Stories from Thursday, March 29, 2007

The search is on to find Cascade's new girls basketball coach as Tracy Ferrell decided recently to hang up her whistle after 11 seasons at the Wartrace school. Ferrell took over in 1996 and leaves with an overall record of 157-124. Several candidates have been rumored to replace her, but no names have been formally publicized...

What a difference a few days make. Eagleville came into Unionville and scored a 15-0 five-inning District 9-A knockout of the Community Vikings on Wednesday, just days after being held to just three hits on their home turf. The Eagles scored four runs in the second inning, then put the game out of reach with a 10-run fourth...

You may be hearing the low rumbles of motorcycles around town Saturday when the Fifth Annual Spring Thaw Bike Show & Swap Meet kicks off at the Calsonic Arena. The gates open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; admission is $8 per person, with children under 12 admitted free...

National Guard soldiers from Shelbyville's Detachment 1, Co. G, 473rd Forward Support Company, will be recognized during "Freedom Salute" ceremonies Saturday at Cascade High School. About 145 Middle Tennessee soldiers and their families will be honored at the program, set to begin at 10:30 a.m. in the gymnasium...

Do you know the name of the man for whom our county is named? The route to Atlanta wandered through our fair county. Do you know the track? Shaker's Shocker was the first and only horse to ever achieve what? Can you name the first African American to open a dry cleaner in Shelbyville? What about the legend behind the name Bell Buckle? How many mills once operated in Bedford County?...

An amplifier and speaker were stolen Monday or Tuesday from a car owned by Lisa Jose, Bird Street, while the vehicle was being repaired at a North Main Street facility, Shelbyville police report. The following persons were arrested since Monday by the Shelbyville Police Department, Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force and processed through Bedford County Jail. ...

Jury selection was scheduled this morning for the second time to begin the trial of a Shelbyville man charged with theft and burglary in a case that was postponed because officials charged the defendant and an associate with allegedly bribing a witness to not go to court...

A U.S. Marine who grew up in Lewisburg with parents now in Moore and Rutherford counties was killed in Iraq while on patrol Tuesday, according to relatives and the Marine Corp. Sgt. Marcus Marc Andrew "Marc" Golczynski, 30, "was killed as a result of a gunshot wound to his abdomen" while on foot patrol in the Al Anbar Province, Marine Lt. Col. Melinda Hermann said this morning...