Stories from Friday, August 13, 2010

The temperature was hovering in the 90s but the heat index was no match for the action on the field when the Liberty Patriots and the Community Middle Vikings took to the gridiron for the opening football game of the season on Thursday night in Unionville...

The city council wanted to put a rumor to rest Thursday -- the Shelbyville Recreation Center is not closing. At the end of the Shelbyville city council's regular August meeting, council member Jo Ann Holland said she wanted to address rumors that have been floating around town about closing the center...

Every year around Christmas and Thanksgiving, people from this community and across the nation give to others. However, those are not the only times of the year that people are in need. That is one reason that the United Way of Bedford County organizes the "Stuff the Bus" fundraiser. This year marked the fourth annual event...

A petition requesting an adoption agency be appointed as a temporary guardian for a Russian boy sent back to his homeland by his adoptive mother has been moved to juvenile court. The World Association for Children and Parents filed the petition in May requesting that Bedford County's Circuit Court appoint the agency as a temporary guardian for 8-year-old Justin A. Hansen...

State Senators Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro) and Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville) said Thursday they have asked Senate Education Chairman Dolores Gresham (R-Somerville) to schedule a meeting of the Senate Education Committee "as soon as practicable" to hear testimony regarding the appointments of members to Tennessee Board of Regents...

Bedford County Election Commission met Thursday evening to certify the local results of the Aug. 5 general and primary elections, making only minor changes to the totals announced on election night. No outcomes were changed in contested races. In the Republican primary, gubernatorial candidate Ron Ramsey's local total rose from 1,503 to 1,504, while congressional candidate Jim Tracy's total rose from 3,061 to 3,062...

The sight of a man who appeared to be unconscious being dragged into a building off North Main Street drew the concern of a caller to Shelbyville police late Wednesday night. Responding officers found him in a storage shed at the end of a driveway behind Southeastern Painting Co., Hickory Drive...

A season ago Cascade Middle's football team had just one blemish on its win/loss record -- a 30-14 defeat at the hands of Moore County Middle in the Duck River Valley Conference championship. As is typically the case on the middle-school level, a majority of the faces and names have been overhauled, but a solid 24-6 win for Cascade nonetheless tasted just as sweet in vengeance...

Braving scorching temperatures on the cusp of triple digits, the Cascade Middle soccer team hit the road for its second match on the pitch in three days with the latest date on the schedule coming in Fayetteville. The Lady Champions were rewarded for their determination amidst the elements en route to a 2-0 victory...