Stories from Friday, May 28, 2010

J.B. Smith, 75, of Murfreesboro died Friday. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel with Charles Ray officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

MURFREESBORO -- Adolescents all across Rutherford County have wept all week at the BlueCross Spring Fling as aspirations of carrying home a state championship came to a crashing halt for a majority. Mallory Hutton's bid to win the Class AAA state individual tennis tournament title wound up one match shy of being fulfilled, but the Shelbyville Central senior glowed with excitement nonetheless...

Memorial Day Weekend -- it is a time to remember those who have fallen in service to their country. It's also a time to get together with friends and family to enjoy picnics and that first big weekend on the lake. It's also the annual Spring Fun Show at the Celebration, which started Thursday night...

Get your swim suits ready for June 5 or sooner, because repairs are nearly complete on Shelbyville's outdoor pool. Workers were busy Thursday putting the finishing touches on the resurfacing of the outdoor pool at H.V. Griffin Park. According to Pam Henry, aquatics director for Shelbyville Recreation Center, everything is on schedule for the reopening next Saturday, or maybe even earlier than that...

When Elijah Silva goes back to school next year and his teacher asks him to write an essay on "How I Spent My Summer Vacation," she may get more than she expected. So far, only a few days into it, Elijah has spent his summer vacation in the hospital. Only hours after getting out of school Wednesday, the 10-year-old boy was mauled by a dog and had to undergo surgery on his elbow and his abdomen...

Officers found 28 partially smoked marijuana cigarettes in a vehicle carrying two infants Wednesday night, Shelbyville police said. Casey Dean Campbell, 18, Landers Street, was driving without a license and later attempted to carry hidden marijuana into Bedford County Jail, officer David Curley's report said...

MURFREESBORO -- Shelbyville Central has taken home a number of state titles in girls basketball but recent graduate Mallory Hutton will be looking to bring home the school's first championship in tennis. Hutton faces Centennial's Kaylene Chadwell in the Class AAA singles title match this morning at the outstanding tennis facilities Old Fork Park...