Stories from Tuesday, May 13, 2008

CROSS PLAINS -- Cascade lined up with heavy hearts, teary eyes and echoing sniffles to walk across the diamond one last time in 2008 to congratulate East Robertson following a 7-0 loss in the Region 5-A semifinals. It was an all-too-familiar scene for the Lady Champions, whose season ended at the Lady Indians' home for the third consecutive year...

Seniors Nick Batts and Kyle Clanton provided clutch hitting with the game and their season on the line, and pitchers Josh Brown and Justin Bryant combined to outduel Clarksville Academy's Devin Hightower to advance the Cascade Champions into the championship game of the Region 5-A tournament by a 2-1 score in beautiful baseball weather on Monday night in Wartrace...

The alternative austerity budget proposals being asked for by county officials, if adopted, could mean that a brand new BCEMS station now under construction in Airport Industrial Park, behind the new Heritage Medical Center, would go unstaffed. BCEMS board member Whitney Neeley, at the board's regular monthly meeting Monday night, said that the budget would be a step backwards from BCEMS's efforts to reduce response time in rapidly-growing or heavily-populated rural areas...

Graduates of Central High School and Cascade High School will have something in common this weekend: they'll be walking across the same stage, though not at the same time. Last year, Central moved its graduation exercises to Calsonic Arena on the Celebration grounds, and this year, Cascade followed suit...

The uncertainty in the American economy is turning up in unexpected places -- such as antique stores. "People are going into their attics, looking for items to sell," said J.T. Thompson, a professional antiques appraiser from Franklin. "It's a buyer's market."...

CHAPEL HILL -- Mayor Carl Cooper broke a tie vote Monday to approve beer service with restaurant meals in this Marshall County town. Requests for such beer sale permits may be filed May 27. "I don't think it's any different from going to O'Charlie's and having a drink," said Alderman Horace Hill, who voted with Aldermen Billy Batte and Kris Holton in favor of the measure, while Aldermen Bucko Bryant, Henry Frame and Pam Elliott voted against...

Marijuana was confiscated Friday night from a speeding driver on Wartrace Pike, Shelbyville police said. A car driven by Richard Shelton Hathaway, 33, Melody Drive, was allegedly clocked at 80 mph in a 55 mph zone by Officer David Curley. Hathaway, 33, Melody Drive, allegedly had a ball of tin foil containing marijuana and two Xanax tablets in his pocket, Curley said...

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

Paschal C. Shelton, 104, of Big Springs died Monday at Adams Place in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel in Murfreesboro with the Rev. Forrest Clark officiating. Burial will follow at Shelton Cemetery...