Stories from Friday, February 8, 2008

MANCHESTER -- Harris Middle showed a lot of improvement in the second half of the season despite their quick exit in the Central Tennessee Conference tournament. The Eagles (6-12) closed out the season with a 40-21 loss to Franklin County South in opening round action...

MANCHESTER -- For the eighth time in the past 10 years, Harris Middle's Golden Eaglettes will play for a conference championship. Harris rolled to a 50-21 victory over Coffee County in the semifinals of the Central Tennessee Conference tournament on Thursday night...

Community dug themselves a 28-4 hole through just over 10 minutes of play against White House-Heritage, climbed back to daylight, only to slip back into the dark abyss again and lost 72-52. Cold shooting at crucial times and turnovers proved to be the Vikings' undoing in the game despite 16 points from junior post Justin Stallings and 15 by second-year guard Cody Pierce. They wrapped up regular-season play with a mark of 11-11...

A number of Shelbyville Central student athletes were named to the District 8-AAA All-District basketball teams on Thursday. Eagle sophomore Emmanuel Andrews was named Player of the Year while teammates Julian Haile (Sr.), Michael France (Sr.) and Deonta Twilley (Jr.) were each named all-district...

Many tools stolen from an outbuilding at a Midland Road home in Shelbyville were left a short distance away near Bedford County Agriculture Center for later retrieval, police say. The tools -- including saws, a drill, truck toolbox, and speakers -- had been taken overnight Tuesday from an outbuilding behind a rental home owned by Marion Whitaker...

Rain that has fallen on the region over the past week has brought the level of Normandy Reservoir up over two feet, according to measurements taken by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). As of 6 a.m. Friday, the level at the lake had risen to 855.35 feet. Measurements taken last Friday placed the elevation at 852.12 feet...

The Community High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter will be showcased this weekend on "This Week in AgriBusiness", a weekly, one-hour television agri-news program broadcast on RFD-TV. Two of the country's most well-known farm broadcasters, Max Armstrong and Orion Samuelson, are hosts...

Coffee County authorities are treating the death of a Bedford County man as a homicide, the Times-Gazette has learned. The remains of 32-year-old Derrick Lavell Rankins of Deery Street in Shelbyville were found early Wednesday morning in a wooded area along Highway 55, near Belmont Road just outside of Manchester...

About a dozen eyesores around Shelbyville may soon have a date with the wrecking ball as the city seeks to demolish abandoned structures that have become public safety hazards. While there is a lengthy legal process behind the effort, city planning director Kip Green says that the rights of the property owner are of paramount concern...

Members of First Christian Church were shocked to learn of the death of their former pastor, the Rev. Michael Welch, 51, his wife, Juli, his 11-year-old daughter, Hannah, and his 14-year-old son, Jesse, during an automobile accident Thursday afternoon in tornado-ravaged Macon County....

Lettie Cobb Throneberry, 78, of Shelbyville died Thursday at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Steve Murphree and the Rev. Randall Harmon officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be 5-9 p.m. Sunday.

Ronald D. Riddle, 56, of Shelbyville died Friday. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at First Christian Church, where he was a member, with the Rev. Jeff Stovall and the Rev. Bryan Elliott officiating. Burial will follow at Riverview Cemetery in Fayetteville. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Aubrey Boyce and Marissa Jones scored a combined 34 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Community Viqueens to a very workmanlike 58-47 victory over visiting White House-Heritage in their regular-season finale Thursday night. The offense started slowly by scoring only nine points in the first quarter, all by Jones and Boyce, as the horn sounded on a 10-9 Lady Patriot lead...