Stories from Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Twelve state championships and numerous runner-up titles earned by the Shelbyville Central High School Golden Eaglettes basketball team have captured the interest of Jackson author Gene Pearce. "It's an incredible story; there's enough information to write two books," Pearce said of the Eaglettes' celebrated record...

CHATTANOOGA (AP) -- A lawsuit that contends Tyson Foods depressed wages by hiring illegal immigrants and should pay damages to legal workers will go to trial in March 2008, a judge said Monday in a conference with attorneys. The lawsuit contends Tyson hired illegal immigrants at eight plants since April 1998...

MURFREESBORO -- All good things come to an end and Liberty Middle's run at a state championship came up short in a heartbreaking 43-42 quarterfinal loss to Class AA foe Jackson Christian Middle on Monday night. For the second year in a row, the Patriots gave a respectable showing in the James C. Haile Tournament at Middle Tennessee Christian before coming up short of their goal...

Sophomore Carly Daffern and freshman Kassidy Lane combined for 28 points to lead the Community Viqueens to a 43-32 victory and season sweep over Hampshire on Monday night in Unionville. Community (16-4) led by a slim 15-14 margin after one period with Daffern, Jessica Thompson and Andriana Jones all connecting on 3-pointers to lead the way...

Jordan Burchett sank 16-of-19 free throws and totaled 22 points to lead Webb to a 52-51 victory over Boyd Christian in McMinnville on Saturday night. Feet guard David Windham came through with the game-winning free throw with 0.2 second on the clock...

Dustin White, Josh Hull and Justin Stallings scored 50 points between them to lead Community to an impressive 71-20 win over Hampshire in front of a sparse crowd brave enough to test the elements on a bitterly cold Monday night. The Vikings (10-10) jumped out to an 18-4 first-quarter lead and bumped the advantage to 32-10 at the break...

Officers say they were forced to taser a woman after she partially removed handcuffs following her arrest for DUI late Thursday afternoon. "I advised her three times, 'Taser! Taser! Taser!' " Officer Linda Adams said of Tammy R. Fife, 41, Davis Street, who allegedly began struggling with officers following her arrest for DUI on U.S. 231 North...

Circuit Court officials are scheduled on Thursday to sort out the chain of events that landed a Rhode Island woman in the Bedford County Jail on a charge of identity theft after having served a nine-year sentence handed down in East Tennessee where she pleaded guilty to six counts of theft...

With a huge homecoming crowd on hand, Harris Middle's Eaglettes rolled to a 39-17 win over Westwood Middle on Monday night. The Eaglettes (8-8) ran much of their offense through post Megan Schott and she responded by putting the ball in the basket, scoring a game-high 14 points, including a dozen in the first half...