Stories from Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Defense was the name of the game for the Community Vikings in their season-opening 70-29 defeat of visiting Hampshire. Community swarmed the visitors to hold them scoreless in the first quarter until Zach Lemire's layup with nine seconds left to take a 23-2 lead into the second stanza...

LYNCHBURG -- They say what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. Again playing with a roster depleted from a postseason run by the football team, Cascade fell 62-35 in their regular season opener to a much more experienced Moore County team that dressed eight seniors...

Funeral services for William Leon "Tom" Ragsdale, 75, of Chapel Hill, who died Tuesday in Lewisburg, will be 2 p.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. The Rev. Hank Shelton will officiate and burial will follow in Elliott Cemetery near Chapel Hill...

A ground and air search of northern Bedford County was conducted Tuesday night after two area residents reported possibly seeing an airplane going down. Nothing was found as of Wednesday morning, officials said. Emergency workers were inititally notified of grass fires near a subdivision on Pepper Hill Road and on Eady Road west and north of Deason about 7:45 p.m...

LYNCHBURG -- Cascade had Moore County right where they wanted them on Tuesday night. The Lady Champions leaped out of the gates and took a 28-20 lead midway through the second quarter to shock the powder blue and white crowd. "Our goal was to take it right at them and try to get Vanessa (Pincheon) in foul trouble," first-year Cascade coach Chad Spencer said. "She and (Rachel Garland) are big-time ballplayers...

Coach Allison Layne had reason to smile on Tuesday night as her Community Viqueens gave her a 51-34 victory in her first regular season game as their new head coach. Nine girls entered the scoring column for the Purple and Gold and 14 ladies saw floor time, which is a bonus for any coach trying to build a relationship with a roster...

Shelbyville Central rallied from a first-quarter deficit to claim a 76-63 victory over Oxford, Miss., on Tuesday night at the Land-Air Tip-Off Classic in Greeneville. Oxford was a Final Four team in Mississippi last year and returned all their players...

Funeal arrangements for Margaret Robinson, 92, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, are incomplete and will be announced by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Invoking his mother's childhood memories, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon honored the Bell Buckle Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday for its important work. Gordon presented a plaque to the fire hall which contained a statement he read into the Congressional Record on Nov. 15 honoring the department. He told Bell Buckle officials Tuesday that his family has strong memories of what can happen when a fire gets out of control...

Thanksgiving came early for 17th Judicial District officials here and in Lincoln, Marshall and Moore counties because Kimberly Ross confessed to plotting the murder of her husband, Bill. The Shelbyville car salesman was shot three times while he slept in his Wartrace Pike home on Valentine's Day...

Last year, United Way of Bedford County began a tradition of annual Christmas ornaments depicting local landmarks. Last year's ornament was the Bedford County Courthouse; this year's, seen here, depicts the iconic metal arches over the entrance to the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. ...

Normandy Lake is actually two feet lower than previously thought, because a broken gauge was reporting the wrong figures. The T-G had last checked the lake's elevation on the Tennessee Valley Authority web site Wednesday, when the level was reported at 856.29 feet above sea level. However, the level on the site Tuesday morning read at 854.15...

Shelbyville has received a $24.8 million loan through the State Revolving Fund Loan Program to upgrade and expand the city's wastewater treatment plant. Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewerage system manager David Crowell said he is very pleased with the announcement and is looking forward to progressing with the project...

A customer at Great Wall Chinese Restaurant, North Main Street, told police Monday her purse was stolen while she was away from her table for a moment. Mary Wright of Shelbyville said the purse contained cards and prescription medication. The following persons were arrested since Monday by the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Shelbyville Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force and processed through Bedford County Jail. ...