Stories from Thursday, March 15, 2012

Laura Robertson, 84, of Shelbyville died Thursday, March 15, 2012 at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral servicves will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Bill Doak officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

Virgil Lee Casteel, 79, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

Kevin Andrew Hasty, 18, of Shelbyville, was killed Wednesday, March 14, 2012, in a motor vehicle accident. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Shelbyville Mills Baptist Church with Jonathan Sims officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at noon.

A Cascade High School senior died and another was critically injured in a single-car crash late Wednesday night on Benford Road, north of Shelbyville. Kevin Andrew Hasty, 18, of Scott Lane, the driver, was dead at the scene of the crash, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Michael H. Marcoulier, 18, of Minkslide Road, was taken to nearby Heritage Medical Center and flown to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville...

For most amateur athletes, finding a niche within a sport comes in their first year in high school. But Eagleville pitcher Bryan Smith began when he was just 4 years old. Smith recently signed his letter of intent to attend and pitch for Trevecca Nazarene University, in Nashville, beginning next season...

The city council got good news from the annual audit Tuesday. Patrick Lile of Winnett Associates briefed the council on the nearly 80-page document, which stated that Shelbyville's net assets increased from the prior year, "which proves the stability of the city is increasing."...

The Cascade Middle Lady Champions jumped on visiting Cannon County early and emerged with a 4-1 victory on Wednesday afternoon. Cascade picked up a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning when Katelyn Jarrell smacked a 2 RBI single to right field to put Cascade on the board...

Harris Middle banged out 20 hits and had outstanding pitching in a 13-2 win over host Franklin County North on Tuesday evening. Keyshawn Morton ripped two double and a pair of singles with 4 RBI, Trevor Sanders and Mason Cunningham each had a double and two singles, Wesley Griggs and Tre Kelso connected on three singles apiece while Winston Caine added a pair of singles...

A "person of interest" has been identified in the murder of a Shelbyville woman in west Tennessee. A news release from the Madison County Sheriff's Office stated that an unnamed person has been identified through DNA analysis to be connected with the killing of Nora Ann Crawley, 39, of Shelbyville, according to the Jackson Sun newspaper...

A Bedford County man sent away for 11 years on a probation violation has lost his appeal. In 2005, Alex C. Nolan was found guilty of possession of cocaine with the intent to sell when he received the prison term, but was allowed by the Department of Correction to participate in the state's boot camp program...

The public is being asked to help identify two women accused of using a stolen credit card at three Shelbyville businesses Sunday. "The victim left the card in a tube at Walgreens," Detective Sgt. Brian Crews of the Shelbyville Police Department said. "Then she got information the card was being used."...