Stories from Tuesday, January 4, 2005

Liberty Middle never trailed in their home contest with Pulaski's Bridgeforth Middle as they scored seven unanswered points in the first quarter Monday night to pull away early, earn a 47-35 victory and improve to 11-2. "I just wanted to push the ball and try and get some running in," Liberty coach Chad Spencer said. "We didn't slow things down much...

Ahead by just six points at halftime, Liberty Middle woke up and outscored visiting Bridgeforth 20-2 in the third quarter Monday night before emptying the bench and cruising to a 39-14 win. "We've got to get our legs back under us," said Liberty coach Chad Spencer of his team's slow start. "That's the main thing, just getting back in shape. We should have practiced more than what we did over the break...

The first babies of 2005 in both Davidson and Bedford counties are from Bedford County. Gracie Jane Davis, daughter of Craig and Laura Kate Davis of Unionville, became Nashville's first baby of 2005 when she was born at 12:13 a.m. New Year's Day at Baptist Hospital...

Winchester mother and emerging artist K. Louise Crowell has loaned a painting of her daughter, Army 2nd Lt. Janna Leigh Moore, and her daughter's husband, Marine Cpl. James Benjamin Moore, son of Douglas and Jeanette Moore of Shelbyville, to the White House...