Stories from Sunday, November 23, 2008

The indictment last week of a former county official on embezzlement charges seems like a vindication of the county's decision, two years ago this month, to place itself under Tennessee's Financial Management Act of 1981. Prior to 2006, the county's finances were a hodgepodge. ...

CORNERSVILLE -- It was a tale of two halves for the Community Viqueens in their Hall of Fame game with the Lady Bulldogs on Friday night. The Viqueens lost 38-24 but opened the game by played stifling defense to open a 5-4 lead after one quarter. Community continued to thwart the Cornersville offense in the second stanza to hold a 14-11 advantage at the break...

CORNERSVILLE -- Community's Vikings and the Cornersville Bulldogs have developed quite a rivalry, and Friday night's game just added to the process as fans were treated to 13 lead changes, rough and tumble defense. The game's outcome was in doubt until the final seconds before the Bulldogs managed to pull off a 42-39 win over the Vikings...

For the second straight game, Shelbyville Central fell behind early but recovered quickly to claim an impressive win. Cookeville jumped out to an 8-0 lead but the Golden Eagles erased that deficit with ease on the way to a 59-52 win over the Cavaliers in a TSSAA Hall of Champions game Friday night...

An undercover investigation targeting child sex offenders on the Internet has resulted in the arrest by Shelbyville authorities of a state worker who allegedly admitted to sexually related chats on a state-owned computer. Frank E. Crawford, 37, of Springfield, was arrested Nov. 4 and charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and two counts of solicitation of a minor...

Bedford County's top industrial recruiter said his top priority during a trip to Germany last month was to try to help Bedford County's existing automotive suppliers do business with Volkswagen, and also to possibly recruit new suppliers to the area...

As soon as the buses pulled away from Liberty School Friday, a lone pick-up truck took up the parking space. Seconds later, Girl Scouts from troops 2811, 741 and 2879 began loading the bed of the truck with food for Shelbyville's Good Samaritan. The girls have been leading a food drive since last week to help fill the pantry of that organization. Good Sam has recently been running low on food due to great demand...

Some shook their heads in disappointment. Some wondered what might have been. Some wept uncontrollably. No matter the emotion, it was all a product of Cascade's crushing 22-0 loss to Jo Byrns in the TSSAA state quarterfinals on a terribly cold Friday night at The Stable...

After a disappointing outing against McGavock Tuesday night, Shelbyville Central exhibited the brand of Eaglette basketball that's known across the state with an impressive 57-43 win over visiting Cookeville Friday night in a TSSAA Hall of Champions game...