Stories from Tuesday, January 9, 2007

TULLAHOMA -- Harris Middle gave head coach Bubba Shavers a nice welcome home. Shavers had been away since the middle of last week because his 8-month-old son Mason was ill at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. Mason is better and returned home just in time for coach Shavers to be on the bench for the Eagles' matchup at Tullahoma East Middle on Monday night...

Funeral services for Mary Judith Sutton Poteete, 63, of Bedford, who died Monday in Shelbyville, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with the Rev. Dan Reed officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation with the family will begin 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Bedford County Emergency Medical Services' growth plan calls for closing down its Academy Station, on the campus of Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy, in order to move its personnel closer to highly-populated areas and reduce response time...

Duck River Electric Membership Corporation has decided to stay with the Tennessee Valley Authority as its power supplier and has withdrawn the notice, issued in August 2003, that it was leaving the TVA system. DREMC announced the decision in a news release Monday afternoon...

Normandy Mayor Larry Nee says the town's next alderwoman will be a veterinarian. Dr. Elizabeth Meerdink of the Southside Veterinary Hospital on South Cannon Boulevard has agreed to be elected by the Normandy Board of Mayor and Aldermen, the mayor said Monday...

CHAPEL HILL -- Eighty-seven new home sites could be approved for development here this spring as the Board of Mayor and Aldermen has accepted a recommendation from the town's planning commissioners. The step forward for CAT Developers Chris Brothers, Andy Haynes and Todd Warner was one of the more definitive actions by the town board on Monday when various other growth issues demanded more consideration...

Cascade Middle completed a season sweep of Community Junior High with a 37-12 victory in Unionville on Monday evening. The Champions (6-7) came out firing and scored the first 16 points before Sammy Bryant hit for the Vikings to break up the run. Leading 11-0 after one period, the Champions took the opportunity to get their younger players some game experience and bumped the advantage to 21-6 going into the break...

A police search through Brookhaven subdivision early Saturday resulted in the arrest of four men who allegedly attacked another in the Dugout Club, South Cannon Boulevard. The men and their victim allegedly ran out of the club shortly before police arrived and carried the fight into the subdivision...

Liberty Middle opened up an 18-6 first-half lead and held on for a 28-15 win over Webb Middle in Bell Buckle on Monday night. The Lady Patriots (6-11) balanced inside scoring with a quality defensive effort to put the Lady Feet (3-8) on their heels in the early going...

The Southeastern Conference office announced Monday that Tennessee basketball star Candace Parker earned co-player of the week honors for her performances against Alabama and fifth-ranked Connecticut. She shares the accolade with Mississippi's Armintie Price...