BY Kathy Mitchel & Marcy Sugar Dear Annie: My boyfriend and I have been going out since I was 14. We are now both 17 and still virgins. “Jack” thinks it’s time we take our relationship a little further, if you know what I mean. I love Jack a lot, but to tell you the…

While some were ‘pretty in pink,’ Kaylyn Baker was ‘beautiful in blue’ at the Southern Standard-sponsored Bicentennial Beauty Pageant at Three Star Mall yesterday. Girls and young ladies competed for crowns in five different categories. For more pageant coverage, see Wednesday’s edition.

Family Features It’s important to understand what to look for when making choices for a heart-healthy eating plan. Learning about fat and cholesterol can help you make smart choices and let you enjoy a diet abundant in flavorful foods while reducing your fat and cholesterol intake. Fat and Cholesterol Facts From the American Heart Association…

By Rob Nunley Warren County Middle School’s golfers opened their season last week, taking on both Coffee County Middle and Manchester Westwood. The Pioneers came away with a victory in the three-team match, topping their closest competitor by eight strokes, while the Lady Pioneers fell just short, losing to the Lady Raiders of Coffee County…

Goody’s Cool Orange 500 ‘ Martinsville 12:30 p.m. ‘ Fox (full lineup, page X-B) 1. Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet 2. Denny Hamlin, Toyota 3. Aric Almirola, Chevrolet 4. David Ragan, Ford 5. Jamie McMurray, Ford 6. Kasey Kahne, Dodge 7. Ken Schrader, Toyota 8. Kyle Busch, Toyota 9. Tony Stewart, Toyota 10. Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet

The Warren County High School baseball team has had a busy few days, taking part in the 36-team Warrior Classic, hosted by Riverdale High School. The Pioneers opened play in their pool ‘ one of four nine-team pools competing at this year’s event ‘ with a big win over Springfield, as they collected 18 hits…

KNOXVILLE (AP) ‘ Bruce Pearl led Tennessee to its winningest season, a brief No. 1 ranking and a regular-season Southeastern Conference title in only his third year at the helm. Let the speculation begin. With coaching vacancies cropping up around the country, Pearl almost certainly will draw some suitors. Pearl, though, seems to want to…

The starting lineup for today’s Goody’s Cool Orange 500, with each driver’s position, car number, name, make and qualifying time: 1. 24. Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 19.666 seconds (96.288 m.p.h.) 2. 11. Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 19.775 3. 8. Aric Almirola, Chevrolet, 19.780 4. 6. David Ragan, Ford, 19.814 5. 26. Jamie McMurray, Ford, 19.830 6. 9.…

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) ‘ Jeff Gordon laughs at the notion that sitting 14th in the point standings after five races means he’s off to a slow start, and he showed that he’s doing just fine on Friday by winning the pole at Martinsville Speedway. ‘Yes, turn things around. It has been a terrible year,’ Gordon…

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) ‘ Michael Waltrip gave a less sensational version Saturday of how his team came to be in possession of a part belonging to one of Jack Roush’s teams, saying that what Roush asserted was ‘intellectual espionage’ was merely a mistake. ‘We didn’t know anything about having it until January when they called…