Stories from Wednesday, October 29, 2008

I've decided to rename Murphy's Law into Mary's Law because, believe me -- if anything can go wrong, it will go wrong with me first. My 16-year-old, Ben, plays trumpet in the Tullahoma High School band, which means almost every Friday night, when I'd rather be hibernating, I'm dragging my sleepy self out to the minivan and over to the high school to pick him up after a football game...

Candidates for Shelbyville City Council in the Nov. 4 general election were asked to answer a standard set of questions, with a 100-word limit on each response. Participants were: Jo Ann Holland, Ward 1, incumbent Bobby Lee Parker Sr., Ward 1...

Each day, during fourth period, there's something very unique and special taking place inside Ardis Rittenberry's Shelbyville Central High School classroom. No, students are not doing jumping jacks while Rittenberry teaches a lesson in honors geometry. Instead, advanced students are helping others to improve their academic scores through tutoring...

It wasn't the finish they had hoped for as Shelbyville Central closed out the season with a 2-0 loss to visiting Siegel in the semifinals of the Region 4-AAA tournament Tuesday night. The Lady Stars (14-4-1) scored a pair of goals in the second half to claim the victory and advance to play Riverdale on Thursday night for the championship...

Webb Middle's boys dropped their second game of the season after being on the bad end of a 34-23 outcome at Huntland Middle on Tuesday night. The Hornets jumped out to a slim 9-8 advantage in the first quarter and carried a 13-11 upper hand into the break. That lead grew to 24-19 after three periods...

The Times-Gazette asked the five candidates for Wartrace's three open alderman seats the same three questions. Participants were: Thomas Claxton Roston Floyd, incumbent Jean Gallagher, incumbent Thomas Hurt, incumbent...