Stories from Thursday, October 13, 2005

CHAPEL HILL -- Cascade took on Forrest Saturday night in Chapel Hill with a chance to advance in the District 11-A/AA soccer tournament at stake. In a hard-fought, fast-paced game, the Lady Champions stretched the Lady Rockets to the limit before succumbing 2-1...

Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'. The postseason fate for both Cascade and McEwen is on the line on Friday night. Last week, the Champions fell at home to Eagleville 27-19 and the Warriors defeated Nashville Christian 2-0. Thus, the two fell into a tie for the fourth and final playoff spot in Region 5-1A with a 2-2 record...

Ward's playground is on its way. The word from Bell Buckle is to mark your calendar for Friday, Oct. 21, and Saturday, Oct. 22, to help install the playground erected in honor of Ward Anderson, who died after an accident at Tims Ford Lake this past summer...

A Bedford County Circuit Court jury on Wednesday night convicted two men on burglary, assault, attempted robbery and false imprisonment charges in a case that appeared to be a drug deal gone bad. Testimony from the victims showed that Kenneth Shondale Mason, 30, of Deery Street, and Maurice Leonard, 36, of Tullahoma, went to a Wartrace-area home on June 5 to collect money for a crack cocaine purchase...

Two more police chases occurred Tuesday night in Shelbyville, increasing the count to three in two days. All three chases originated in the area near the North Main Street-Colloredo Boulevard intersection, where several other vehicles have been stopped without incident in the past few days...

A doctor who's monitored the mental health of the confessed and convicted killer of a former Shelbyville Times-Gazette reporter has issued another statement to counter "misinterpretations" that the man on death row is competent to be executed...

About 35 students from Thomas Intermediate School attended part of a Bedford County Circuit Court trial on Wednesday and during a recess, Judge Lee Russell took time to become what amounted to a substitute teacher. Students listened attentively as fourth and fifth grade teacher Pam Galbreth and other faculty from the school monitored the children. Such a field trip is taken every two years. The school and courthouse are within walking distance...

TULLAHOMA -- There's one thing you can count on when Shelbyville Central and Tullahoma face one another on the soccer field: a close match. Such was the case once again as the Lady Wildcats edged the Golden Eaglettes 2-1 in the District 8-AAA championship at Tullahoma East Middle on Wednesday night...

Steven Michael Cunningham, 45, of Ft. Myers, Fla., died Thursday at Southwest Regional Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hillcrest Funeral Home.