Stories from Friday, September 16, 2005

Practice wasn't perfect as Tennessee gears up for Saturday's SEC opener against Florida in Gainesville. "We got through our Thursday practice and that's about all I can say," Volunteer coach Phil Fulmer said. "We had too many things happen today. It wasn't awful but it wasn't a good day overall...

Harris Middle improved to 7-1 on the season with a 4-2 win over Bridgeforth in Pulaski on Tuesday. The Eaglettes jumped out to a 2-0 halftime lead behing goals by Kayla Anderson and Olivia Harris. Harris assisted on a Rachel Imes score for the third Harris goal. Kali Hayse capped off the net thinning...

KNOXVILLE -- For a Tennessee defense that is facing a brand new scheme on Saturday, they couldn't have found a much better season-opening partner than UAB. The Blazers' feature talent was quarterback Darrell Hackney, who showed the much-maligned Vol pass coverage where they needed to improve...

Liberty Middle downed Community Junior High 18-12 Thursday on a night that only kids would consider perfectly suited for football. Heavy afternoon rains rendered the playing surface into a muddy, slippery mess that manifested itself into a turnover marred contest from both sides...

Shelbyville's Golden Eagles will be playing one of the most successful football programs in the state over the past five years when they travel to Nashville to face Hillsboro's Burros in a Region 5-4A contest tonight at 7. "Hillsboro has been one of the best football teams in the state over the past few years and they've got another good football team this year," Shelbyville coach Whit Taylor said. ...

Mrs. Ruth Arnold of Naples, Fla., formerly of Shelbyville, died Wednesday at Canterbury House in Bonita Springs, Fla. She was 89. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Ed Phillips and the Rev. Jim Robinson officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.

Catherine Cannon Wall of Marion, N.C., mother of Richard A. Wall of Shelbyville, died Wednesday. She was 92. Services will be held today at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Gardens Baptist Church, where she was a lifetime member. Burial will follow at McDowell Memorial Park...

Memorial services for Earl Pittman, 62, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday at the V.A. Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Friday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Geoff Gieseman officiating. Burial will follow at Hope Cemetery.

Members of Shelby Chapter National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution urge the public to join them in recognizing the 218th year of the Constitution of the United States. Saturday begins the national celebration of Constitution Week. In 1955, DAR petitioned Congress to set aside Sept. 17-23 annually to be dedicated for the observance of Constitution Week...

Questions were raised Tuesday about the wording of a resolution passed in Bell Buckle last month halting any annexation until July 2006. Murfreesboro attorney Jack Heffington, who represents Billy and Sue Dean, said that there was some confusion about the resolution; that the Deans' property "might not been excluded from that resolution."...

The man suspected of firing at a Bedford County deputy surrendered Thursday after eluding officers for 17 hours without shoes or shirt in a wooded area near the Mount Herman community. Anthony "Tony" Leverette, 40, called dispatchers in Shelbyville shortly after noon from a Mount Herman Road home, saying he wanted to surrender. State Trooper Russell Humphreys, the nearest of many officers searching the area, arrested Leverette without incident and turned him over to deputies for transport...