Stories from Friday, August 26, 2011

MURFREESBORO -- Cascade Middle's Champions suffered their first loss Thursday, falling 8-0 at Middle Tennessee Christian. Champions coach Brandon Bassham credited the Cougars' defense. "They (MTCS) did a good job of taking opportunities away from us tonight," said Bassham. "We just never could finish a series with a touchdown."...

Tennessee Highway Patrol, Shelbyville Police Department, and Celebration security officials have developed a new traffic control plan for the five nights of the Celebration with the highest attendance: tonight and Saturday, and Thursday through Saturday of next week...

Shelbyville Central finished third in a six-team match at Graymere Golf Course in Columbia. Hamilton County won the event with a 156. The Eagles claimed wins over district foes Columbia and Franklin County. Sophomore Sterling Smith paced Shelbyville with a 37...

Two items were stolen from East Depot Street homes Tuesday. A flat-bottom boat was taken from outside 1315 E. Depot during the day Tuesday and a red Murray mountain bike with flashing lights was stolent 701 E. Depot Tuesday night, Shelbyville police said...

The Community Viqueens soccer team shut out Zion Christian 11-0 on Tuesday night and beat Davidson Academy 10-2 on Thursday night in two road games. Sisters Allyse and Ashley Reese each had a hat trick for six of the goals at Zion with additional individual goals from Courtney Williams, Kali Sitz, Kristen Brothers, Jamie Freeman, and Katie Bush. Goalie Megan Sager had eight saves...

The Bedford County man who kept five monkeys at his home is now facing multiple animal cruelty charges. Ricky Smith of Frank Martin Road has been charged with five counts of aggravated animal cruelty following an incident earlier this month when a Japanese macaque named "Yoshi," was shot and killed after it escaped and attacked two people...

Shelbyville Central shut out visiting Webb School 3-0 in its opening game of the season. All the scoring was done in the first half, with senior Lauren Warren scoring a pair of goals with freshman Hayley Puckett adding the other. "Overall I thought our girls played with a lot of confidence. ...

Bedford County's jobless rate dropped almost one percent in the month of July to 11.1 percent, according to preliminary numbers released by Tennessee's Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The rate fell last month by 0.8 percentage points, with a preliminary estimate of 23,360 in the county's labor force, 20,770 employed and 2,590 without a job...

Shelbyville's planning commission amended the city's land use plan to rezone an area off Madison Street to reflect its actual current use. The commission had a single action item Thursday -- a rezoning request made by David Orr for two lots located at 604 and 608 Deery St., making about 1.3 acres. Orr wanted to change the zoning from R-3 (medium density residential) to C-2 (commercial)...

The Community Vikings look to make it two in a row tonight for the first time in school history when they welcome Silverdale Baptist Academy tonight for their home opener. The Purple and Gold (1-0) are coming off a 34-7 road win over Mount Juliet Christian Academy behind the strength of Austin Lees' 195-yards rushing and the strong right arm of sophomore quarterback Quinn Frost, who completed nine passes on 14 attempts for 143 yards and two touchdowns against the Saints...

It's finally here! The time horse show fans wait for all year long. It's Celebration time in Tennessee. While the 73rd edition of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration has officially been underway since Wednesday morning, for many Celebration diehards the show really doesn't get started until it moves to the historic outdoor arena on Thursday evening...

After Shelbyville Central's 40-16 win over Coffee County in the opening game of the season last week, Golden Eagle coach Jason Hardy saw both positives and negatives about his team's play. The Blue and Gold will attempt to start the season off with back-to-back victories tonight at 7 in a non-district matchup at Warren County...

Manley Waterson, 94, of Beech Grove, father of Boyd M. Waterson of Shelbyville, died Wednesday at his farm in Beech Grove following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Manchester Funeral Home.

Alice Mae Cashion, 70, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Heritage Medical Center. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Daniel Brooks officiating. Visitation will begin at noon.

Janice Lee Anderson, 60, of Lewisburg, a well-known Tennessee walking horse breeder and exhibitor, died Monday at Vanderbilt Medical Center. No services are planned. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Silverdale Baptist Academy downed Community 35-0 Friday night in Unionville. The Vikings were unable to cope with the visitors' powerful running game. See more details in Sunday's Times-Gazette.

Jo Byrns handed Cascade a 35-27 loss Friday night in Cedar Hill. See Sunday's Times-Gazette for more details.

Shelbyville won 44-0 Friday night at Warren County as senior quarterback Luke Faulk threw three touchdown passes. Two of the passes were to senior wideout Qua Allen and the other to tight end Donta Scott. See more details in Sunday's Times-Gazette.