By DUANE SHERRILL The leader of the band has died. Longtime Silver and Gold Band conductor and prominent local jeweler Sam Cordell passed away at the age of 91 at Savannah Heights Living Center in McCormick, S.C., Thursday afternoon after an extended illness. Known throughout the community as the leader of the famed Silver and…

By JAMES CLARK With his legal troubles behind him, perhaps state Sen. Jerry Cooper can begin to get a good night’s sleep. Cooper talked to the Standard yesterday about the adversity he has faced, and overcome, in 2007. That has included a horrific interstate accident, a federal trial, and finally a no-contest plea to DUI…

By DUANE SHERRILL State Sen. Jerry Cooper will spend a day behind bars after he entered a no-contest plea Friday in Murfreesboro to being under the influence when he flipped his SUV on Interstate 24 while driving home following an evening of legislative receptions. ‘He understands he made a mistake and he’s paid for that…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD Monday at the Collins River golf course, the team of Bill Carter, Gay Smith and Arlin Schapp carded a 4-under par to take first place. Second place went to the team of Buddy Layne, Wade Renstrom and Edd Cantrell with a 2-under score. Bobby Newby, Monroe Oakes, Ralph Bess and Robert McCormack…

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD The Warren County High School golf team hit the links for the first time this year in a preseason tournament at Champions Run golf course in Murfreesboro on Thursday. The Pioneer squad finished with a team total of 308, putting them in sixth place. Cookeville placed first with a score of 281,…

KNOXVILLE (AP) ‘ Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer doesn’t have to worry about motivating his team for preseason practice. The schedule takes care of that for him. The beginning of the season isn’t to be taken lightly, what with a trip to California and home stands against Southern Miss and the national champion Florida Gators. ‘I…

Pioneer football alumnus Zeke Reedy, who graduated in the spring, was honored this summer with a selection to play in this year’s annual Native American All-star game at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kan. East and West clashed on Aug. 21. Reedy, who played on the East team, also served as one of the…

By ROB NUNLEY Three intense days of fall camp finally took their toll on the Pioneers Thursday, during the second half of a full day of workouts at Murfreesboro Siegel. Head coach Chris Madewell said although his squad held its own against the Stars for much of their all-day session of practices and scrimmages, by…

By ROB NUNLEY McMinnville’s Austin Fairchild entered last week’s TGA Junior Tour Wyndham Tournament of Champions as the No. 5 ranked player in the boys 14- to 15-year-old Masters division, and came away from the event with a third-place finish, missing the championship score by just three strokes. Fairchild, who will begin his sophomore season…

The 7- and 8-year-old ‘Titans’ go through tackling drills during youth football practice Thursday in the outfield of the Dottie West Field. The city ballparks were filled with young football players last week, as practices began for the league’s many teams.