By ROB NUNLEY MURFREESBORO ‘ Just when it seemed the Lady Pioneers may have gotten over their scoring slump, they turned in their lowest point performance of the year. Shooting just 12.5 percent from the floor, Warren County’s girls managed just one point in the entire third quarter on the way to a 45-23 shellacking…

By ROB NUNLEY Camron Bond puts up a jumper over Blackman’s Zander Wiel during Friday night’s first half. MURFREESBORO ‘ For the second time this season, the Pioneer basketball team battled Blackman right to the closing horn. But unfortunately for the Pioneers and their fans, the result was the same, as they came home from…

Two employees of Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Utility District were recently awarded service pins presented by CEO Leslie B. Enoch, center. Bill Stoner, left, received his 20-year pin and Rickey Woodlee received his 15-year pin. Both men are service technicians in the McMinnville office.

Baby Boy Braeden Marshall Rich, son of Karyn and Justin Rich, was born Dec. 12 at River Park Hospital. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and is their first child. He is the grandson of John W. and the late Eleanor M. Bohn of Cookeville and Robert and Wanda Rich. Baby Boy Colin James Ozie…

Southern Standard readers are invited to extend happy birthday and anniversary best wishes to friends and loved ones through this weekly column. Please submit your messages by our noon deadline each Thursday. No more than three wishes to any individual, please. Happy Birthday Wishes: Jan. 15 ‘ Belated birthday wishes to Faye Nunley, who is…

Morrison Elementary principal Donna Vandygriff is announcing the school’s honor rolls for the third six weeks: First Honor Roll Third Grade ‘ Brian Beedle, Caitlin Cantrell, Justin Holt, Magali Pantoja, Caitlyn Whitworth, Mary Cates, Hannah Griffin, McKay Harrell, Bridget Johnson, Savannah Kelley, Carly Meeks, Jon Mondragon, Brooke Murphy, Cheyenne Newby, Devin Szczepanik, Jasmine Watson Fourth…

By DUANE SHERRILL A 44-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in traffic court action: ‘ Jason Morton was ordered to serve 45 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, pay $600 plus costs and lose his license for two years for second-offense DUI. ‘ Efen L. Castorena…

A $5,000 grant has been awarded to Faith in Action CARES and Warren County CARES by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, which has distributed more than $1 million in grants to 203 nonprofit organizations as part of the foundation’s annual grant making process. The foundation oversees more than 615 charitable funds. In the past…

MONDAY, JAN. 21 City Hall will be closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Monday’s garbage routes will be picked up along with Tuesday’s routes. TUESDAY, JAN. 22 Parent Project class will meet for the first of 10 sessions held on Tuesday nights from 6 to 9 p.m. at Warren Academy. For information, call 668-1728.…

By Lisa Hobbs Black History Club members from Warren County High School are gearing up for another trip to Nashville this Monday to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and his fight for civil rights. King was born Jan. 15, 1929 and became one of the main leaders of the civil rights movement. From 1955…