By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Pioneers continued to control their own destiny Monday night, as they kept themselves in a tie for second place in the District 7-AAA race with a 5-1 road win over Murfreesboro Siegel. With the win, Siegel fell out of what had been a four-way tie,…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Warren County Middle School boys golf team took third place at Monday?s Middle Tennessee Junior Golf Championship. Pictured, from left, are team members Austin Fairchild, Slayden Rogers, Mica Gentry, Clay Talbert and Micah Panter. Warren County Middle?s boys finished in third place Monday, while the…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Morgan Page (11) of the DeKalb Middle Lady Saints slides safely into third base as the Lady Pioneers? Lauren Wilkinson scoops up a lot throw during Monday afternoon?s game at the WCHS softball field. Monday afternoon at the Warren County High School softball field, the middle…

The Pioneer soccer team finished its regular season with a 5-1 win over Lincoln County. Robert Garibaldi got the hat trick, scoring three of his team?s goals, as Bryan Knowles and Dabe Banerjee added one goal each.(May 4, 2001)

FORRESTER It seemed like a good idea at the time and, 40 years later, operating a local workforce training facility continues to benefit workers, employers and the community as a whole. No one in Tennessee has to drive more than 50 miles to reach a Tennessee Technology Center. In Warren County, few drive more than…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard Are you interested in controlling the animal population in Warren County? According to Viola Valley Dogs representatives Villa Mitchell and Linda Coursey, getting your pet spayed or neutered is the most effective way to help do this and avoid needlessly euthanizing unwanted litters. That?s why…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 49-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in court action: ? Ronnie Blevins Jr. was bound over to the grand jury on the charge of fourth-offense driving on a revoked license. ? Gary M. Thomas was bound…

Diana West No one has ever adequately explained why the jihadist “insurgency” fights on in Iraq. Really. It’s not enough to say these Islamic fanatics want to drive “infidel” U.S. forces out of Iraq, or that they want to bring down the Iraqi government. It is by remaining in Iraq that the United States has…

William Rusher The appointment of Tony Snow as the new White House press spokesman is the shrewdest move, and also the best choice, the Bush administration has made in years. The job of press spokesman has grown phenomenally in recent years. Back when the daily White House press briefings weren’t televised, it didn’t matter nearly…

Duane Sherrill Seeing by the time you read this the primary results will already be known, I think it?s safe for me to tell you what the voters were saying at the polls. Of course, I?m writing this not knowing who won and who lost or even if the most recent Sherrill Poll was anywhere…