Stories from Thursday, March 4, 2004

MURFREESBORO -- Warning: Being a Shelbyville Golden Eagle fan is not for the faint of heart. For the second game in a row the Eagles (23-8) have charged back from a five-point deficit to win. This time, it took a double overtime as the Eagles claimed a 58-54 Region 4-AAA Tournament semifinal victory Tuesday night over the Lebanon Blue Devils (21-14). Shelbyville takes on Murfreesboro Oakland tonight at 8 at Middle Tennessee State University's Murphy Center for the championship...

There was standing room only in the General Sessions courtroom Wednesday as the case against Millard Johnson proceeded through the preliminary hearing. Johnson, a teacher at Bedford County Vocational Center, was charged Jan. 13 with assault, sexual battery by an authority figure and attempted sexual battery by an authority figure alleged by one of his 17-year-old female students...

The victim of an accident discovered off U.S. 41-A South Wednesday morning has been identified as Jeffery Womble, 28, of Lewisburg. Womble's body was found in a car submerged in Thompson Creek across from Shofner's Lutheran Chapel. Investigators said skid marks showed the northbound car ran off the roadway, down an embankment and landed in the creek...

Over 300 alpacas and their owners will converge on Shelbyville's Calsonic Arena Saturday and Sunday -- almost triple from last year. The show will feature alpaca halter, performance and fleece shows, educational seminars on health care of alpacas conducted by noted veterinarians, and demonstrations in spinning, weaving and felting the lustrous fiber of alpacas...