Stories from Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Annabelle Holden Allen, 88, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Bedford County Medical Center. Graveside services will be noon Saturday at Willow Mount Cemetery with Bob Miller officiating. Visitation with the family will begin 10 a.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Some habits are good. Such is the case for Shelbyville Central as the Golden Eagles look to defend their District 8-AAA tournament championship after claiming a 2-1 win over rival Tullahoma in the semifinals Tuesday night at the SCHS soccer field. The top-seeded Eagles host No. 2 seed Columbia in the title game Thursday night at 7...

CHAPEL HILL -- For the second night in a row, the Cascade Lady Champions gave Forrest all they could handle on their home turf but just couldn't get over the hump as they fell 2-0 to place second in the District 9-A tournament. Both runs were unearned...

COLUMBIA -- The fantastic voyage that was the softball season for Shelbyville Central came to a close on Tuesday night when Lawrence County upended the Golden Eaglettes 7-0 in the District 8-AAA tournament. After placing third during the regular season and proving they could compete with the district powerhouses, Shelbyville's ladies simply ran out of gas down the stretch, scoring but one run over their final 19 innings...

A state evaluation says that land near Shelbyville Municipal Airport is the best site for a proposed soccer/athletic complex, the city's park board learned Monday. The concept was a topic of discussion at last week's Shelbyville study session, with two council members, Lee Roy Cunningham and Al Stephenson, wanting to build a complex on land owned by the city's power, water and sewer utility located behind a residential area on South Brittain St...

From a champion-less Celebration to costly lawsuits and bad press, the last few years have been hard on the Walking Horse industry, including its oldest organization, the international Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association. Stan Butt, the new TWHBEA executive director, has every intention of turning those hard times around -- and has already begun to do so...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Drivers who ignore flood warning signs or barricades could be charged with reckless driving under a bill headed to the governor for his consideration. The House voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve the measure sponsored by Rep. Curt Cobb, a Shelbyville Democrat...

Top-seeded Lincoln County proved too strong for Shelbyville Central in the District 8-AAA girls tennis final, taking down the Golden Eaglettes 4-1 in Fayetteville on Tuesday. "I thought we had some momentum going forward and could take this match today, but it wasn't meant to be," Shelbyville coach Doyle Hutton said...

Politically wounded and financially strapped, Hillary Rodham Clinton plunged back into the presidential campaign today even as Barack Obama declared that Tuesday's primary results left him with a "clear path to victory." Obama beat Clinton soundly in North Carolina and fell just short in an Indiana cliffhanger, a rebound for the Illinois senator that presented Clinton with fast-dwindling chances to deny him the Democratic presidential nomination...

Born and raised in Portland, Tenn., Stan Butt is familiar with the rural life. The new executive director for the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association not only lived around an agricultural lifestyle, he came to write about it...

An outline for a five-year plan to construct a soccer/athletic complex was included in an evaluation submitted to Shelbyville by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Recreational and Educational Services. The report recommends using 42 acres of land located near the city's airport for the proposed facility, which could include eight soccer fields and four baseball/softball fields...

The Tennessee Army National Guard's 1175th Transportation Company, composed of units from Tullahoma, Brownsville and Jacksboro, is back on U.S. soil this week at Fort Bragg, N.C., after being deployed to Iraq for almost a year. There are at least two Bedford County soldiers in the unit, according to one Times-Gazette reader, although National Guard spokesman Nate Crawford did not have a county-by-county breakdown of the unit's membership...

Six planters containing newly set plants were carried without permission from Carriage House Inn, Colloredo Boulevard, early Saturday night, Shelbyville police said. Officers were told of a possible connection with an individual who left the assisted living facility owing back rent last year...

Carolyn Irene Hill, 63, of Shelbyville, died Sunday at Bedford County Medical Center. Visitation with the family will be 2-4 p.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.