Stories from Friday, August 15, 2008

Page Middle jumped out to an 18-0 first-half lead and cruised to a 31-6 victory over Cascade Middle on the opening night of gridiron action in Wartrace on Thursday. The much-larger Panthers took advantage of some Champion miscues for the early margin...

Community slid on their game jerseys for the first time this summer as they faced visiting Culleoka in a scrimmage contest. Both teams found strengths and weaknesses to tweak in preparation for the season ahead, but it was the Lady Warriors who came out on top 25-21, 20-25, 25-18, 18-25, 15-10...

I really enjoyed visiting the Shelbyville Noon Rotary meeting Thursday, except for the fact that I got busted with contraband. As soon as I walked through the door, one of the Rotarians I met mentioned this column, saying she reads it every week. I've been getting a lot of that lately, which is a good thing...

New renters in Bell Buckle can look forward to higher utility costs when it comes to signing up than their home-owning neighbors, once the board of mayor and aldermen pass the new Water System Rules and Regulations. "We want to be very clear to the customers what the rules and regulations are," said Mayor Dennis Webb at the work session prior to the Tuesday night meeting. ...

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration announced earlier this week the continuation of an overall plan designed to ensure the health and safety of the animals and people on site during the 2008 world championship horse show. The security tenets of the plan will remain the same as 2007...

Law enforcement officials say that 41-year-old murder charges were filed against Edward McGee to keep him away from the public as soon as his mandatory parole was granted earlier this week. McGee was charged with the Dec. 18, 1966, murders of 8-year-old Phyllis Seibers and 9-year-old Deborah Ray, whose bodies were found in a drainage ditch...

Harris Middle kicked off the season with a 1-0 Central Tennessee Conference win over visiting Franklin County South on Thursday afternoon at the HMS soccer field. The Eaglette defense claimed a shutout while sixth-grader Alexis Larion scored off an assist from Bree Horner with two minutes left in the first half...

A permanent marker commemorating Bedford County's bicentennial in 2007 was unveiled on Wednesday, although one element of the marker -- a display of the official county seal -- had been in discussion long before the bicentennial. The marker is located on the southeast corner of the county courthouse lawn...

Shelbyville Central's Brandt Stephens turned in his best round of the season, but it wasn't enough as the Eagles fell to Oakland 336-343 in a non-district match Thursday afternoon at River Bend Country Club. Memphis signee Lexus Keoninh led Oakland with a 70, while Stephens' 77 paced the Eagles...