Stories from Sunday, January 11, 2009

The Shelbyville Golden Eaglettes offense seems to be starting to click. After scoring a season-high 71 points at Columbia Tuesday night, Shelbyville Central matched that effort plus added two points in their 73-44 win over visiting Coffee County Friday night...

MOORE COUNTY -- In tough economic times, community colleges are often called upon to retrain displaced workers or as an alternative to more expensive four-year schools. But those same economic times can mean those colleges have fewer resources with which to work...

Christmas may be over, but a story about a California couple and a pack of dogs left to die in the country may rope you right back into that holiday spirit of love, giving and gratitude. This story begins with the stray puppies. A couple of weeks before Christmas, a Bedford County person found a litter of 6-week-old abandoned puppies and brought the survivors to the shelter...

Everyone gets a little bit of sticker shock after the holidays. Credit card bills, grocery bills, travel expenses -- all take big hits from November to December. But many people in Bedford County got an additional shock when their electric bills showed up -- anywhere from $40 to $200 higher than normal...

Dozens of dedicated marchers braved a Saturday morning downpour to step forward for unity in memory of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "I think it went great," said organizer Donna Phillips after the event. "I was very pleased with the dedication of the people who showed up."...

Business was swift for Shelbyville's city council Thursday, with members voting on only a handful of measures. A resolution was passed that authorizes the city manager and treasurer to pay lawful accounts owed by Shelbyville, not to exceed $1,200 without further action from the city council. The money spent can only be to the extent of the previous council authorization or budgeted expenditures...

Two Shelbyville homes were entered between 8 a.m. and noon Thursday in the latest of a wave of daytime home burglaries, police said. Entry was gained by forcing a door, according to the report. Storage unit entered Most of the contents of a unit at Storage Express, North Main Street, were stolen between Dec. 12 and Thursday, police said...

It's hard to believe that a 22-point win would be described as 'ugly', but that was the case in Shelbyville Central's 61-39 District 8-AAA victory over visiting Coffee County on Friday night. After a huge district win at No. 3 ranked Columbia on Tuesday, Eagle coach Kevin Thomas knew there was a chance his team might have a letdown after winning such an emotional game...

MURFREESBORO -- The Cascade Champions didn't waste any time jumping on host Middle Tennessee Christian on Friday night. The Champs jumped out to a 10-point first-quarter lead, never trailed and won going away 69-49. Following a slow start to the season, where Cascade would rest come January was anybody's guess. With the first half of the District 9-A schedule concluded, the Champs (8-6, 5-1 9-A) are sitting pretty atop the standings alongside Eagleville...

MURFREESBORO -- Cascade and Middle Tennessee Christian engaged in a tightly-contested contest on Friday night with second place in the District 9-A standings on the line. After a torrid start, a number of fouls caught up with Lady Champions. The host Lady Cougars captured the lead midway through and managed to keep at least one claw in the advantage before winning 53-49...

Barton Athletic Center was on fire Friday night in a well-matched East/Middle region game when Webb held on to an undefeated region record in a 47-40 win over St. Andrew's-Sewanee. The contest was a thorough battle on both sides of the court, but in the fourth quarter the Feet (9-4, 3-0 East/Middle) sealed the deal with four back-to-back free throws sunk by Logan Burchett...

The Webb girls dropped a heart-wrenching 42-31 loss to St. Andrews-Sewanee in an East/Middle Region clash. After a 31-all tie going into the final stanza, the Lady Feet (4-7, 0-2 East/Middle) went scoreless in the fourth quarter while the Mountain Lions tacked on 11 points...