David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis each hit solo home runs to power the Boston Red Sox to a 5-3 win over the struggling Atlanta Braves on Saturday. Boston starter Josh Beckett (8-3) went six innings, allowing three hits and two walks with five strikeouts. He also had an RBI single in the fourth, helping send…

Rob Nunley photo Madison Mason of the McMinnville Swim Team makes her way toward a victory in the girls? 8-and-under 25-meter breaststroke during the team?s home meet Thursday against Shelbyville. MST lost to the visiting Sharks, but still came away with several strong individual finishes. For the top local finishers in all events at Thursday?s…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Kirby Real Estate pounded out 29 hits in its 16-2 win over U.S. Equipment Tuesday night on the Pete Holt Field. With the victory, Kirby remained undefeated, and held on to its share of the lead in the girls? 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch league. For Kirby,…

CENTER HILL ? Fishing is good. The water temperature is 84 degrees; lake is stable. Bass fishing is good at night on jigs and spinner baits and worms while casting points and ledges in 8-to-14 feet of water. Some good catches of walleye are showing up between Sligo and Pates Ford, while trolling nightcrawler rigs…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Andrew Brock follows his chip as it approaches the cup in this file photo from last fall. Not many get the opportunity, but one local golfer is taking advantage of this weekend to test his skills against some of the top collegiate and amateur golfers in…

Lisa Hobbs photo Drevon Barks shows off this nice catfish he hauled in at last weekend?s ?Free Fishing Frenzy? in Morrison.

Coke?s Kevin Rutledge and Barry Luna combined for a no-hitter, but their team still lost to Gould 12-9 in junior league baseball action. Rutledge connected for a home run in the loss.(June 19, 1981)

By LISA HOBBS Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard It?s finally over. Elected officials have passed a street vendor ordinance for downtown McMinnville. The ordinance, an ongoing and sometimes heated debate for the last several months, finally came to a conclusion Tuesday with a 4-2 vote. Voting for the ordinance were Aldermen Donald Hillis and…

By CHARLES W. JOHNSON News Editor for the Southern Standard A pair of Southern Standard columnists were recently lauded for their letter-writing skills by the Nashville Tennessean. Both Thomas B. Vaughn and Mike Vinson received Gold Star certificates at the annual Three-Star Forum Banquet at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel. For 67 years the newspaper…