Stories from Thursday, March 9, 2006

Legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday was praised by U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon because the bill increases penalties on sexual predators who target children. "Sadly, there are just too many cases of sexual assaults against children," said Gordon...

A Lascassas auctioneer says he's delighted with the reception he got here when he had to move his farm equipment auction to the Bedford County Agriculture and Education Center on short notice. "I was extremely well-pleased," said Jack Holbrook, who had held his annual Farm Equipment Auction Consignment Sale in Murfreesboro for 35 years...

BETHESDA, Md. -- In the middle of America's premier health research campus, a young woman with roots in Bedford County helps search for the cause and a better treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. It's one of several maladies stemming from a broader condition, auto immune disease, and even the most random visit to the Bedford County Senior Citizens Center finds a couple of people in pain who hope Rachel Robbins' work, or that of the team she's on finds success...

Despite all the All-American, All-State and Miss Basketball recipients that have worn a Golden Eaglette uniform, perhaps no Eaglette has left as everlasting impression as Shelbyville Central's Lindsey Trice. Trice is a true model of the Golden Eaglette basketball program...