Stories from Thursday, December 10, 2009

Organizers of the proposed Boys and Girls Club of Bedford County hope their inaugural Eaglette Alumni Basketball Game, to be played Saturday at Shelbyville Central High School, will be both a fund-raiser and a tool for raising public awareness of the program, which hopes to begin operations next summer...

The District 8-AAA Football Awards Banquet was held Sunday night at the Blue Ribbon Circle with a number of student athletes honored for their performance on the football field this past season. Columbia won the district and was defeated this past Friday in the Class 5A state championship...

Michael D. McCord, 57, of Nashville died Dec. 2 after a long illness. Funeral services were held Monday at Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Funeral Home in Nashville. Burial followed at Woodlawn Memorial Park.

A rape and kidnapping case against a Tullahoma man has been continued so DNA evidence can be retested. James Lynne Stewart, 51, was scheduled to stand trial this week on charges of especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape, aggravated assault and theft over $500 in connection with an alleged incident in 2002...

The five employees of the town of Bell Buckle will be having a merrier Christmas than they might have hoped. Although they were warned by Mayor Dennis Webb during the budget process earlier this year not to count on Christmas bonuses in light of the current economy, they will be getting them after all...

The case against a Murfreesboro man accused of several sexually-related charges involving a minor via the Internet has been continued so that his defense attorney can have access to electronic records. Brian Allen Bell, 27, is charged with four counts of solicitation of a minor, sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means and distributing obscene material to a minor. He has had a continuance granted until Jan. 20, according to his attorney, John Norton...

It is the policy of the Times-Gazette, like most other newspapers, not to publish photographs which have been altered -- such as adding, removing or moving essential elements of the photo -- except for routine procedures such as lightening or darkening a photo to account for lighting variations...

CHAPEL HILL -- Katie Vincent scored the game-winnner from under the basket with 6 seconds on the clock to lift Cascade Middle past Lewisburg Middle 24-22 in first-round play at the World Tournament. For much of the second half, it didn't look like it was in the cards for the Lady Champions (7-1) to advance to the semifinals. They take on Cornersville, who defeated Eagleville 38-20, tonight at 6:30...

Donna Clanton Spence, 67, of Smyrna, died Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel, Murfreesboro, with Darryl Lewis and Greg Vick officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Murfreesboro...