Stories from Tuesday, October 6, 2009

KNOXVILLE -- Start slow, finish fast. With the exception of the final 1:24 of the second quarter, Tennessee's offense hit total rock bottom in the 26-22 loss to Southeastern Conference visitor Auburn on Saturday night...

Harris Middle finished second in the Central Tennessee Conference tournament Saturday in Winchester. The Eaglettes fell 2-0 to Tullahoma in the championship game. Tullahoma scored off a penalty kick and corner kick in the second half. Harris defeated Warren County 1-0 in the semifinals Saturday morning. Savannah O'Neal scored off a rebound shot from Alexis Larion with six minutes left to play...

Community suffered a three-game sweep at the hands of Coffee County in Manchester on Monday afternoon. The Red Raiders won by scores of 25-15, 25-16, 25-15. Georgia Ralston paced the Viqueens (2-12) with five service points and three aces. Kassidy Lane banged home four kills. Lauren Freeman chipped in with four points and three aces. Ashley Orlando contributed five points...

When a man claiming to be a representative of Medicare asked Richard Barnes, 81, about his health, the Shelbyville resident didn't think much about it. He answered the questions, but began to grow suspicious. When the caller asked for his Medicare ID number, Richard's wife, Edna, called Medicare on her cell phone...

Have you got junk piling up around the house, garage or shop and need to get rid of it? If so, you should set aside some time and get that stuff to the street for Shelbyville's fall clean-up, scheduled for Oct. 19-22. Trucks will be coming by on your regular garbage pick-up day to haul off just about anything you'd like to dispose of, with the exception of household hazardous waste...

A man who was allegedly driving a truck containing property stolen from a West End Circle home denies he took the items, Shelbyville police said. A portable DVD player, 32 DVDs, a Nintendo 64 unit and a Donkey Kong game were in a bag Officer Gregg Loyd said he had noticed in a truck driven by Jose Alfonzo Alcala, 21, Peacock Lane, during a traffic stop Friday night...

Gov. Phil Bredesen made his second Shelbyville appearance on behalf of 62nd District state representative candidate Ty Cobb on Saturday, at a fish fry on Cobb's behalf. The apron-clad governor personally served fish to many of those in line, stepping away for a while in order to participate in public remarks...