By JAMES CLARK Editor for the Southern Standard Baylee West smacks a hit for Ben Lomand in 5-6-year-old baseball action at the Civic Center. Pioneer Building Supply and Pioneer Pediatrics square off in the tournament finals Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Pioneer Pediatrics and Pioneer Building Supply will square off Thursday night for the 5-6-year-old baseball…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Ginger Smith of Nashville makes her way to the finish line with a time of 1 hour and nine minutes to win the female overall championship of the McMinnville City Triathlon. Now in it?s fourth year, the McMinnville City Triathlon has become one of the top…

Mark Nolff defeated Bill Locke 2 and 1 in the championship flight to win the Club Championship at the McMinnville Country Club.(June 29, 2001)

Ronald Cleveland (Ronnie) McGowan, 37, of McMinnville (Smyrna community) died Monday, June 26 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Born on March 8, 1969 in Warren County, he was a truck driver and a member of Hebron Church of Christ. Ronnie was preceded in death by brother Jason Paul McGowan, maternal grandfather, James L. Scott,…

Sarasota, Fla., resident and long-time McMinnville resident Martha Herald Gudat, 85, died June 11. A native of Paducah, Ky., moving there from McMinnville in 1984, she was a homemaker and member of the Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Richard; and stepchildren, Aaron Gudat, Twana Roberts, Kevin Gudat and Kim Gudat, all of…

Warren County resident and Painesville, Ohio native Dennis Amos, 72, died June 25 at home after an extended illness. A supervisor with Occidental Petroleum and a member of the Church of Christ, he was the son of the late Forrest and Opal Amos. He is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Pat Amos of…

WASHINGTON (AP) FRIST A constitutional amendment to ban flag desecration died in a Senate cliffhanger Tuesday, a single vote short of the support needed to send it to the states for ratification and four months before voters elect a new Congress. The 66-34 tally in favor of the amendment was one less than the two-thirds…

WASHINGTON (AP) Breathing any amount of someone else’s tobacco smoke harms nonsmokers, the surgeon general declared Tuesday ? a strong condemnation of secondhand smoke that is sure to fuel nationwide efforts to ban smoking in public. “The debate is over. The science is clear: Secondhand smoke is not a mere annoyance, but a serious health…

KNOXVILLE (AP) Two men accused of drag racing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and causing a deadly crash pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder. Jonathan Hall, 19, of Lebanon, and Steven Williams, 20, of Murfreesboro were each charged with five counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of five people from Virginia in…

NASHVILLE (AP) Tennessee’s anti-abortion “Choose Life” license plates could hit the streets within three months now that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal. Production of the plates can begin once the state attorney general gives the go-ahead, and minor design changes are made to the specialty plate, Department of Safety spokeswoman…