Stories from Friday, January 7, 2011

Devonte Leslie and Tre Trice scored 11 points each to lead Harris Middle in a 43-16 win over host Franklin County North in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup Thursday. The Eagles (11-1, 6-1 CTC) posted leads of 15-0 at the end of the first quarter, 28-3 at halftime and 37-5 after three periods...

Eight eighth graders suited up in Liberty uniforms in their homestanding swan song on Thursday night and departed the court victorious after defeating Webb Middle 37-11. The Patriots (14-3) scored the game's first seven points and cruised from then on...

Three Tullahoma men entered guilty pleas Thursday to breaking into a shop building and stealing around $20,000 worth of items. Appearing before Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell with their attorneys, Richard David Allen, 22, Justin Trey Burnette, 23, and Matthew Robert Olejniczak, 23, all admitted to committing a series of break-ins at a shop building on U.S. 41A South that resulted in over $20,000 worth of property being taken...

The Walking Horse Trainers' Association has suspended the license of a trainer who has been accused of sex crimes against three minors. The WHTA announced Thursday the action against Dick Peebles, who was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of sexual battery, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means and solicitation of a minor...

Jostens announced late Thursday that it will transfer the customer service functions for graduations and accessories from Shelbyville to Owatonna, Minn., later this year. The company transferred diploma customer service from Shelbyville to Owatonna last year...

The chill from Thursday's cold winter wind didn't compare to the chill that ran up the spines of Kathy Whittaker and Joe Ernest when they discovered their brother's tombstone had been vandalized. "You know, it just makes me sick to think there are people like that," Whittaker said, referring to the person that gouged a portion out of a photo of Richard Edward Ernest Jr., which was inset into the stone, and broke a vase at the foot of the monument...

Larry Molder was asleep at 1 p.m. Thursday when the Times-Gazette called to inform him that he had won an iPod nano in the newspaper's "Big Event" contest. He had just returned to his home in Shelbyville from driving a truck to Knoxville and was ready for some rest...

Leash law or no leash law, it's not a good idea to let your dog run loose -- especially if it's a purebred. Back in October, at least four purebred dogs -- one Chihuahua, two beagles and one Jack Russell -- were stolen from their home, all in the same small block in Wartrace...

Ruth H. Dixon, 97, of Shelbyville died Friday at Lynchburg Nursing Center. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Woodlawn-Roesch-Patton Cemetery in Nashville. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Ruth Smith Corder, 92, of Shelbyville died Friday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Joe Thompson officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Saturday.