Stories from Thursday, April 21, 2011

Clara Beatrice Crowell, 93, of Shelbyville, died Saturday, April 16 at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 23 at Willow Mount Cemetery with the Rev. Fonda Blair officiating. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Floy Elizabeth "Beth" Scroggins, 46, of Shelbyville died Thursday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Memorial services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Eddie Reed officiating. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m.

Another motion has been filed by the city to dismiss a $10 million dollar federal lawsuit over a controversial proposed rock quarry. Meanwhile, it appears there will be no mediation in the case that began in 2005. Last October, Norma and Tommy Wright, Wright Paving Co. Inc., and Custom Stone LLC filed suit in federal court in Winchester against the city, the board of zoning appeals, the planning commission, and codes and planning director Ed Dodson "in his official capacity and individually."...

County commission member and sheriff's department captain Tony Barrett defended the expenditure of up to $4,000 in dental work on the county's drug dog, Sem, telling the commission's law enforcement committee on Tuesday that the work is paid for by seizures and fines...

A federal judge is being asked to compel a man suing the county for $6 million to produce documents and answer questions about the litigation. Attorney W. Carl Spining filed a motion to compel on Tuesday against John Darron Thomas, who is suing three deputies over a traffic stop in 2008...

Every school day, Bedford County school buses run their routes, collecting students before heading to Community Middle School and Elementary. Today, 10 buses lined up by twos in front of the school and held their charges inside until just after 7 a.m. when teachers and administrators were ready to let them go into the school. Within a few minutes, the last of the students were on their way to class and the buses lined up again to take the rest of their passengers to Community High School, almost like a carefully choreographed dance.

A slow evening offensively didn't allow Cascade softball to keep pace with hot-hitting visitor Fred J. Page as the Lady Champions fell 10-1 on Wednesday. Lady Patriot pitcher Reagan Elliott hung nine strikeouts on her non-district hosts over seven innings of work, allowing just three hits and three walks...

Trailing 4-1 going into the bottom of the fifth inning, Harris Middle rallied for two runs but came up a little short in a 4-3 loss to visiting White County in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Wednesday. The game was scheduled for Sparta but moved due to wet fields...

Harris Middle's Golden Eaglettes claimed a pair of victories over visiting White County in Central Tennessee Conference action on Wednesday. The games were scheduled to be played in Sparta but were moved to Shelbyville due to wet fields. Game 1 Harris 5, White Co. 4: Trinity Whitaker hit a two-run game winning double for the Eaglettes. Lexi Larion and Kimberly Merlo each went 2-for-2 for the winners...

Harris Middle's soccer team lost its first game of the season 3-2 to visiting Franklin County North on Wednesday afternoon in a Central Tennessee Conference battle. The Eagles (5-1, 5-1 CTC) fell behind 3-0 by halftime before controlling the game in the second half...

Cascade Middle dispatched Mid-South Conference visitor Huntland Middle 11-1 an inning early to assure all observers left the ballpark before the April showers arrived Wednesday. The Champions (13-6, 7-4 MSC) didn't get stuck in the mud offensively, banging out 13 hits with Austin Gentry, Chandler Sulcer and Chandler Monajjem each filling the scorebook with multiple hits...

Two washers and two dryers were stolen Tuesday from the parking lot of a business owned by James Farrar Jr. on Madison Street, according to a Shelbyville Police Department report. A witness told Farrar two men in a gray Chevrolet S10 truck took the items, police said...