Stories from Monday, February 20, 2006

MURFREESBORO -- With a 65-58 win over Arkansas-Little Rock's Trojans on Saturday night, Middle Tennessee's women took care of business at home. Now they'll have to do it on the road. The Blue Raiders (17-8, 10-2 Sun Belt) capped off their regular season home schedule undefeated and sit atop the Sun Belt East after their 18th straight conference win at the Murphy Center...

As Tennessee lawmakers are looking at the first major revision of the state's open government law since it was created in 1974, state media organizations are urging citizens to speak out in support of the "Government in Sunshine Improvement Act of 2006."...

The Tennessee Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners voted 3-2 last week to uphold its rules on artificial insemination practices that must be performed by a state licensed vet, thereby denying petitions from a Shelbyville businesswoman and several horse trainers and breeders...

Funeral services for Charles Howard Woodall, 48, of College Grove, who died Sunday, will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home in Franklin. Ed Coy will officiate and burial will follow in Clark Cemetery.

Funeral services for Lillian Lewis Lawrence, 93, of Chapel Hill, who died Friday, will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. William Preston will officiate and burial will follow at Swanson Cemetery.

Mrs. Lillian Lokey Crowley, 88, of Shelbyville died Saturday at Life Care Center in Tullahoma after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. William's Catholic Church with the Rev. Richard Driscoll officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Hillcrest Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Funeral services for Mary Aline Hatithcoat Sanders, 90, of Murfreesboro, who died Sunday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Bryce Holder will officiate and burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery...