Lisa Hobbs photo During a school system professional development day held Friday at Warren County Middle School, principals, teachers and school board members got together for an activity filled day. During this presentation, Bonnie Collier, left, calls each of the principals on stage to teach them, and the teachers watching, the best way to instruct…

Young Men United golf tournament Young Men United will hold a four-man scramble on Sept. 23 at RiverWatch golf course in Smithville. Entry fee is $70 per person, which includes tournament round with cart. Lunch, two closest-to-the-hole prizes and longest drive prize will be provided. Deadline to enter is Sept. 10. For more information or…

CENTER HILL ? Fishing is fair. The water temperature is 85 degrees; lake is falling. Some good catches of walleye are showing up on the lower end of the lake while trolling hot’n’tots, nightctrawler and spinnerrigs in 17-to-22 feet of water. Bass fishing is fair at night on soft plastics and spinnerbaits on drops and…

ATLANTA (AP) For the Atlanta Braves, it?s always been division title or bust. Those 14 straight pennants adorning the facade at Turner Field are held up like badges of honor, as if there?s something tainted about getting into the playoffs without finishing first. Well, it?s time to reconsider that way of thinking. The Braves went…

The 20th Annual Rotary Golf Classic is set for Saturday as 34 teams will hit the links at the McMinnville Country Club. Registration will begin at 7 a.m. as the round will kick off at 8:30 a.m. with a shotgun start. Lunch will be served and the awards will be presented after the round. This…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard The Pioneers ?break it down? at the conclusion of a drill. With its first week of preseason practices complete, the Pioneers will get down to serious business tomorrow, as fall camp begins at Warren County High School. Head coach Chris Madewell?s team took advantage of last…

CLARKSVILLE (AP) Vince Young served notice Saturday morning that his physical ability to play football isn?t limited to his arm or legs. Defensive tackle Randy Starks broke through the line and picked off a pass thrown by the Tenn-essee Titans? top draft pick, and Young responded by trying to break up the interception. The resulting…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard PATTON McMinnville Country Club golf pro Hank Patton turned in a top-10 finish Tuesday, competing against club pros from around the state at the Waxo Green Pro-Pro Championship. Playing at the Richland Country Club in Brentwood, Patton and his partner, Sean Wells ? a former assistant…

Photo provided Local driver Carl Dodson is shown in action at the controls of the Mountain Made Racing modified mud racer. Dodson drove car owner Joe Curtis? machine to a first-place finish in the Championship Mud Racers Association?s ?CMRA Nationals? last Saturday night in Clarksville, barreling down the 100-foot mud pit in just 1.716 seconds.…

PARIS (AP) LANDIS Three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond says the doping charges against fellow American Floyd Landis could be ?what cycling has needed for many years? in order to discourage cheating. ?If he is confirmed positive, I hope he has the courage to tell the truth,? LeMond said in an interview with French…