Stories from Friday, April 8, 2011

A voice recorder was taken from a drawer inside a barn on Union Street during the day Wednesday, police said. Also reported to police: n An indash MP3 player was taken from a car on Myers Street overnight Tuesday. n Jewelry, including belly button and tongue rings, was taken from a Fairground Heights home between last Thursday and Monday, police said...

Ground searches are over but sheriff's investigators are checking phone records in hopes of finding clues to the whereabouts of missing teacher Shelley Jones Mook, Sheriff Randall Boyce said Wednesday. Meanwhile, the family of Bobby Smelcer, who hasn't been seen since late November 2010, is continuing to organize ground and water searches across Bedford County...

Bedford County Board of Education Chairman Barry Cooper said Monday that, as of April 1, the Tennessee School Boards Association had received only three applications for the position of school superintendent. Cooper said TSBA called him last Friday with an update on the number of applicants but that he told them he did not want to know their identities...

Ronnie Riley's request for rezoning his property to allow for a deer processing plant is going on to the county commission -- with a negative recommendation from the Bedford County Planning Commission. The decision was made at the Tuesday night meeting of planning commission with a gallery full of those both in favor and opposed to the proposed plant...

Harris Middle claimed a 4-0 shutout over host White County in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Thursday. Ebe Basillo and Juan Thomas each scored a pair of goals for the Eagles. Chase Smith was in goal for Harris. The Eagles host Franklin County North on Monday at 5...

It was a valiant effort by the Community Middle Vikings but in the long run they were outscored 12-7 by Forrest Middle in a Mid-South Conference contest Thursday evening. Tyler Broiles was outstanding at the dish for the Vikings, registering four hits in as many trips with two doubles and three runs scored to lead a 13-hit attack...

Baylee Cook's base hit to bring Kaylea Smith home perhaps didn't echo in the minds of the Liberty Lady Patriots at the moment, but it proved to be a history-making knock as it provided the last run necessary to give the girls a 7-6 victory over Forrest Middle for the first win in the Liberty program's history...

A lackluster start proved to be too much for Liberty's baseball team to overcome as the Patriots were defeated 5-3 by Mid-South Conference visitor Huntland Middle on Thursday. The Hornets jumped out to a 4-0 lead before the hosts answered with two runs in the fourth inning. The advantage grew to 5-2 in the sixth...

Harris Middle's Golden Eaglettes scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to upset visiting Coffee County 7-6 in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Thursday. Bailey Deason led off the bottom of the fifth and reached base on an error, Allie Odeneal followed with with a double to score Deason, then sixth grader Kimberly Merlo came up with a game-winning double to score Odeneal...

It's a rare weekend in the ring and summer when there aren't horses at the Calsonic Arena, and this weekend, it's rare horses. The 3rd Annual Feathered Horse Spring Classic begins Saturday and ends Sunday afternoon with the popular costume contest. "You have to see the costume contest," said Joanna Griffin, who owns Emerald Winds Farm in Connecticut with her husband, Stephen. "The costumes are going to be something else this year."...

The second annual Chamber of Commerce Business Expo filled the concourse of Calsonic Arena with booths, businesses and visitors all day Thursday. From nonprofits, such as the Middle Tennessee Spay and Neuter Clinic, to big business, such as the Wal-Mart Distribution Center and Big G Express, and everything in between, the venue offered them all chances to meet and greet the public, recruit employees, and network with each other...

Cascade softball claimed its fourth straight victory by downing host Huntland 9-0 on Thursday. "We're getting the hits and scoring some runs," Cascade coach Ralph Edwards said. "We had some of that killer instinct tonight where we put them away." The Lady Champions (8-1, 6-1 District 9-A) put three runs on the board in each of the first two innings before the Lady Hornets knew what hit them. They added a single score in the fifth and two more in the sixth...

With the District 9-A lead on the line, Cascade wasted no time jumping on top of host Eagleville with six early runs and the Champions cruised from there to a 7-2 victory on Thursday. Cascade (10-1, 5-1 9-A) put up three runs in each of the first two innings before adding a single run in the fourth...

Zeke Grissom had two hits in two trips as the Community Vikings matched DeKalb County offensively with seven hits but it was the Tigers that had the more timely hits to win 7-2 on Thursday afternoon in Smithville. Freshman right-hander Quinn Frost took the ball for the Vikings (4-5) and threw four innings of four-hit ball. DeKalb County made the most of the hits though as three went for extra bases to plate five earned runs to grab an early lead...

Marshall County flexed its muscles in a District 11-A/AA soccer match against Cascade on Thursday, coming out on top of the host Champions 9-0 to remain undefeated. The Tigers (5-0-1, 3-0 11-A/AA) led 6-0 at the midway point and rarely had their goal threatened...

With the game tied at 5-all, Shelbyville Central rallied for 10 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to claim a 15-5 victory in six innings over visiting Columbia in a District 8-AAA matchup on Thursday night. The Eaglettes (4-6, 1-2 8-AAA) banged out eight hits in the sixth frame, including six in a row, highlighted by triples off the bats of Lauren Warren and Addison Galbreth...