Stories from Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Middle Tennessee State University scheduled a press conference at 12:30 today in the new Hall of Fame Building to announce Shelbyville Golden Eaglette coach Rick Insell as the new women's basketball coach. The announcement was originally scheduled for April 29, but was canceled due to a technicality in the original job posting. The position was re-opened for a week and Insell was informed of the second press conference Tuesday evening...

Greenways are about connections and Shelbyville's Greenway Committee is looking for connections and input from the public about the ongoing project. The problem is that there is a lack of awareness about the Greenway, which runs through areas of Shelbyville and, hopefully, will eventually canvass the entire community...

Enthusiastic science fiction fans are often maligned by comedians or screenwriters as people out of touch with real life. Tammy Cox of Shelbyville admits that she enjoys the imaginative aspects of the "Star Wars" movies, but she and her fellow fans (including fiancé Geoff Fults, also of Shelbyville) are all too aware of real life. In fact, they have found a way to use their hobby as a way to bring help and hope to those in need in the real world...

MURFREESBORO -- Shelbyville's Golden Eagle soccer team was just one win away from making history, advancing to the sub-state round of the TSSAA soccer state tournament. A win against Blackman Tuesday night would advance the Eagles into the Region 4-AAA semifinals and a guaranteed berth in the sub-state round...

Funeral services for Peggy Lynn Wiser Kilpatrick, 46, of Winchester, who died May 16 at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Bobby Ruehling will officiate and burial will follow in Hurricane Grove Cemetery in Lynchburg...