Stories from Thursday, April 2, 2009

I was active in drama all four years of high school, but never pursued it while I was in college. A few years after college, in the late 1980s, I found myself trying out for a community theater production in Tullahoma, a mystery farce called "Let's Murder Marsha."...

Final figures on the total costs of last year's demolition of buildings on East Depot Street should be ready next month so that the city will able to seek recovery costs through litigation. The building at 113 E. Depot was damaged last year during the demolition of 109 E. Depot, which was considered a dangerous structure, and contractors and engineers said at the time it would cost over $200,000 to repair it and bring up to code, so the council voted to tear it down as well...

Shelbyville police asked the City Council Tuesday for the opportunity to hire four additional officers with federal stimulus money. The funds, which would come from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing (COPS) Hiring Recovery Program, via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, would provide 100 percent funding for three years for newly hired, full time officers...

More than a third of the respondents to a non-scientific Times-Gazette poll think it will be 2012 or beyond before the U.S. sees meaningful imporovement in the economy, but one in five believe the economy will turn around in the second half of this year...

Josh Nave knocked in the winning run in the fifth inning to propel the Liberty Patriots to a 6-5 come-from-behind win over Forrest in Chapel Hill Wednesday night. It was Liberty coach Shane Shoemake's first win against the Rockets. Devin Casteel started on the mound for the Pats and threw two and two-thirds innings, allowing 3 hits, striking out four and walking one batter. He gave way to Nave with the bases loaded and the score 5-0 in favor of Forrest...

Shelbyville's Golden Eaglettes dropped a 2-1 softball decision at Oakland on Wednesday evening. Oakland scored a run in the second inning and added another in the third. Shelbyville's lone run came in the second frame when Haylie Spence singled and later scored off a passed ball...

Shelbyville Central's tennis teams took care of business in Winchester on Wednesday. The Eaglettes handed Franklin County a 7-0 loss, while the Eagles won 6-1. Boys Singles Jordan Phelps (S) d.Tommy Hite 8-3. Kishan Patel (S) d. Cody Mabee 8-4...

Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles put themselves back into the District 8-AAA race and gave coach Brad Frasier his 100th win along the way with a huge 8-3 win over host Columbia Wednesday afternoon. The Lions (9-2, 6-1 8-AAA) entered the contest undefeated in district play...

Cascade and Richland locked horns in a slugfest in Wartrace on a gorgeous Wednesday afternoon. The lead changed hands four times and the teams combined for 32 hits. In the end, it was the Lady Raiders who bused out of town with a 10-8 victory after nine innings of play...

When people are in need, many folks in Bedford County are there to help in any way they can. Provide those helpers with pancakes, and they might even go the extra mile. The Caregiver Relief Program of Bedford County's annual pancake supper, held Tuesday in the First United Methodist Church fellowship hall, proved this...

Jerry Sue Hazlett, 73, of Nashville, died Wednesday. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Woodbine Funeral Home Hickory Chapel, Nashville. Burial will follow at Woodbine Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday and noon to 2 p.m. Saturday.