Stories from Friday, December 29, 2006

This week, the Times-Gazette is looking back at 2006 by counting down the top ten news stories of the year as voted by a panel of T-G staffers. Here are the stories revealed so far: 10) Eastern European students spend months in Shelbyville as temporary workers; some run into financial trouble...

Funeral services for Otha Lucielle Crockett, 95, of Normandy, who died Friday at Harton Regional Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Tullahoma Funeral Home with the Rev. Monnie Caine officiating. Burial will follow at Bomar Cemetery in Bedford County...

Josh Hull tallied 21 points to lead Community to a 56-49 victory over Watertown in a see-saw Bedford County Classic game that included 11 lead changes Thursday night in Unionville. Hull jumpstarted the Purple and Gold with 10 first-quarter points and was instrumental defensively as well as on the boards to energize his teammates to a 16-8 advantage going into the second period...

GREENEVILLE -- Sophomore Hannah Dawson converted a 3-point play to give Shelbyville Central the lead for good in an 81-72 win over Archbishop Carroll of Radnor, Pa., Thursday night in the Greene County Bank Ladies' Classic. Dawson's basket and free throw gave the Eaglettes (14-1) a 73-72 advantage with 2:19 left...

A tough break here and a long carom there were just enough to snatch a victory away from Cascade as they fell 59-58 to Richland in the Bedford County Classic on Thursday night in Unionville. The lead changed hands eight times in the fourth quarter alone but remained with the Raiders for good after Tim Melear bucketed two of his game-high 24 points with 1:25 to play...

The Community Viqueens rode a combined 35 points from Carly Daffern, Jessica Thompson and Andriana Jones to defeat Watertown 51-28 in their Bedford County Classic debut Thursday night in Unionville. It was the sixth consecutive win for the youngsters...

Cascade was able to keep their heads above water for about 18 minutes before succumbing to a much larger Giles County team in the second half in an 82-50 loss in the first game of the Bedford County Classic in Unionville on Thursday night. The Lady Champions fell behind 9-3 early to their Class AA foes but maintained pace, trailing just 31-25 in the early parts of the third quarter...

Thousands of dollars of furniture and household goods belonging to a Murfreesboro couple were stolen within the past two months from a Shelbyville storage unit. Lee Ann Sills discovered the unit's locks were gone upon arrival at Storage Express, North Main Street, on Wednesday. A look inside revealed the contents had been taken, Shelbyville police said...

Work on roads and storm water detention around Shelbyville will be a priority in 2007, according to city manager Ed Craig. The city made plenty of accomplishments, from administrative to planning, in 2006 and citizens should be seeing progress on several fronts in the upcoming year, Craig said...

Arnold Air Force Base received an early Christmas present last week in the form of the 2006 Gen. Thomas D. White Environmental Award for Natural Resources Conservation. A major accomplishment leading to this Air Force-level award was managing the comeback and delisting of a federally threatened species, the Eggert's sunflower...

James Cecil Welch, 51, of Nashville died Thursday at Metro General Hospital in Nashville. Graveside services were today at Short Cemetery. London Funeral Home, Lewisburg, was in charge of arrangements.

Billy McRady Mills, 76, of Shelbyville died Thursday at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Frelan George officiating. Burial will follow at Unity Cemetery in Howell. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. today...

Funeral services for Herman Clifford Adcock, 66, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Ellis "Jack" Douglas officiating. Burial will follow at Crowell's Chapel Cemetery in Halls Mill. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. today.

TAMPA, Fla. -- A host of former Volunteers were on hand Thursday as the Tennessee football team conducted its third day of local Outback Bowl preparations at the University of South Florida. The Vols worked out in shorts and shoulder pads for more than two hours under clear skies and temperatures hovering in the 70s...