Stories from Wednesday, February 23, 2005

The Shelbyville Golden Eagles' defense went to work in the second half and took over the game in a 48-34 victory over Tullahoma's Wildcats in opening round action of the District 8-AAA Tournament at SCHS Gym Tuesday night. After playing to a 21-21 halftime tie, Shelbyville's defense held the Wildcats to only 13 points in the second half and held Tullahoma scoreless in the fourth quarter till the 1:56 mark...

LYNCHBURG -- It's always fun to watch two evenly matched opponents go at it. Early in the season Cascade invaded Moore County and walked out with a 55-53 win. The Raiders then returned the favor by strutting out of Wartrace after dispatching the Champions 58-51...

You can't begin to imagine my excitement when my youngest daughter came home with a second-place ribbon for a "Trash Monster" she had created in her fifth-grade 4-H Club. For the very first time, she had completed the project without any help from me, my husband or her sisters. No more last minute rush to empty a cereal box or finish the roll of paper towels or toilet paper. And gone are the days of "Mommy, where is the _____?" (Insert scissors, glue, tape.)...

A suspect was stunned three times with a taser gun before he could be subdued by officers following a foot chase Monday night, Shelbyville police said. Wyatt Ervin Allen, 36, Castle Street, was allegedly chasing another man around the gas pumps at Kroger, North Main Street, when officers arrived about 10:30 p.m. Officers had been notified of a knife-wielding man allegedly attempting to assault someone in a nearby parking lot...

The new Tennessee Rehabilitation Center will cost $47,000 more than expected, due primarily to poor, marshy soil at its site on Railroad Avenue -- but money will likely be shifted out of other line items so that county taxpayers aren't saddled with the extra expense...

Shelbyville's Public Housing Authority has adopted a new system to verify tenants' employment and, therefore, their ability to pay rent, and while it affects existing tenants, verification of a new tenants' pay may take a month or two. And by that time, someone who's not eligible for public housing could be living in a unit when they shouldn't, according to discussion among members of the Housing Authority as they met Tuesday afternoon in Richard's Restaurant...

Shelbyville's Veterans Day Parade should be in the morning, according to leaders of the United Veterans Council of Bedford County who formed a committee Tuesday to pursue the idea. The Veterans Day Parade here has been on the 11th day of the 11th month, but it was held in the evening and not at 11 a.m. like the time of the signing of the Armistice to end World War I, American Legion Commander Roy Bartlette said...