Stories from Sunday, May 9, 2010

There's no doubt that when this story hits the Internet, every major news company with a Google alert set up for "Russian," "adoption" and "Shelbyville" will flag it. Sorry to disappoint you guys, but this story has a happy ending. Or rather -- a happy beginning, since the Mother's Day tale of Donna, Ricky, Brandon and Matthew has just begun .....

I came home from work one night and found my husband watching paint dry. Now normally, this is where I would say, "Not really," Or "Actually, he was ..." but instead, I'm stealing a line from Dave Barry, my favorite columnist. "I am not making this up."...

Harris Middle's Eaglettes advanced in the Central Tennessee Conference tournament with a 12-2 win over Franklin County South at Coffee County High School on Friday. The Eaglettes (11-5) collected 11 hits while Jami Johnson allowed only a pair of hits with five strikeouts...

CHAPEL HILL -- Needing to come out of the losers' bracket unblemished with five straight victories to win a tournament is nearly unfathomable for most teams. For a Community Middle baseball team that rolled through its regular season with an 18-0 record, it didn't seem like an insurmountable task...

Just when it looked as if Shelbyville Central was peaking at the right time, the Golden Eagles fell 17-1 to visiting Lawrence County in opening round action of the District 8-AAA Tournament on Friday night. Lawrence County banged out 15 hits with 10 of its first 15 batters claiming hits...

For three innings the Community Viqueens stood toe-to-toe with the team that's had a stranglehold on District 9-A for the past several years and didn't budge. Class A state power Forrest broke a scoreless tie with a run in the fourth before busting the game open with seven runs over its next two at-bats en route to an 8-1 win late Friday night in a winners' bracket semifinal in the District 9-A tournament at Cascade High School...

The Bedford County Soccer Association has made a formal request to the city's recreation department to consider taking over administering the city's and county's soccer program. In a letter to Parks and Recreation Director Sylvia Pinson, Soccer Association president Mike Rafferty stated that the board felt that it "would be in the best interest of the entire soccer community, especially and most importantly the children" for the department to take over the program...

The Bedford County Historical Society is asking permission from the Shelbyville city council to place a marker on the public square. The only question appears to be the precise location. Al Simmons of the Historical Society appeared before the council Tuesday...

The winning photograph in the Times-Gazette's inaugural Mother-Daughter Photo Contest was submitted by Aimee Luna of Shelbyville. The image of her and her mother, Reenae Miller, trying to get Aimee's daughter, Sophia, to stop crying for the photo was best among 55 entries, according to judges Belinda Graves and Susan Sutton, teachers at Deery Eakin Elementary...

Again this year, Shelbyville Central High School students beat out every other high school in the state when it came to raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. "I wish we had about 20 Shelbyville Central High Schools in my service area," said Patricia Ledford of the foundation's Middle Tennessee chapter. "You all set the example."...