Baby Boy Matthew Caelan Wyatt Bratcher, son of Jesse and Tabby Bratcher of Atlanta, Ga., was born March 7 at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta. He weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounces and was 17 inches in length. He is proudly welcomed by brothers, Jarrett Bratcher of Georgia and Chris and Jonathan Bratcher. He is the grandparents…

Jim Miller Dear Savvy Senior, I saw you on the ?Today? show last month talking about gardening tips and tools for seniors who have arthritis and other physical limitations. Can you write a column on this topic and tell me where I can find some of the ergonomic products you demonstrated? They look ideal for…

Margo Howard Dear Margo: After almost 50 years of marriage and two years of widowhood, a wonderful man has asked me to be his wife. (Who knew it could happen at my age?) It will be a few months before the actual ceremony, but many obstacles are presenting themselves. For instance, how to deal with…

The most prevalent health problem facing children today is obesity. If childhood obesity continues to increase, it could cut two to five years from the average lifespan. That could cause our current generation of children to become the first in American history to live shorter lives than their parents. According to Mary Ellen Renna, M.D.,…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Logan Walker of Medley?s Braves takes a cut at a Micah McColloch offering during Monday night?s game against the Midway Electric Cardinals. Tuesday night at the Dottie West Field in the boys? Senior League, Woodlee?s Body Shop defeated Medley?s Braves 8-5. For the A?s, Derek Brumley…

(AP) GATLIN Neither Justin Gatlin nor Asafa Powell wants to share track?s most coveted record with the other. And while their first chance to end the newly discovered stalemate will come sooner than expected, it won?t feature the ?world?s fastest men? running side-by-side. Because of a timing error, it turns out that Olympic champion Gatlin…

WCMS baseball tryouts Sign-ups for Warren County Middle School baseball tryouts will be held Monday, May 22, at the WCMS field from 9-11 a.m. Tryouts will be the following three days, May 23-25, from 9 a.m. until noon each day.For more information contact coach Brent Whitlock at 473-6557. WCHS baseball tryouts Pre-registration for tryouts for…

DETROIT (AP) Brandon Inge and Placido Polanco homered and the Detroit Tigers won their seventh straight game, beating the Minnesota Twins 5-3 Thursday for their longest winning streak since 1993. Detroit swept the three-game series against the Twins and have beaten them seven games in a row at home, dating to last season, for its…

The Nashville Predators signed center Vernon Fiddler and free agent defenseman Ville Koistinen to one-year contracts Thursday. Fiddler, 26, is coming off a season in which he set NHL career-highs with 40 games played, goals (8), assists (4). Koistinen, 23, led defensemen in the Finnish Elite League in scoring with 34 points and assists (26)…

MILWAUKEE (AP) Are you ready for some football ? on a Friday afternoon? The Green Bay Packers have rescheduled their final preseason game for 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 1 after NFL officials rejected the team?s request to hold the game, against the Tennessee Titans, on that Thursday night. The Packers chose the unorthodox starting…