Stories from Friday, December 3, 2010

Liberty Middle's Patriots enjoyed an upper hand their entire contest with Moore County Middle and ran away with a 49-17 victory in Lynchburg on Thursday night. The Pats (11-2) wasted no time flexing their muscles as they opened up a 14-0 first-quarter lead. They added double figures to the advantage in the second period and went into the break in front 29-5. The score was 40-12 at the start of the fourth...

Webb Middle's girls were headed toward triumphing over visiting Providence Christian before faltering in the fourth quarter to lose a heartbreaker 15-13 on Thursday night. The Bell Buckle bunch climbed on top 4-1 in the opening period and owned an 8-6 upper hand at halftime before the visitors pulled even at 11 to start the fourth...

A woman accused of selling pills in front of a Shelbyville liquor store denied doing so before her arrest Wednesday night. Officers were told of a "suspicious person" outside the North Main Street store and found Julia Faye Bogle, 49, of Petersburg, who said she was waiting for a ride...

Shelbyville's city council will consider applying for a grant next week to place historic markers in town for the upcoming 150th anniversary of the Civil War. City manager Michael Dill told the council that there is going to be a lot of tourism in Tennessee over the next several years due to the sesquicentennial of the conflict, and Shelbyville needs to participate...

Work on the city's new waste water facility could get underway soon after Shelbyville's city council signs off on an agreement with the power system. The $18 million sewer plant project was halted before it even began after concerns were raised about workers excavating part of the same underground storm water flume system that collapsed last year...

Shelbyville's planning commission will be looking over zoning requirements for homeless shelters over the next few months. Codes and planning director Ed Dodson said that the commission needed to discuss in what type of zone a homeless shelter would be placed...

The whereabouts of a Shelbyville man last seen on the Sunday before Thanksgiving remain a mystery to investigators. Bobby Smelcer, 52, was dropped off at his East Lane Trailer Park home late that morning by a co-worker, Shelbyville police were told. He was last in contact with family members that afternoon...

A Murfreesboro man was killed on U.S. 231 North in Deason late Thursday afternoon when his truck hit the vehicle of a Georgia woman who authorities say mistakenly thought she was in a turning lane. George Justin Lombardi, 61, hit the vehicle operated by Katherine Zeis, 65, of Douglasville, Ga., shortly after 5 p.m., State Trooper Jackie Smith said...

Harris Middle's Eaglettes rolled to a 40-18 win over host Warren County in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Thursday. The game was tied at 4-all at the end of the first quarter but the Eaglettes (4-3, 2-2 CTC) outscored their opponent 19-4 in the second frame to take a commanding 23-8 lead at the half...

The Community Middle Viqueens finished their regular season with a 32-24 victory over visiting Eagleville led by a combined 21-point effort by Jessica Sanders, Riley Davis and Sarah Pierce on Thursday night. It was a win, but it was hardly a vintage effort by the home team...