Photo provided Warren County Middle School Volleyball was a recent recipient of funds from the Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Project Hometown Help program. The money received from Project Hometown Help will help purchase new equipment, teaching aides, and repair a net.Project Hometown Help is funded by the customers of Middle Tennessee Natural Gas who allow…

Penn State linebacker Paul Posluszny and Southern California receiver Dwayne Jarrett overcame adversity to become two-time Associated Press All-Americans. Posluszny and Jarrett were selected to the first-team for the second consecutive season Tuesday, joining Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith and Arkansas running back Darren McFadden on the AP?s honor roll. Three Ohio State players made…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Robert Harris of the Irving College Tigers puts up a shot over Centertown?s Nathan Bombard (41) and Gabriel Walkup during Monday night?s game. Despite an early double-digit lead, Irving College?s seventh- and eighth-grade boys had to hold on for dear life Monday night to survive a…

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Irving College?s Lacey Bess controls the ball while being guarded by Centertown?s Katie Sain Monday night. Irving College?s girls used a big first-half scoring run to take command Monday night on the way to an eventual 48-38 victory over Centertown in seventh- and eighth-grade county league…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Troy Smith?s Heisman Trophy was shipped home Tuesday to keep it safe and avoid the type of mishap that happened the last time an Ohio State player won the award. Smith wore a black leather jacket with the Heisman insignia on back when he arrived at the airport from New York, where…

NEW YORK (AP) The NBA?s much-maligned new basketball is being bounced. After months of complaints from players about the way it gripped, performed and even hurt their skin, commissioner David Stern decided Monday to put the microfiber composite ball back on the rack. The old leather ball returns Jan. 1, and players who are still…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard Dibrell?s Emily Crawford tries to keep the ball away from a trio of Morrison defenders, while teammate Trisha Mitchell (34) moves into position to take a pass during Monday night?s seventh- and eighth-grade basketball game. The Lady Eagles had a rough time Monday night trying to…

Photo provided Regan Prater is all smiles after bringing down this deer on a recent hunting trip. Regan, age 8, bagged the 80-pound yearling buck in late October, on a trip to Harrison Ferry Mountain. Regan is the son of Shane and Sheryl Prater.

By ROB NUNLEY Sports Editor for the Southern Standard Warren County High School?s freshman basketball teams came away from Lebanon with a split Monday night, with the Lady Pioneers winning by double digits and the Pioneers clipped by just four points. Three Lady Pioneers finished in double digits, as coach Carl Curtis? girls downed the…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Lamar Hunt was fighting for his life in a Dallas hospital Tuesday, and friends and family of the 74-year-old pioneer of the modern NFL were hoping for ?miracles.? Hunt has battled cancer for several years and was hospitalized the day before Thanksgiving with a partially collapsed lung. Doctors discovered that the…