Stories from Sunday, June 6, 2010

One of the most dreadful things about moving to college is simply that: moving. I still remember moving into Richardson Towers, a dorm at the University of Memphis, like it was yesterday. My dad will be happy to remind me of that day and how he walked up nine flights of stairs, several times I might add, with large boxes and suitcases in hand...

Where are your kids going for summer vacation? Orlando? Paris? Wartrace? Those are all okay, but if they join in the Summer Reading Program at the Argie Cooper Public Library, they have the chance to go anywhere the books can take them, from Normandy to Narnia, from over the rainbow to under the sea...

I was sick over the Memorial Day weekend and everyone should feel sorry for me. Really. It started Saturday, when we traveled to our favorite camping site and set up the tent. I was feeling a little irritable, which is not unusual, and sleepy, which is even less unusual, and I didn't want to leave and go to the horse show, which is extremely unusual...

Just when I thought I had graduated from a clueless new mom to a more comfortable variation of such, I found myself in total disarray. I was at Walmart when I saw my friend's baby, who is just three weeks older than my daughter, Dani Rae. I had been warned this might happen in one of the seemingly endless supply of baby books I have read, but I swore I would never let it happen to me. ...

When Joni Jenné started her charity walking horse show years ago, it was her team's efforts to raise money for Relay for Life, the annual fundraising and awareness-raising event for the American Cancer Society. Since then, she's continued to oversee the show and it still raises money for cancer victims -- only now that money stays closer to home...

Former state employee Frank E. Crawford, 37, of Springfield had his bond revoked Thursday by Bedford County Circuit Court and will serve the balance of a 2009 sentence for solicitation after he allegedly violated his probation by accessing the Internet...

The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will kick off Thursday, and as in the past one of the state's recommended detour routes for those who want to avoid Bonnaroo traffic will pass through Shelbyville. More than 80,000 are expected to attend the annual festival. ...

It's been more than a month since the floods devastated Nashville and other areas in Middle Tennessee, but the aftermath continues to be felt -- even here in Bedford County. Some Metro residents have located here because their homes are gone or no longer fit to live in, and more may be coming as they are evicted from Nashville hotels to make room for tourists here for the CMA awards. Often, when they arrive, they have nothing, and that's some thing everyone here can help with...

The statement "You have cancer" can be the most devastating words a person can hear. The disease affects people of all ages and young Payton Templeton-White was no exception. "Payton was diagnosed with leukemia in April 2008," said her mother, Shannon White...

TULLAHOMA -- A three-run sixth inning broke a 2-all tie and Shelbyville Junior American Legion Post 23 held on late for a 5-4 win over Lincoln County on a soggy Friday in tournament action at Motlow State. Trailing 2-0 in the top of the fourth inning, Jonathan Pearson singled to start a rally. ...

Six first-inning runs proved to be all the Cascade Colts needed as they defeated the Community Vikings 6-4 in summer baseball play on Friday in Wartrace. A two-run double in the first by Jalen Hamler along with singles by Carson Tapley, Gavin Elmore and Lance Parker compounded the issue in the first provided by two walks and a hit batter...

Shelbyville Team Camp No. 1 gets underway today at four gyms across Bedford County. Shelbyville Central hosts West Greene tonight at 7. Cascade welcomes Cane Ridge to Wartrace at 3 before facing South Greene at 5. Here's a look at the rest of today's schedule:...