Stories from Friday, September 1, 2006

The controversy surrounding the alleged condition of several horses at last Friday night's Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration has brought a long-festering issue to a head. For a lot of Bedford countians, the "horse show," as most of us call it, is familiar yet somewhat mysterious...

Two dogs have been untied or unlatched and taken from their owners' homes within the past week, authorities say. The dog was last seen at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The dog was valued at $500. The latest theft of valuable copper will cost quite a bundle for the owner of a building under construction on U.S. 41-A South...

Just in time for the Labor Day weekend, gas prices are once again dropping again at the pumps. But whether they stay low is anyone's guess. The average price in the country one month ago was $2.989, but as of Thursday, that national average fell to $2.779...

History will take place Saturday night at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in the World Grand Championship Stake class. The competition will pit two well-known names in the industry, who happen to be father-in-law and son-in-law. Last Saturday night's stallion preliminary winners were Master of Jazz with Jimmy McConnell and Private Charter ridden by McConnell's father-in-law, Knox Blackburn...

For the second week in a row, Shelbyville Central takes to the road when the Golden Eagles travel to Nashville to play Stratford in a Region 5-4A contest tonight at 7. The Eagles (0-1) look to better their performance shown in last week's 62-21 disappointing loss to Coffee County where the defense gave up 28 points in the third quarter...

MURFREESBORO -- When you put combination of a new coach, new field and new uniforms together, it becomes a "New Beginning." Such was the case for Middle Tennessee as first-year head coach Rick Stockstill led the Blue Raiders to a hard-fought 7-6 win over Florida International's Panthers in a SunBelt Conference game...

Liberty Middle got key starter Trevor Reed back into the lineup after sustaining a sprained ankle in the season opener but his contributions would not be enough as the Patriots fell into a deep hole early and lost their home opener to Cornersville Middle 29-13 on Thursday...

Webb's golf team fell 186-193 to Middle Tennessee Christian on Thursday at Champions Run. Bastien Peters paced the Feet (2-2) effort with a 45. Sutton Jones' 47, Sean Kim's 49 and Steven Barton's 52 rounded out their scoring. Middle Tennessee Christian's Richard Coon had the low round with a 44. Ethan Campbell carded a 45, Brad Dye a 48 and Trevor Layland a 49...

KEUMBU, Kenya -- "This is John," said Abel Onchari, introducing me to his congregation at New Life Restoration Centre. "He was lost in America, but now he's found." Abel almost certainly had me confused with Bob Willems. Bob, Jan Schilling and Sandy Hayostek had not been lost, but they had missed their connecting flight in Detroit and had to spend the night in Amsterdam before making the final leg of their flight to Kenya...

Justin Harris and Gen On The Run took the Three-Year-Old World Grand Championship at Thursday evening's Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration, following up on the Two-Year-Old World Grand Championship the horse earned last year. Gen is owned by Michael Hart of Corbin, Ky., and Beech Grove...