Stories from Friday, February 5, 2010

Thomas A. Smith has announced his candidacy for re-election as Bedford County Circuit Court Clerk in the May 4 Democratic primary. Smith's duties include serving as the clerk for Circuit Court, General Sessions Court and Juvenile Court for the county. He is a 1988 graduate of the County Officials' Certificate Training Program and a member of the Middle Tennessee Clerks' Association...

April 1 will be the day a Shelbyville man will decide to either go to trial or make a plea on charges of reckless homicide. Meanwhile, his defense attorney has stated that "interesting things" have been discovered in the case. Matthew Wayne Patterson made his first appearance Thursday in Bedford County Circuit Court before Judge Lee Russell for his arraignment and to have his disposition date set...

A young woman charged with reckless homicide has reached an agreement with prosecutors and will appear in court next month to have her sentence passed. Shelby Lynn Tyson was indicted last month by the Bedford County grand jury on the charges, which stems from an accident in December 2008 that took the life of Ahmed Ali Elmi, 31, of Nashville...

MANCHESTER -- Harris Middle's quest for a Central Tennessee Conference Tournament title remains intact as the Golden Eagles advanced to the semifinals with a 43-26 win over Franklin County North on Thursday night. The Eagles (15-4) led by eight points at halftime, then outscored North 14-2 in the third stanza to pull away...

CHAPEL HILL -- The Community Viqueens got out to a quick start against District 9-A foe Forrest but were unable to maintain the pace in a 59-39 loss on Thursday evening. Megan Busbee went to work from her post position for the Viqueens (13-10, 5-7 9-A) with six points and freshman Katie Leverette netted a 3-pointer but it wasn't enough to overcome six points by Beth Hawn and a five-point effort from Christina Curtner, who led the fourth-ranked Lady Rockets to a 18-13 advantage going to the second period.. ...

There will be 30 to 40 fewer hungry children this weekend thanks to a new program developed by the Bedford County Department of Education Student Services. The Back Pack Program will send small, drawstring "cinch sacks" home with children in need, and each sack will contain at least 10 food items -- two for breakfast, four protein or meal items, and four fruit or fruit juice items...

CHAPEL HILL--Basketball is simply not a sport that can be played at a fluid level on an intermittent basis and the Community Vikings can readily attest to that fact after an extremely slow start manifested itself into a 62-49 District 9-A loss to Forrest on Thursday night...

The Bedford County Tournament returned to action with the Liberty Middle boys defeating Webb Middle 32-16 to claim third place in a game much closer than the final score would indicate on Thursday in Wartrace. Trevor Arnold netted six points for the Red, White and Blue to lead what had the makings of an early rout as they emerged with a 9-0 lead after the first period...

Olivia Calvert arose from the crowded paint with ball in hand and tossed in the game-winning basket with 16 seconds remaining to give Liberty Middle a thrilling 35-34 overtime win over Cascade Middle in the Bedford County Tournament championship Thursday...

Cascade Middle broke open a tie ballgame in the third quarter of the Bedford County Tournament championship with 17 unanswered points to propel it past Community Middle 52-39 in Wartrace on Thursday night. The contest was a rematch of last year's final that the Vikings won by seven points. The Champions were able to capture their first title since 2004 after placing second the last four straight years...

Jo Terry Archer Craig, 89, of Shelbyville died Thursday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Stephen Caine officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Wilma Gene Majors Reeves, 59, of Shelbyville died Thursday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Jim Tedder officiating. Burial will follow at Wilson Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday.