Stories from Wednesday, February 8, 2012

I use my smartphone, synched up to Google Calendar, to keep up with my appointments and meetings. But I'm just one person, living by myself. In today's world, families have additional challenges as they try to coordinate with each other's schedules...

Throughout high school, teachers get to know their students very well, but just how well do students know their teachers? At Community High School the answer will be revealed! Each day, students are given a random fact that they have to match to a certain faculty member. ...

Two incidents involving stolen property were reported Monday to Shelbyville police. A 55-inch television, DVD player, muzzleloader, camera and jewelry were taken from a Deery Street residence, police were told Tuesday. Several parts of a central air unit were cut off at a building on South Cannon Boulevard, Shelbyville police were told...

The Webb Middle school girls took advantage of two scoreless quarters by F.H. Jenkins on Tuesday night to cruise to the 35-17 win. Webb outscored the home team 11-0 in the first quarter and again in the third quarter to keep the home team at bay. "We were able to get back in the flow of pressing and running the floor. We missed about six easy lay ups however in the first quarter. After that we settled down and played fairly well," said Webb coach Kenneth Parker...

It's been a prosperous season for the Webb Middle school boys, who concluded their regular season on Tuesday night with a 29-13 road win over F.H. Jenkins. The Feet jumped on the home team early, and outscored F..H. Jenkins 9-2 for early command of the scoreboard...

Shelbyville Central led at the end of the first quarter, but that lead was short lived as the Eaglettes fell 58-36 to Lawrence County in a District 8AAA matchup on Tuesday night. The Eaglettes (14-13, 5-4 8AAA) posted a 10-8 advantage at the end of the opening frame but the Lady Wildcats (21-6, 10-0 8AAA) showed why they're the top team in the district by outscoring Shelbyville 18-2 to take a 26-12 lead by halftime...

It was a joyous locker room after the game. Over the years Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles have been atop the District 8AAA standings, but this year has been a little different. With just two regular season district games remaining on the schedule, the Eagles won their first 8AAA game of the season after claiming a 51-39 victory over visiting Lawrence County on Tuesday night...

It's not clear when a Moore County commissioner accused of selling drugs near a Bedford County school will have his case heard. William Karl Pyrdom Sr., 44, had been scheduled to make a fifth appearance in General Sessions Court on Jan. 31 for charges of sale of a schedule II drug...

It appears that the city and county will be hanging on to a piece of property on North Main Street a little while longer. For nearly four years, both governments have sought a buyer for a lot and home at 732 N. Main St., which once served as the Child Development Center and that is jointly owned by the two entities, but neither have had any results...

There was a plot, sort of. But, for teens rehearsing William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," real life intermingled with the classic play -- and one actor was arrested. A deed of dreadful note. -- Shakespeare, from "Macbeth" The thespians descended on H.V. Griffin Park Monday, armed with memorized lines and a stage prop -- a BB gun...

Billy Hix of Shelbyville, a professor at Motlow State Community College who was honored in November as the state's college science teacher of the year, has been selected as one of three teacher liaisons across the United States by the Space Foundation...

James Guffey, 62, of Bell Buckle died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Dan Hagger officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will follow at Foxhall Cemetery in Rutherford County. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

Michael "Jake" Jacobs, 60, of Unionville died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 in Nashville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church in Spring Hill with the Rev. Chuck Westra officiating. Private burial services will be held later at Zion's Hill Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill and 10 a.m.-noon Friday at the church.

James Lyndell "Lynn" Robertson, 76, of Shelbyville, formerly of Murfreesboro, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will immediately precede the service. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.