Stories from Friday, November 4, 2011

Franklin Jesse Henderson, 77, of Wartrace died Tuesday at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Highland Baptist Church in Tullahoma with the Rev. Wayne Wester and the Rev. Don Dixon officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 3-9 p.m. Saturday at Kilgore Funeral Home in Tullahoma.

It's the start of a new season when Shelbyville Central travels to Ooltewah in the opening round of the TSSAA State Playoffs this evening. The Golden Eagles (7-3) just completed their most successful season under Jason Hardy, who has guided Central to the playoffs four of the six years he's been the head coach including the past three years...

The Moore County boys took everything the Liberty Patriots had, and still held on for the narrow win on Thursday night. Facing a 20-7 deficit heading into the fourth quarter, the Patriot offense kicked into overdrive, and mounted a 17-point comeback in the fourth quarter alone...

A Bedford County attorney has received a public censure from the Tennessee Supreme Court's Board of Professional Responsibility. According to a press release from the board, Robert Lee Marlow of Shelbyville received the censure on Wednesday. A public censure is a rebuke and warning to the attorney, but it does not affect his ability to practice law...

Shelbyville's airport could be seeing a number of state transportation projects in the future to help maintain the busy facility. Two years ago, the city received notice from the state there was enough funding to resurface the taxiway at Shelbyville Municipal Airport...

Wartrace will be having a "Night at the Museum" soon, but it's not the kind seen in the movies where exhibits come to life. Instead, the new home of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum is asking for the public's input as to how to tell their story...

Eagle Power transformed into the Power of Pink last week at Harris Middle School. The Harris Middle School Art Club sold buttons to raise awareness for breast cancer issues during lunch period and raised more than $500. Some of the buttons carried student designs, while others were designed by art teacher Rebecca Soper...

Brighly colored stakes in the ground along the east side of North Main Street show where the right-of-way is to be for widening anticipated to begin sometime during fiscal year 2013-2014. The right-of-way consists of 8 to 10 feet of property and impacts 48 tracts. A center turn lane will be added from Madison Street to north of Rolling Road at Lowe's, where an existing turn lane begins. (T-G Photo by Brian Mosely)

George Thomison, 82, died Tuesday, Nov. 1. Funeral services will be held at noon Tuesday, Nov. 8 at Bird Street Church of Christ. Burial will follow at Thompson Grove Cemetery. He will lie-in-state from 4-6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7 at Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m.-noon Tuesday, Nov. 8 at the church.

I live in town and I went outside to get the mail and there was a deer in my yard. It stayed around my house all afternoon and seemed content just to nibble and walk around. It walked up to me until it was about 10 feet away.

George William Stovall, 62, of Fayetteville died Friday at Lynchburg Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Jennings Moore-Cortner Chapel in Lynchburg with the Rev. Jim Gray officiating. Burial will follow at Booneville Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1-3 p.m. Saturday.

Ooltewah handed visiting Shelbyville Central a 42-20 loss in the first round of the state playoffs Friday night. The Eagles finish the season with a 7-4 record. See more details in Sunday's Times-Gazette.

Cascade picked up the 28-27 first-round win over visiting Loretto to advance to the second round. Read more about Cascade's win in Sunday's edition.