, the school announced Thursday. Smith is joining one of the best recruiting classes in Tennessee history and the first for coach Bruce Pearl, who was hired a year ago. Several recruiting services ranked Smith in the top 50 for prospects, and…

Photo provided Former Pioneer baseball star Jamie ?Cat? Walker takes time out between Spring Training games to visit with Warren Countians Daulton Foster, left, and Alex Walker at the ?Dodgertown? training facility this spring. The boys traveled with Alex?s father and Jamie?s brother, WCMS athletic director Jimmy Walker, 1,700 miles to watch Jamie?s Detroit Tigers…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Brittany Williams keeps her eye on the ball during a recent Lady Pioneer tennis match. At the McMinnville Civic Center courts on Wednesday the Warren County High School tennis teams split with Lebanon, with the Pioneers winning 6-1 and the girls falling 2-5. In singles, Beck…

Investigators have concluded that a convicted Alabama booster first thought to have been slain instead died in an accident, the police director said Thursday. Police initially described the death of Logan Young, 65, as a bloody slaying after a fierce struggle but quit calling it a homicide a day later. ?He fell in his house,…