Stories from Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Cascade's soccer team had a rough go of it at the Franklin County Rebel Classic over the weekend. The Champions (2-3-1) entered play in Winchester riding high after winning their first two matches of the regular season. That pep in their step took a hit after a 1-0 rain-shortened loss to Drake Creek on Sunday in the finale of a winless three-game set...

Jesse A. Harris, 46, of Warren, Mich., a Shelbyville native, died Tuesday after a brief illness. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Whosoever Will Pentecostal Church. Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Eddie R. Kilpatrick Sr., 87, of Murfreesboro, formerly of Shelbyville, died Monday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Chilton officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m.

Police are looking for a man they consider armed and dangerous who allegedly robbed a Shelbyville restaurant at gunpoint on Saturday. Gregory Lynn Redden, 47, of Rainey Lane is accused of holding up Sonic Drive-In, Madison Street. Redden allegedly entered the restaurant at 10:40 p.m. and demanded that the manager give him the money in the safe, Detective Sgt. Brian Crews of the Shelbyville Police Department said...

The victim of a motorcycle accident on Midland Road early Saturday afternoon has been identified as Albert Richard Reeves Jr., 48, of Unionville, authorities say. Reeves was killed when he was thrown from the motorcycle as it rounded a sweeping curve near the Harts Chapel Road intersection...

Large sums of money were taken in two home burglaries over the past week, Shelbyville police said Monday. n A jar containing $2,000 was among items stolen Sunday from a Quarry Street residence. Also missing are XBox and Wii game systems and 25 games for each, nine watches, a wedding band, 11 pairs of Nike athletic shoes and two pairs of Alabama T-shirts and shorts, according to officer Waymond Boyd's report...

NASHVILLE -- Gov. Phil Bredesen said Monday that while he opposed President Barack Obama's health care plan over the projected $1.1 billion cost to Tennessee, he stands ready to prepare the state for the Medicaid expansion that the measure envisions...

NASHVILLE -- The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that suspects being interrogated by police must be explicit in their request for a lawyer, and not just talk about getting one, if they don't want anything they say to be used against them. Last week's unanimous decision involves the statements a Rutherford County murder suspect made to Smyrna police during an interrogation...

Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles competed in the Grand Slam Classic hosted by Smyrna last weekend. The Eagles (1-3) return to action at Coffee County tonight. Shelbyville 18, Beech 6: On Saturday, Hunter Brothers had four singles with a pair of RBIs, Will Trice smacked two singles and a double with two RBIs, Blair Dukes ripped a double, single and had RBIs while Jonathan Pearson and David Pearson ripped two singles apiece and added a pair of RBIs each for the Eagles. ...

Zach Wagner banged home a pair of goals and dished out an assist to lead Webb to a 3-0 victory over University School of Jackson in the Lions Cup championship at Freed-Hardeman University in Jackson on Saturday. The Feet (4-0) got on top in the 28th minute thanks to a Danny Hwang goal with Wagner assisting. Wagner was set up for his first score by Austin Wilson and Cody Morton to make it 2-0 at the half...

Harris Middle's Eaglettes picked up a huge Central Tennessee Conference win on the road, 1-0 over Coffee County, on Saturday. Bailey Cook opened the game with a single and scored off a double by Tiana Sanders. The Eaglette defense was stellar and right-hander Jami Johnson scattered three hits over five innings with no walks...