Cubs win two to stay undefeated
By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Cubs? A.D. Majors connects for a base hit up the middle during his team?s game in the 7- and 8-year-old boys? coach-pitch league Tuesday. The Custom Granite Cubs picked up a pair of wins Saturday in the boys? 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch league, and held…
Read MoreChiSox manager fined, suspended by Selig
Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen was fined Thursday by commissioner Bud Selig and ordered to attend sensitivity training for making derogatory comments about a reporter this week. In a separate penalty, Guillen was also suspended Thursday along with White Sox pitcher David Riske after the reliever threw at Chris Duncan of St. Louis on…
Read MoreBrown fired as Knicks? coach, Thomas named his replacement
NEW YORK (AP) Larry Brown is no longer the NBA?s dead man walking. His ?dream job? as coach of the New York Knicks is over, finally ending what may have been the most drawn-out firing in sports history. Now Isiah Thomas gets the job of coaching the overpriced, underachieving roster he created. The Knicks put…
Read MoreApplications for WMA hunts now available across state
Joey Wray Hunters may start applying for the 2006-07 wildlife management area quota hunts beginning on Wednesday, June 14, 2006, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA). The information forms have been mailed to license agents and TWRA regional offices. Sportsman license holders will receive their information form on the back of their Tennessee…
Read More15 years ago:
Receving awards for their play in the Babe Ruth league were: Bradon Yates, leading hitter; Casey Scoggins, Sportsmanship: Timmy Gooch, 13-year old MVP and Jeremy Smartt, 15-year old MVP.(June 26, 1991)
Read MoreTerry Smith announces re-election bid
By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard SMITH Terry Smith is announcing his bid for re-election to serve a third term as Warren County?s Register of Deeds. Smith, who was first elected in 1998, says he?s made great strides to take the local office into the computer age. ?Everything was done by hand when…
Read MoreSuspected police informant punched by Walls
By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A teen who broke the jaw of a man who he believed ratted him out to police was bound to the grand jury for the alleged attack and a string of residential burglaries. The defendant, Brandon Walls, 18, was bound to the grand jury by General…
Read MoreRoss hears 51-person court docket
By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard A 51-person docket was heard Tuesday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court. Included in court action: ? Christopher M. Ward was ordered to serve 30 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, pay $100 plus costs, perform 16 hours public service work and seek mental…
Read MorePike Hill crash
Duane Sherrill photo This Cadillac driven by Eleanor Bennett slammed into the pickup in the background driven by Brandy Roberts at the intersection of Pike Hill and New Smithville Highway on Wednesday. Roberts reportedly pulled into the path of the southbound car from Pike Hill Road. Both drivers suffered noncritical injuries.
Read MoreGraduates praised for finishing grueling rehabilitation program
By DUANE SHERRILL Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley, center, presents plaques to the second drug court graduating class, from left, Ross Herrin, Danny Hobbs, Virginia Andrews and Aaron O?dineal. James Tittsworth is not pictured. Five convicted drug users bound for the state penitentiary were given a second chance and…
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