Stories from Wednesday, May 5, 2010

James Leonard "Buddy" Nowlin, 82, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-9 p.m. Thursday.

Two water-related incidents which raised fears of possible drownings kept the Bedford County Technical and Rescue Team, along with county firefighters and deputies, busy Tuesday. But no drownings -- or injuries -- occurred in an SUV found in a river near Wartrace or a watercraft incident near Haley...

Shelbyville Central's boys and girls tennis teams claimed solid victories over Tullahoma in the semifinals of the District 8-AAA team tournament at H.V. Griffin Park on Tuesday. The top three seeds for both the Eagles and Eaglettes got the teams off to a quick start as the boys wrapped up a 4-1 win and the girls were victorious 5-1...

Shelbyville Central claimed a 2-0 soccer victory over Warren County on Senior Night. The Eagles (8-7-1) scored both their goals in Tuesday's first half. Hassan Barre found the back of the net three minutes into the game, then Jesus Cervantes added a score 25 minutes later...

It was nothing to lose, nothing to gain for the Community Vikings on Tuesday afternoon in a 15-3 loss to visiting Middle Tennessee Christian in the final regular season district game of the year. "We approached the game with the idea that we would throw a lot of guys and work on fundamentals and just let the score take care of itself," Viking coach Will Caster said. ...

County Mayor Eugene Ray, Sheriff Randall Boyce and Circuit Court Clerk Thomas Smith fought off challengers Tuesday to win the Democratic primary for re-election to their respective offices, while Tonya Davis defeated Jason McGee for the open trustee seat. Because no candidates for those races ran in the Republican primary or qualified to run as independents in the general election, Ray, Boyce, Smith and Davis will be unopposed on the August general election ballot....

Willard Ray Taylor, 67, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center after an extended illness. A memorial service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m.

Katelynn Edde lined a base hit down the right-field line to score Alyssa Hoover with one down in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Cascade a 2-1 walk-off win over visiting Huntland on Tuesday. Sara Elizabeth Edwards doubled home Morris with two down in the fifth to put the Lady Champions (14-11, 10-3 District 9-A) up 1-0...

Webb climbed on top of Franklin County with four quick goals before the Rebels knew what hit them and the Feet held on for a 5-2 win on a sunny Tuesday at Lagler Field in Bell Buckle. Danny Hwang got Webb (12-4-1) off on the right foot by scoring in the fourth minute with an assist from Chris Hoover. ...

CHAPEL HILL -- Community Middle utilized a seven-run second inning to propel it to a 9-6 win over Lincoln County on Tuesday afternoon. The victory keeps the Vikings (21-1) alive in the Mid-South Conference tournament and they advance to face Cascade in the losers' bracket final back at Forrest High School on Thursday at 5...

There are times when you want to talk to a real person, and find yourself slogging through various levels of voice mail torture ("Press 1 for sales ... Press 2 for service ... Press 3 for billing questions ....") until you find yourself wanting to throw the phone at something...

CHAPEL HILL -- It was exhilarating but at the same time heartbreaking for Cascade Middle as it came from behind twice but ultimately fell 3-2 to Forrest Middle in the Mid-South Conference tournament winners' bracket final Tuesday night. The Rockets took a 1-0 advantage in the first inning and made the lead stand up until the fifth when the Champions (10-5) tied the game on a close play at the plate on a fielder's choice groundball...

On Monday morning, I drove to work through rainbows. Not literally, although between the sudden emergence of the sun and the rapid disappearance of the fog, I expected to see the real thing at any time. But I saw the colors anyway. After two days of horrific rain, gray skies, front yards turned into silver lakes, and the black moods of my cabin-fever fellas, I was ready for a little color in my life -- proof that life does go on, even after devastation...

A Tullahoma man who refused to plead guilty last week to a 2002 rape apparently changed his mind Monday and accepted a sentence of 15 years in prison. James Lynne Stewart, 52, of South Anderson Street appeared before Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler and accepted a best interest plea of guilty to the charge of aggravated rape...

A continuance has been granted in the case of a Shelbyville man accused of "sexting" police detectives. June 1 is the next date that 19-year-old Cristian Ojeda Torres will appear in General Sessions Court on charges of solicitation of a minor. He was arrested in March after he allegedly sent text messages to Shelbyville Detective Sgt. Brian Crews and Detective Lt. Pat Mathis...

Lucille Hall Campbell, 86, of Shelbyville died Monday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Kevin Minchey officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Garner Cemetery in Decherd. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Richard F. Felstow, 82, of South Lyon, Mich., formerly of Shelbyville, died Tuesday. Funeral servies will be held at 11 a.m. EDT Friday at First United Methodist Church of South Lyon. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m. EDT at Phillips Funeral Home, South Lyon.