Stories from Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Lola Dean Johnson, 52, of Wartrace died Tuesday at her home after an extended illness. Graveside services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Friday at Horse Mountain Cemetery with Emmett Arnold officiating. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m.-noon Friday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Myrtle Ruth Rigney Taylor, 91, of Deason died Tuesday after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Jimmy Gray and Tommy Dye officiating. Burial will follow at Fosterville Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

Shelbyville Central gave up a pair of goals early on the way to a 5-0 loss to visiting Columbia in a District 8-AAA soccer match Tuesday night. The district-leading Lions scored twice in the first five minutes and cruised to the victory from that point...

Now that the trees are blooming and making all our cars a greenish yellow, these little fellows are getting braver and setting down close enough for someone to get a good picture. (T-G Photo by Brian Mosely)

Ricky McConnell was promoted to chief of the Shelbyville Fire Department on Tuesday. The former Deputy Chief was informed of the promotion by city manager Michael Dill, who said McConnell had "proven yourself with your hard work and dedication to the fire department and the citizens of Shelbyville over the past years."...

With the frigid weather mostly behind us, it's time to get rid of all the junk that has been piling up over the last few months. Shelbyville's public works department is getting ready to help you in that regard with its Spring Clean-up, set for next week, April 18 - 21...

Shelbyville's treasurer is starting to examine the numbers for the city's next budget -- saying that gas prices will be the one figure he will be paying the most attention to. Since last week, treasurer Gary Cantrell has been sitting down with department heads about the upcoming process, already meeting with the fire department, animal control and public works...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday night urging several offices which are not under the county's direct control to reduce their spending. The county can directly control the spending of county departments like the sheriff's department, the fire department, the ambulance service and so on. ...

Dog owners may find it a bit easier to keep their animals off the streets in Bell Buckle in the near future. The board of mayor and aldermen passed a new fence ordinance on its first reading Tuesday night, although it still faces a public hearing and the second reading before final approval...

A Circuit Court judge has set a disposition date for a man charged with vehicular homicide in the death of his wife last year. Judge Lee Russell set May 5 as the day when John Davis Haynes, 51, of Murfreesboro, will decide if he wants to make a plea in the case or have it set for trial...

A red emergency vehicle light and bag of emergency medical supplies was stolen from a Barksdale Lane residence Sunday or Monday, Shelbyville police said. The victim, a member of Bedford County Rescue Unit, returned to his home Monday night to find the front door open and bag missing...

It may be a new sport for the Community Vikings, but they faced an old foe -- longtime nemesis Cascade -- on a crisp Tuesday afternoon ideal for soccer with a nice crowd on hand in Unionville. Cascade entered with the experience but the Vikings played the more physical game to record a 4-1 win, the program's first-ever victory...

MURFREESBORO -- A three-hit performance at the plate and plethora of punchouts on the pitcher's mound by Jared Carkuff put Cascade in position to scoot past Middle Tennessee Christian 4-1 on Tuesday at Joe Baron Field. Carkuff (3-1) tossed all seven innings, allowing just four hits and two walks. The junior right-hander struck out every batter in the MTC lineup at least once and piled up 13 Ks...

After rainfall postponed play early in the week, Shelbyville Central and Warren County were able to get in their tennis match at H.V. Griffin Park on Tuesday. The Central girls edged their visitors 4-3, while the boys team fell 7-0 to the Pioneers. Kasondra Johnson and Victoria Dugan gave the Eaglettes (2-4-1) victories in the top two seeds. Christie Tran was also victorious in singles action...

Shelbyville Central's Tiana Sanders had a game Tuesday night that hitters at any level dream about. The talented freshman slugger blasted a grand slam, a three-run homer and added an RBI single for a total of eight RBIs in the Golden Eaglettes' 12-2 win over visiting Tullahoma in a District 8-AAA matchup...

Shelbyville Central hit the road for a District 8-AAA matchup at Franklin County and returned home with a 9-1 loss on Tuesday. John Tiedeman kept the Eagle hitters back for six innings, fanning 10 batters while scattering five hits. Park Gunn's double and single led Shelbyville at the plate...

Okay, here I am at home, instead of at work. Why? The car battery has died, and since I spent our emergency funds on a new tire the day before, I am up the proverbial creek without the proverbial paddle. The internet keeps cutting out, we're woefully shorthanded at work, one reader is criticizing me because I wrote an article promoting a play (Which is, umm, kind of what I specialize in, other than horses) I have a migraine working up because I had the completely normal and sane reaction to all of the aforementioned issues (squalled like a baby) and now I'm supposed to write something vaguely humorous or touching for my columns.. ...

It's conventional wisdom now that social networking tools like Facebook and Twitter are an important part of the marketing mix for almost any company, non-profit agency or other large organization. And for some organizations, that can be a problem. A foreign missions group which I serve as a board member wants to become more aggressive in reaching college students as potential volunteers. ...