Stories from Tuesday, June 24, 2008

The slam dunks just keep on coming for Candace Parker. The former Tennessee Lady Vol added yet another piece of hardware to her trophy case on Monday morning, taking home the Honda-Broderick Cup for being the nation's top female athlete. Parker was honored only hours after becoming the second WNBA player ever to throw down a dunk in a game as she helped her Los Angeles Sparks take down the Indiana Fever over on the west coast...

The body of a Tullahoma man was found early this morning in southern Bedford County by members of the sheriff's department. Bedford County authorities recovered the body of 19-year-old Nathan Andrew Young, of Tullahoma, 50 feet down a ravine off U.S. 41-A South near Granny Fishes Restaurant, said Lt. Ray Higginbotham of the Tullahoma Police Department...

Nashville made its presence known in Wartrace recently, with Marty Stuart headlining the annual MusicFest; and earlier, when Kenny Chesney filmed a music video there. Monday morning, Hollywood dropped in. "They're filming a scene for the Miley Cyrus movie," said Wartrace Alderman Ed Simpson. "It's just about 40 extras."...

Motlow State Community College is the only college or university in the Tennessee Board of Regents system without any low-producing programs being considered for elimination, which Motlow president MaryLou Apple says is the result of constant fine-tuning...

Drainage problems near East Side School should be reduced with the completion of work on the storm sewer in that area. Workers dug a 20-foot-deep hole in a playground across from the elementary school last week to install manholes and obtain access to underground storm water pipes...