SOLANA BEACH, Calif. (AP) ‘ Authorities kept watch Saturday over a stretch of Southern California beaches, scanning the waters for a shark they believe killed a triathlete a day earlier. While authorities advised against going in the ocean from north San Diego to Carlsbad, they said they expect to see people heading into the water…

Who am I and who do I belong to? This picture was found in Warren County after the recent storms. Not much is known about the boy, except he was 1 at the time and all smiles. The picture can be picked up at the Standard during regular business hours.

The Middle Tennessee Council will recognize a record number of new Eagle Scouts today, honoring the highest rank in scouting, with seven Warren countians among the elite. Warren County Eagle Scouts include William Davis, George Maddox, Brandon Parker, Benjamin Powell, Phillip Rowland, Kyle Watlington and Christopher Weitzel. They all belong to local Troop 631. With…

By Lisa Hobbs After taking bids for grinder pump systems, a local company was once again beaten out by out-of-town competition. McMinnville officials went with a lower cost and better warranty offered by a company from Livingston, Tenn., instead of a bid from Morrison Tank & Vault. While looking for an alternative to using the…

Covenant Academy will get help updating its library from the Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Hometown Help Program. The project is funded by the customers of Middle Tennessee Natural Gas who allow the utility to round up their bill to the next dollar. The money collected in this fashion is distributed to local organizations and charities.…

By Duane Sherrill A father who went to work and left his child home alone was among those appearing Thursday before General Sessions Judge Larry Ross in General Sessions Court. The father, Javier Chacon, was directed to serve five days of an 11-29 sentence and must pay $10 plus costs for child neglect and driving…

By Lisa Hobbs The Nature in Winter amateur photography contest judges have announced the winners of the city’s first photography contest held in February. Given the success of the first, a second contest has been scheduled for May. After being judged on subject, focus, distance, lighting, use of shutter speed and the way they led…

RENO, Nev. (AP) ‘ Scientists urged residents of northern Nevada’s largest city to prepare for a bigger event as the area continued rumbling Saturday after the largest earthquake in a two-month-long series of temblors. More than 100 aftershocks were recorded on the western edge of the city after a magnitude 4.7 quake hit Friday night,…

BY Chuck Shepherd Graduate art student Matthew Keeney’s latest piece of performance art, in February, called “The Waiting Project,” had him standing on streets in Syracuse, N.Y., waiting for someone to ask him what “The Waiting Project” is. In previous pieces, Keeney had held a “Super Bowl party for one” on a park bench, had…

By SUSAN NEWBY Courage, grace and poise. I witnessed all this and more in the amazing form of a slight wisp of a 13-year-old girl. The occasion was not a happy one for any involved; it was the sentencing hearing of Sherri Mathis in the murder and abuse of Cheyenne Delp and the abuse of…