Stories from Wednesday, February 18, 2009

EAGLEVILLE -- The Wilson boys proved to be more than the Community Vikings could handle on their home floor as they combined for 30 points to advance Eagleville to the District 9-A championship game with an impressive 50-29 victory. Defense was the name of the game for both squads in the opening two quarters with scores in favor of the Eagles of 11-7 and 15-14, respectively...

It's a grim sight -- the 5-month old Black Angus calf lying dead beside the road, gaping wounds in its neck, throat and belly. Just beyond the pasture gate, its fellow calves huddle in a large, still mass instead of spreading out to graze, jumping at every movement in the trees...

Two men charged with an armed home invasion last month had their first court appearance Tuesday and will return to court next week. Jose Gomez and Wilson Palacio are scheduled to appear in General Sessions Court Feb. 25 at 1 p.m. The pair are both charged with three counts of aggravated robbery over $1,000, aggravated burglary over $1,000 and theft of property over $500...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee, meeting Tuesday night, discussed possible guidelines for naming roads and bridges, and will ask the full commission to consider them next month. Rules committee chairman P.T. "Biff" Farrar presented some proposed rules arising from conversations he's had with Phillip Gentry, of Wartrace, who had been requesting that two bridges in the area be named for Civil War figures...

The Paws For A Cause 5K run and 1 mile fun walk, which benefits the local Spay Neuter Committee, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Spay Day USA. It will start and end at the Bedford County Courthouse. Pre-registration ended today. However, runners and walkers may register from 8 to 9:45 a.m. race day. Registration is $20...

I was late to work today -- that is, I was later than usual today -- because someone in my dearly beloved family had the audacity to clean the living room. Besides being a major archeological dig that revealed two Christmas ornaments, a cat toy, five socks and a sofa, that meant someone put my shoes up. In my closet...

EAGLEVILLE -- Cascade's hopes of trotting off the court with a District 9-A tournament title were shockingly dashed by Forrest 42-35 on Tuesday night in the semifinals. The fifth-seeded Rockets (12-16) came out firing early to put the top-seeded Champions (17-8) in a hole and never let off on the defensive pressure. They avenged a pair of double-digit losses to Cascade during the regular season...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee got its first look at proposed revisions to the county's growth plan on Tuesday night, along with a report by Charles Goforth of Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon. In the late 1990s, a new state law, Public Chapter 1101, required every county in Tennessee to develop a 20-year growth plan. ...