Stories from Monday, May 12, 2008

And it all comes down to this. All across Tennessee, baseball and softball teams put their seasons on the line tonight when they lock horns in the region semifinals. Bedford County has one representative in each sport. Cascade's Champions, ranked No. 3 in Class A by the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association, play host to Clarksville Academy. The Lady Champions head north to Cross Plains to battle East Robertson. Both games are tonight at 6:30...

Houston Doris "Hout" James, 83, of Chapel Hill, formerly of Lewisburg, died Sunday. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, with the Rev. Tim McGehee officiating. Burial will follow at Harris Cemetery in Chapel Hill. Visitation with the family will be 4-8 p.m. today.

TULLAHOMA (AP) -- Seeing the return of nearly 300 Tennessee Army National Guard soldiers home to Tullahoma was the best Mother's Day gift for Karen Williams. At the Tullahoma Armory on Sunday, Williams welcomed home her son, Gary Williams Jr., and the other soldiers in the 1175th Transportation Company, which has spent the last year in Iraq...

A bill sponsored by State Rep. Curt Cobb that was signed into law last week will create new requirements for individuals engaged or seeking to operate in the mortgage industry in Tennessee, including background checks. Last week, Gov. Phil Bredesen signed SB 4160, which was designed to establish educational requirements and a method for criminal background checks on individuals working in the mortgage industry who must be licensed or registered with the Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions.. ...

With county departments asked to tighten their belts, the Solid Waste Authority voted to submit two different budget requests to the county's Financial Management Committee. Budget "A" covers what the county's sanitation department will need, while Budget "B" contained a five percent cut. The request to submit two different budgets came from the finance committee last month, and applies to all county agencies...

LEWISBURG -- A bronze bust of Marine Staff Sgt. Marc Golczynski, who was killed during combat last spring in Al-Aanbar Province, Iraq, is to be unveiled and presented to his family during the Memorial Day weekend and later placed in Marshall County High School...