Stories from Monday, February 6, 2006

MURFREESBORO -- It wasn't the ending Liberty Middle's Patriots had anticipated but, nevertheless, what a great season. The Patriots (22-2) closed their season with a 50-42 loss to Wayne County Middle in the Class AA championship of the James C. Haile State Invitational Tournament at Middle Tennessee Christian School on Saturday morning...

Two men, one armed, held up a Shelbyville store Sunday night without speaking and left with its cash register, which police said contained a large amount of money. The men entered La Hispana Shop, Elm Street, about 8:45 p.m., Officer Cindy Hultgren of the Shelbyville Police Department said...

Over nine million children and teens between the ages of 6 and 19 are overweight, a percentage the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports has tripled since 1980. In an effort to bring awareness and options for children of Bedford County and the other 12 counties in the South Central region of Tennessee, the Community Development Center has organized a childhood obesity task force...

With plenty of enthusiastic "Amens!" from the audience, the role of music and the black church in the Civil Rights movement was celebrated at the Gilliland House on Friday. It was just the first of many programs in commemoration of Black History Month organized by members of the Gilliland Historical Resource Center Committee and the local National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women's Club (NANBPW)...

A Florida appellate court ruled Thursday that a 4-year-old boy living with family in Bell Buckle must be returned to his former foster parents in Orange City within a month, according to the Orlando Sentinel. Denise and Ivar Baklid had cared for Christian, for 16 months after his birth. They had planned to adopt him in March 2003 when his maternal cousin, Tiffany Delk, and her husband, Jeff, both of Bell Buckle, applied for adoption...

More time to find witnesses was denied Friday by the Bedford County judge who'll preside Feb. 15 at the murder trial of a Shelbyville man whose lawyer filed the request. Leslie Raydell Jones, 31, of Shelbyville is indicted on charges that he kicked down the Bedford Manor apartment door to the home of Terry Layne "Pud" Alford, 47, and shot him to death in the early morning hours of Dec. 16, 2004...

CHAPEL HILL -- The Community Junior High Viqueens concluded their season by defeating Eagleville 24-16 to claim third place in the World Tournament at Forrest High on Saturday. Community led 6-2 after one period and took a 10-6 advantage into the break...