Stories from Thursday, December 9, 2010

William Bryant Jennings, 87, of South Carolina, father of Lyn Robinson of Shelbyville, died Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. EST Friday at Washington Street United Methodist Church, Columbia, S.C., with Dr. Bill Childs and Rev. Evelyn Middleton officiating. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. at Swallow Savannah Cemetery, Allendale, S.C. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. at the church. Keith Smith Funeral Service of Allendale, S.C. is in charge of arrangements.

Gift gathering for the county's nursing home residents is going well, but help is still needed from the public for delivery and perhaps from those who can carry a tune. The fifth annual Linda Hayes Nursing Home Gift Drive, which makes sure that the county's elderly receive gifts during the holidays, is well underway, and organizer Lindsey Sudberry said the gift part "is going great."...

A woman convicted of prescription fraud and other charges has lost her appeal and will have to complete her 10-year sentence in prison. Mary Cathleena Blindt had been indicted by the county's grand jury in April 2009 for three counts of prescription fraud, and then was later indicted in August of the same year for one count of theft over $500, two counts of forgery, one count of introduction of contraband into a penal facility, and one count of failure to appear...

Bedford County Planning Commission took no action Tuesday night after a discussion of what to do with a former slaughterhouse on State Route 64 (Lewisburg Highway) near the Marshall County line. Earnest Travis Whaley, who now owns the site, had asked for it to be re-zoned from A-1 (agriculture) to C-1 (commercial), not because of any specific project, but so that he could sell the property as commercial...

CHAPEL HILL -- Chalk one up for the underdog. Sixth-seeded Cascade Middle's nine unanswered points to start the fourth quarter made way for a 33-27 upset of third-seeded Middle Tennessee Christian Middle in the opening round of the Duck River Valley Conference Tournament on Wednesday night...

CHAPEL HILL -- The Community Middle Vikings continued to take their fans on a season-long roller coaster ride as they played very well in streaks Wednesday, but let the momentum slip away late in the fourth period and allowed Westwood to sneak out of the first round of the Duck River Valley Conference Tournament with a 33-26 victory...

Harris Middle's Golden Eagles have claimed a pair of victories this week while the Eaglettes split a pair of games. Harris hosts Coffee County in a pair of Central Tennessee Conference matchups tonight at 6. Monday Harris 44, Tullahoma West 38 (B): Seventh grader Mason Cunningham scored 15 points and hauled in 19 rebounds while Deonte Leslie added 15 as well for the Eagles (8-1, 4-1 CTC). Doran Noble led the Bobcats with nine tallies...