Stories from Sunday, August 3, 2008

Isn't it great to see different colored helmets finally smash into one another again? Cascade strapped up for its first scrimmage of the summer against a "big, physical" Fairview team in Wartrace on Friday afternoon with a hefty crowd standing along the fences...

The season is near and the humidity thickens by the minute. The Liberty Patriots take the field for their first scrimmage and coach Jimmy Darden throws it into high gear. A two-hour scrimmage Friday with Cascade ended in a tie, which is an improvement for Liberty after last year's brutal defeat...

A 15-year-old Community School student drowned near the Halls Mill bridge off Halls Mill Road at mid-afternoon Friday after swimming into a deep area of Duck River, the Bedford County Sheriff's Department said. Bryan Leverette, Hopkins Bridge Road, was found by divers Deputy Jimmy Rhodes and paramedic Brian Bruce of Bedford County Emergency Medical Service's Tech Team at 8:20 p.m., BCSD Capt. Tony Barrett said. Leverette's body was in seven-foot deep water near a bank, Barrett said...

A Tennessee Department of Education annual progress report has placed two Bedford County schools on its "high priority list" for failing to meet performance standards under the federal No Child Left Behind guidelines for the 2007-2008 school year. The report, released July 28, cited Harris Middle School and Shelbyville Central High School, along with 132 other Tennessee schools, for failing to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) for two years in a row...

The housing slowdown in Shelbyville seems to be reversing itself, with work beginning on several projects, according to the city's planning and codes director. Kip Green said in March that the nation's housing slowdown had an obvious impact on home construction in Shelbyville, with the building of new houses down 60 percent since that time last year...

An Atlanta man who allegedly went on a crime spree last week is still in critical condition in a Chattanooga hospital, and Franklin County investigators say they may never learn what his motives were. Abbas Hussein was severely injured after being involved in a high speed chase with Franklin County authorities. ...