Stories from Friday, August 7, 2009

Sometimes the ball just doesn't bounce your way. After Seth Draine walked and Chase Dial got hit by a pitch sandwiched around a pair of outs, pinch hitter Phillip Heikkinen lingered up to the plate with his team down to their final out in the ninth inning against Puerto Rico champion Bayamon Post 48 in the American Legion Southeast Regional...

Shelbyville Central fell 163-168 at Lincoln County in a District 8-AAA golf match Thursday at Fayetteville Country Club. Matt Morrow led the winners with a 37. Chase Bledsoe paced the Eagles (0-2, 0-2 8-AAA) with a 39. Samantha Sullivan led the Eaglettes with a 45...

Mike Minor is Marshall County's newest millionaire. Minor, a former Forrest High School star who later pitched for Vanderbilt and was the No. 7 pick in baseball's amateur draft earlier this spring, signed a contract worth $2.42 million on Thursday evening, according to his agent...

The city is looking into ways to make Shelbyville's recreation center to pay for itself, after criticism from a council member over its operational expenses. On Tuesday, Councilman Lee Roy Cunningham called the recreation center a "white elephant" that doesn't pay for itself and said it needs to be run "so it doesn't lose so much money."...

The city of Shelbyville may soon be negotiating the purchases of homes and structures in order to put them in front of a wrecking ball at some point down the road. Among items the city council will vote on next Thursday will be approval for city manager Ed Craig and planning and codes director Kip Green to work out the prices and acquire blighted properties under the Neighborhood Stabilization Housing Grant that Shelbyville recently received...

Doris Jean Thompson Sanders, 77, of Shelbyville died Aug. 6 at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday...

A suspect apparently ran out of his shoes while evading a Shelbyville police officer during a foot pursuit early Thursday. The shoes were found near America's Best Value Inn, North Cannon Boulevard, following a car and foot chase, police said. Officer Jose Garza said he clocked a white Cadillac at 70 mph in a 30 mph zone on North Main Street at Colloredo Boulevard...