TODAY, MAY 21 New Union Cemetery Association will meet at 2:30 p.m. at New Union United Methodist Church. Gath Baptist Church will hold Spring Prayer Revival May 21-24 with weeknight services at 6:30 p.m., Sunday at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Rev. Don Pierson will be speaking. Highland School reunion will be held from 1…

For most American taxpayers, April 17 served up its yearly dose of pain. But for McMinnville optometrist Andy Dean, who just days earlier had been undergoing a battery of medical tests to identify a mystifying illness, that date brought an extra share of bad news. Dean?s doctors confirmed the dreaded diagnosis ? cancer. Highly sensitive…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Members of the Lady Pioneer softball team receving awards during the team?s picnic lunch on Saturday are, from left, Brittany Ferrell, Kayla Hubbard, Brittany Darnbush, MaCall Cooper, Ashlee Malone, Katie Rogers, Kaitom Tanner, Emily Smith, Penny Wanamaker and LeAnne Smith. Not pictured are Courtney Abraham and…

NASHVILLE (AP) Titans quarterback Billy Volek looks for an open receiver against the Bears? defensive pressure. With Steve McNair?s Titans career apparently over, Volek has a new kind of pressure at this year?s training camp, working out as the team?s No. 1 field general. Bizarre is the best way to describe the Tennessee Titans? situation…

By The Associated Press 2006 Nextel Cup schedule (winners in parentheses) 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…

NL (7 Decisions): TGlavine, New York, 6-2, .750, 2.43; WRodriguez, Houston, 5-2, .714, 3.81; Harang, Cincinnati, 5-2, .714, 4.19; Arroyo, Cincinnati, 5-2, .714, 2.40; Cook, Colorado, 5-3, .625, 3.28. AL (7 Decisions): FGarcia, Chicago, 6-1, .857, 4.56; Mussina, New York, 6-1, .857, 2.56; Rogers, Detroit, 7-2, .778, 2.91; Kazmir, Tampa Bay, 6-2, .750, 2.73; Schilling,…

CHICAGO (AP) A.J. Pierzynski barreled over Cubs catcher Michael Barrett, who punched the White Sox catcher and started a bench-clearing melee in the second inning that led to four ejections Saturday. Pierzynski slapped the plate after the collision as the ball got away from Barrett. The Cubs catcher got up, grabbed Pierzynski and punched him.…

Two victories shy of his 800th win, Eddie Sutton decided it was time to leave college basketball and let his son coach Oklahoma State. The 70-year-old coach retired, ending a 36-year career in which he made three trips to the Final Four and became the first coach to take four schools to the NCAA tournament.…

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) JARRETT Butch Meyer walked outside Darlington Raceway in his No. 88 hat and UPS racing jersey, testament to a 14-year allegiance to Dale Jarrett, one of NASCAR?s most popular drivers. But what Jarrett did last weekend in moving from his Ford team to one fielded by Japanese automaker Toyota in 2007 was…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Sam Hornish Jr. wasted no time showing he was the guy to beat Saturday in pole qualifying for the Indianapolis 500. After posting a 229.996 mph in the morning warmup ? by far the fastest lap since practice for the May 28 race began nearly two weeks ago ? Hornish came back less…