Stories from Friday, May 23, 2008

For most people at the Spring Fun Show Thursday night, it was just that -- fun. Friends from all over the country greeted each other in the lanes behind the Calsonic Arena and around the stables, in that No Man's Land where horses always have the right of way...

MURFREESBORO -- Coaches often say it's tough beating a team after you've faced them three times in a season. What about four times? After the road team won during the two regular season matches and King's Academy took down Webb in the East/Middle Region tournament, there were no more cards up anybody's sleeves to be played in the semifinals of the Division II Class A state tournament at the Richard Siegel Soccer Complex...

Work will begin this summer north of Wartrace on water lines that should improve pressure for those rural residents, that town's board learned Tuesday. Mayor Don Gallagher explained that county mayor Eugene Ray has applied for a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant for water line extensions in Flat Creek...

A public meeting will be held next month, probably June 19, to explain the City of Shelbyville's stormwater regulations, which were adopted in 2003 as a result of state and federal Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer System (MS4) requirements. City Manager Ed Craig announced the meeting during Thursday night's meeting of Shelbyville Municipal Planning Commission...

The 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment will likely not be deployed to the Mideast prior to fall of 2009, Tennessee National Guard's adjutant general said in a Wednesday statement. "We are confident that the 278th will not deploy until Fiscal Year 2010," said Maj. Gen. Gus Hargett. Fiscal Year 2010 begins in the fall of 2009...

The Center for Family Development is hosting an event this weekend where residents of Shelbyville can learn about local immigrants. The "Welcoming Tennessee Presentation" is described as "an overview of immigrants and immigration in Tennessee." The event is scheduled to take place from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at 100 East Side Square...

Blanchie Dee Woodson Noblitt, 92, of Shelbyville, formerly of Unionville, died today at Bedford County Nursing Home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Geoff Giesemann and Ray Armstrong officiating. Burial will follow at Parsons Cemetery...