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Local News Has Moved: Stay Informed with the Main Street Journal
We're excited to announce that all of our local news content has moved to the Main Street Journal! From now on, you can stay informed with exclusive, in-depth coverage of Warren County's most important stories. By subscribing to the Main Street Journal, you'll gain full access to the latest stories,...
Apr 04, 2025

Southern Standard sold
The local media landscape is going to be swiftly changing. The Southern Standard - the standard of print media in Warren County for nearly 140 years - has been sold and several long-standing employees are no longer with the company, many effective immediately. Morris Multimedia Company, based out of...
Mar 10, 2025

Lady Pioneers win three in flag football playday
When coach Paul Martin got the chance to group his Lady Pioneers together in Crossville Saturday after four tough battles on the gridiron, he started listing all the firsts the girls accomplished in the history of Warren County. Saturday was the first time the Lady Pioneers took the field, Ari Rippy...
Mar 03, 2025

WCMS softball wins debut
There wouldn't be a second shot at a first impression for the WCMS softball team last week. If the Lady Pioneers wanted to get off on the right foot, they were going to have to do so in a hostile environment. With Maddie Bryant providing the offense and Ella Wells spinning it in the circle, Warren C...
Mar 03, 2025

WCMS soccer crushes Coffee County, starts 2-0
It wasn't just a win that the WCMS soccer team was looking for Friday against Coffee County. The Pioneers wanted to crush their rivals. Behind hat tricks from both Parker Jones and Austin Breedlove, Warren County did just that as it beat the visiting Red Raiders 9-0 at home. A last-minute goal from ...
Mar 02, 2025
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Jeff Sperbeck, NFL star John Elway's longtime agent, dies following golf cart incident
Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images, FILE(LA QUINTA, Calif.) -- Former NFL star John Elway's longtime business partner and former agent died Wednesday after reportedly falling from a golf cart.Jeff Sperbeck, 62, died Wednesday after an accident Saturday eve...
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Rubio has been in touch with El Salvador's Bukele about Abrego Garcia: Sources
Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been in touch with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongfully deported last month to El Salvador's CECOT me...
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'Hazing on steroids': Syracuse high school students surrender to police over incident
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(SYRACUSE, N.Y.) -- A group of students from a high school in Syracuse, New York, surrendered to authorities on Wednesday for an alleged hazing incident described by the local district attorney as "incomprehensible."All 11 im...
5h ago

University of Delaware student killed, several hurt when driver flees from police, hits people near campus
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images(NEWARK, Del.) -- A University of Delaware graduate student was killed and several other people were injured when a U-Haul truck driver fled from police and collided with people near campus, officials said."This is a gut-wrenc...
6h ago

'We're all ticking time bombs': Budget cuts gut 9/11 health protections as community braces for crisis
Fatih Aktas /Anadolu via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The 9/11 health program that monitors and treats thousands of people exposed to toxic dust during the 2001 terrorist attack is under threat - again.A wave of staffing cuts and agency turmoil has t...
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