By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard White Sox shortstop Dylan Young throws to first in time to retire a Cardinal batter during last week?s win at Hoover-Millraney Field. The McBride?s Window Braves used a six-run second inning to help them to a win Thursday, as they downed the Hot Wheels White Sox…

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) AGASSI Andre Agassi will retire after this year?s U.S. Open, leaving tennis after two decades during which he collected a career Grand Slam and morphed from ?Image Is Everything? brashness to elder statesman. The 36-year-old American announced his plans Saturday during a news conference at the All England Club, where Wimbledon starts…

Womack Nursery picked up its first win of the season in Junior League baseball action with an 8-7 victory over Oster. Pitcher Jon Simmons hurled a one-hitter to get the win.(June, 26, 1981)

Charles W. Johnson photo These young swimmers point out the hours and date for the 2006 Red Cross Learn to Swim registration this Thursday, June 29 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. They are, from left, Dominic Clark, Jacob Dennison, River Gordon and Lakeland Gordon. The Warren County Chapter of the American Red Cross says sign-ups…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 130-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in traffic court action: ? Natasha S. Gregoire and Augusta Johnson were ordered to serve 30 days of an 11-29 sentence, pay $2,643 and forfeit their driver?s licenses for one…

Charles W. Johnson photo Elsa Eckenrod stands in a spout of cool water to try and beat the soaring summer temperatures at Gilley Pool.

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 19-year-old who had sexual relations with a 12-year-old girl at a party last year will serve three years behind bars and spend a decade on probation. The defendant, Eric Phillips, now 20, entered a plea this week before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to the…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard Anyone visiting the new Centertown School construction site Friday would have seen the walls of the gymnasium going up as the building begins to take shape. The project is currently scheduled for completion in July of 2007, according to school system officials. The new Centertown…

By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A man caught allegedly growing marijuana in the open was arrested recently after lawmen found 56 marijuana plants during a visit to his home. The suspect, Lawrence Ralph, Jr. is charged with manufacture of marijuana after lawmen made the discovery in his girlfriend?s driveway. ?They were…

TODAY, JUNE 25 The Elder Felix and Luna Cantrell reunion will be held at Wayside CIC with a covered dish lunch at noon. Friends and Family Day will be held at Sunny Hills Baptist Church. Homecoming will be held at 10 a.m. at First Free Will Baptist Church at Red Road and Winding Way. Lunch…