Members of the Midway FCEC met April 2 at the Midway CIC for their monthly meeting. Jean Rogers and Claudine Ray served as hostesses for the event, and president Zella Cook presided. Jean Cantrell lead the devotional with ‘Sweet Spring.’ The group also recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Roll Call was answered…

Baby Boy Gina Beth and David Shane Crouch are announcing the birth of their son, Carter Shane Crouch. He was born March 11 at River Park Hospital weighing 4 pounds, 14 ounces. He is proudly welcomed by 4-year-old sister, McKeely Beth.He is the grandson of Betty Sue Bond, Eugene and Joyce Bond, Tony and Sheryl…

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: April 1 ‘ Happy belated birthday Louise Moore. Love, your familyApril…

By Duane Sherrill A 55-person docket was heard Thursday by Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Traffic Court. Included in Traffic Court action: ‘ Christian Rios was ordered to serve 75 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence, pay $650 plus costs and lose his license for two years for second-offense DUI and driving on a…

TODAY, APRIL 13 The Golden family reunion will be held at 1 p.m. at Wayside CIC. A grand choral celebration will be held at 4 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Extraordinary Form will be held April 13 at St. Andrew’s Roman Catholic Church in Sparta at 11 a.m.…

DECATUR, Tenn. (AP) ‘ Meigs County Sheriff Walter Hickman says deputies have arrested three people suspected of being involved in a copper theft from a power company substation that left 6,000 people without power and shut down local schools Friday. Hickman says the three were arrested on a tip they were headed to a scrap…

By Duane Sherrill Three Mexican men caught with a vehicle full of fighting cocks will serve no jail time but will be required to perform 48 hours public service work each for their crime. The defendants, Elias R. Najera, Fidel Y. Pulido and Abel Santillan, all entered guilty pleas through their interpreters before General Sessions…

By Lisa Hobbs After receiving three calls regarding the removal of at least one dilapidated house in an R-4 district and putting up a duplex, the Planning and Zoning Department discovered a problem that doesn’t exist in other zones. In each city district, 11 in all, each of them allow for other uses and special…

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) ‘ After two rounds of warm, sunny weather, the Masters turned wet Saturday. The third round was halted because of heavy rain. Umbrellas popped up all over the course as play began in a light drizzle. With the leaders still waiting to tee off, the horns sounded and play was halted about…

Teams in the city’s 7- and 8-year-old coach-pitch league took to the diamond at Pioneer Park Saturday afternoon, as Warren County Middle School’s baseball program hosted a five-team play day, beginning with a matchup between Pioneer Pediatrics and Pine Hill Plastics. From left: Ethan Smith of Pine Hill hauls in a fly ball to begin…