Stories from Saturday, June 23, 2007

DANDRIDGE -- There's nothing like winning to take your mind off of losing. After dropping their first two games in the Smoky Mountain Classic, the Middle Tennessee Mudcats bounced back with a productive doubleheader at the Southeastern Sports Complex on Friday...

With summer now in full bloom, for many Tennesseans the first thing they think of is time on the lake for some fishing. Some may not realize that wherever they dip a pole in the water around the state, there's a chance that the fish were raised here in Bedford County...

In Brad Paisley's country song he very politely sings, "I'd like to kiss you way back in the sticks, I'd like to walk you through a field of wild flowers," and then moves on to singing, "I'd like to check you for ticks." That would probably be an odd statement if it came from anyone besides a young, country star, however, with a few cases of Lyme disease popping up around the community checking for ticks may not seem like such a crazy idea...

Bedford County School Superintendent Ed Gray told school board members on Thursday that moving the alternative school program -- which he would like to rename -- into the Harris Middle School annex would enable new programs like credit recovery to help students graduate...

A Shelbyville restaurant owner was flown to Nashville after he pulled his motorcycle into the path of a car in front of his business Thursday. Wallace P. Holmes, 65, Minkslide Road, was leaving the Huddle House, North Main Street, shortly after 3 p.m. when his Honda was struck by a car driven by Melissa G. Wright, 18, Cortner Road, police said...