Stories from Thursday, September 10, 2009

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Former Shelbyville Central and Lipscomb standout pitcher Rex Brothers has adjusted to the life of a professional baseball player and is moving up the minor league ranks ahead of schedule. The left-hander was selected this past June as the 34th pick overall by the Colorado Rockies in Major League Baseball's first-year player draft...

Practice makes perfect, the Community Vikings hope. The Vikings (0-2) are preparing for their first home game of the season Friday night against Columbia Academy (0-2). The evidence of improvement on the practice fields and the ability of the team to utilize what they have learned in practice in actual game time is an important key to this ball club, coach Johnnie Frost said...

For the first time in the history of the schools, Cascade and South Pittsburg will square off under the Friday night lights. The teams took part in some physical scrimmages every year from 2001-04, but this time it counts. Fans from both sides have long speculated on how an organized game may go down, and now they get to find out. Previously, the only way the two would have played would have been in the state championship since they've been on the opposite sides of the bracket...

Shelbyville Central claimed a huge District 8-AAA golf match by defeating visiting Columbia 165-172 Wednesday afternoon in a nine-hole match at River Bend Country club. Three Golden Eagles shared medalist honors. Chase Bledsoe, Brandt Stephens and Brett Rittenberry each carded a 28...

Republican nominee Pat Marsh has challenged his Democratic opponent Ty Cobb II to a series of town hall debates prior to the Oct. 13 special election to fill the 62nd District state House seat. "I believe that the people of Bedford, Lincoln and Rutherford counties have a right to know where the candidates stand on the issues. ...

It happens every 10 years and even though the beginning is still months away, local officials are already preparing for the 2010 Census. The mayors of Shelbyville and Bedford County have asked several citizens to volunteer to stress the importance about upcoming census activities...

Citizens of Bedford County are being invited to join a Patriot Day Observance on the upcoming anniversary of 9/11 at noon Friday on the Shelbyville square. The event will last until 1 p.m. and is being presented by the Exchange Club of Bedford County, Mainstreet Shelbyville and the city's parks and recreation department...

LEWISBURG -- The attorney for a Bedford County hog farmer, who's charged with polluting four water wells, is asking the state for results of chemical tests, according to court records filed Wednesday. "I'm told that there was DNA testing and that it was inconclusive," Fayetteville-based attorney Ray Fraley said on behalf of his client, Charles Edward "Charlie" Haskins, 61, of Haskins Chapel Road near Sutton Creek...

James A. "Red" Brown, 80, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at Heritage Medical Center. Per his request, his remains were cremated. There will be no services. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel assisted with arrangements.

Firefighters and dignitaries from across Tennessee will attend the long ribbon cutting ceremony and dedication Friday afternoon for the Tennessee Fallen Firefighter Memorial on the grounds at the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy on Unionville-Deason Road. The memorial will honor the many men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their communities and neighbors...