Stories from Friday, September 28, 2007

"Ready ... ready playback and ...." With lights, camera and a crew of 70, country music superstar Kenny Chesney was busy in Wartrace Thursday shooting a video for a yet to be released song. Secrecy has been air-tight surrounding the shoot for the past few weeks to prevent a huge crowd of fans from showing up or kids skipping school to see their idol. And for the first two hours of the shoot, that was the case...

Questions about turn radiuses with roads inside a proposed development dominated discussion for Shelbyville's planning commission Thursday. A preliminary plat was before the commission for Briarwood Estates, a 87-lot residential subdivision on 72.4 acres located off of Richdale Lane and Brown Lane owned by Mayor Wallace Cartwright, who is also a member of the commission...

A 38-year professional relationship formally came together earlier this month as two of Shelbyville's long established attorneys announced the formation of Shoffner & Bumpus, a law practice located at 207 North Spring St. in Shelbyville. The firm will offer title and closing services for land transactions...

An attempt was made to cash a check stolen from a Shelbyville woman's purse, police said Thursday. The check, apparently stolen Sept. 20 from Clara Mantanona while she was at Bedford County Medical Center, was presented several times at Regions Bank's Madison Street branch...

Trainers from across the nation converged on Murfreesboro last night as the International Grand Championship Walking Horse Show Performance opened its doors for the 29th annual event. "We are thrilled with the response," said show manager Tommy Hall, Executive Director of the Walking Horse Owners' Association (WHOA), sponsoring organization of the show that runs through Saturday night at the Tennessee Miller Coliseum...

Shelbyville Central will ride into Winchester with a little momentum when the Eagles square off against non-region foe Franklin County tonight at 7. It will be the second winless opponent Shelbyville (2-3) has faced in as many weeks. The Eagles won 14-7 at Whites Creek to remain unbeaten in Region 5-4A last Friday...

Webb snapped a five-game winless streak by taking down Middle Tennessee Christian 1-0 in Bell Buckle. The Lady Feet (4-6-2) rebounded from losses to St. Andrew's-Sewanee and Friendship Christian along with a tie against Chattanooga Central in a tournament in Sewanee over the weekend...

Shelbyville Central coach Neal Gordon realized Thursday that his Eaglettes had already wrapped up their third straight District 8-AAA regular season championship, no matter what the night's outcome at arch-rival Tullahoma would be, due to the point system adopted by the district this season...

District 11-A/AA rival Eagleville put a halt to Community's modest win streak 25-23, 25-17, 14-25, 25-11 on Senior Night in Unionville. The loss may have dampened the Viqueens' spirits but the party for lone senior Imon Murril raged on long afterwards...

Cascade Middle appeared to have an answer for each and every challenge posed by visiting Moore County Middle in Wartrace on Thursday night. That is, until J.P. Evans soared in front of a deep pass with no time remaining to stave off the hosts and secure a 20-19 Raider victory...

Eva Byrtis Hollingsworth Bell, 92, of Wartrace died Wednesday. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. EDT Saturday at Wilson Funeral Home in Chickamauga, Ga., with burial to follow at Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Crandall, Ga. Visitation with the family will be 4-9 p.m. EDT today and beginning 8 a.m. EDT Saturday.