Stories from Thursday, May 4, 2006

Shelbyville Central closed out the regular season with a 5-3 loss at David Lipscomb High Wednesday evening. Coach Scott Hall and the Golden Eagles (21-11) used the outing as an opportunity to gear up for the upcoming District 8-AAA Tournament that starts Friday night at Tullahoma's Grider Stadium...

John H. Strasser, 69, of Chapel Hill, died Tuesday. A funeral mass will be conducted 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. William's Catholic Church, where he was a member, followed by burial at the cemetery on the family dairy farm in Chapel Hill. Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill is in charge of arrangements...

The only thing missing was sparks from a blown up transformer. Courtney Smith auditioned for the part of Roy Hobbs in the remake of "The Natural" on Wednesday night. She even wore Hobbs' No. 9 for added effect. Smith took her place in local softball legend in Shelbyville Central's play-in game against visiting Franklin County for a spot in the District 8-AAA tournament...

Fifty American Flags were posted this morning along Lane Parkway and on Shelbyville's Public Square to mark the National Day of Prayer. At least half a dozen members of the Veterans Council of Bedford County were collecting the flags stored at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 5019 on East Depot Street at about 6:15 a.m...

Six-year-old Macey Jordan Dennis was paying attention in church when her pastor made an announcement that an offering would be collected the following Sunday for a family who had lost their home in a tornado. The thought of a family losing everything in a storm weighed heavily on little Macey's heart...

Shelbyville has hired an aquatics director for the parks and recreation department, who says he has plans for new programs and fun. Brian Wolf started full time in the position Tuesday and the timing couldn't have been better; with summer nearly here and the outdoor pool at the recreation center opening up May 27...

Shelbyville's city council will meet Tuesday to discuss the concept of a consolidated city-county government, also known as metro. The council will hear from Don Darden of the Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service on the topic when they meet at 6 p.m. in the courtroom at the city's police department...

The body language of a man who admitted robbing a Shelbyville taxi driver Tuesday night resulted in his arrest a few minutes later, police said. Scott Lamar Elgin, 24, was spotted on Deery Street moments after officers talked to the victim on nearby Hoover Street. Elgin fit the description of a man who allegedly grabbed $16 from James Lee Johnson of Shelbyville, a driver for M.T.S. Transportation Service...

An allegedly-drunk drug suspect, involved in her second police pursuit within a month, led officers for several miles at high speed before wrecking in a field behind a Highway 82 South home. Kyla Charmaigne Holton, 21, of Landers Street, "resisted arrest and had to be forced to the ground to be handcuffed," Officer Benjamin Burris said...