Stories from Tuesday, June 26, 2012

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A Chapel Hill man will spend the next 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual offenses involving a 4-year-old girl. Santiago Estrada Vazquez, 23, made the plea Monday before Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler to the amended charge of aggravated sexual battery. He had originally been charged with two counts of rape of a child...

Economy Pen and Pencil Co./Jo-Bee, a family-owned business for more than 65 years in Shelbyville, will be closing its doors within the next 60 days, according to co-owner Allen Pitner. About 30 jobs will be leaving Shelbyville as a result. Supplier firm Evans Manufacturing of Garden Grove, Calif., recently announced the purchase of the firm, a collection of Jo-Bee products and machinery...

The Shelbyville-based SHOW Horse Industry Organization claims the U.S. Department of Agriculture's rule change placing the walking horse industry in charge of enforcing anti-abuse penalties is unconstitutional, according to a federal lawsuit filed Monday...

Food processor Tyson Foods Inc. is working with the Middle Tennessee Education Center in Shelbyville to host a job fair this week in the hopes of attracting more job candidates with higher levels of education. The job fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the Education Center, located at 200 Dover St., Suite J, inside the Medical Arts Building in Shelbyville...

Parents of a missing 13-year-old girl are pleading for the public's help in finding their daughter. Cheyanne Belcher was last seen Thursday, according to Shelbyville police. Her parents believe she may be with a 19-year-old man and could be in the Murfreesboro area...

A Shelbyville firefighter sprays water from above at a storage unit on Elizabeth Street early Sunday afternoon. Three units of a nine-unit storage building, occupied by a construction contractor were damaged, Assistant Fire Chief Brian Nicholson said. The fire's origin appeared to be electrical, according to Nicholson. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

A man accused of leaving the scene of an accident Saturday night was illegally carrying a gun after being convicted of a felony, Shelbyville police said. Sean Pierre Williams, 41, of Murfreesboro allegedly fled after losing control of his vehicle, which overturned in the front yard of a home on Horse Mountain Road near the east entrance of Griffin Park...

It takes a special occasion to bring together players spanning several eras of legion baseball. Post 23 had such an occasion on Sunday afternoon during the "24 Day," which was set aside to honor Post 23 legend Jerry Naron. Prior to Shelbyville's doubleheader against Gallatin, an array of Post 23 alumni gathered for a friendly pick up game against one another...

The Hoodlum Alley Claybusters proved they can do more than just shoot and win in trap. In the Scholastic Clay Target Program Regional Championships, held in Nashville on May 31 through June 1, Hoodlum Alley com During his playing days, Naron wore the No. ...

Senior Legion Post 23 traveled to Union City to wage battle in the Diamond War over the weekend. After the dust had settled, Post 23 emerged victorious in the struggle, having won four-straight games. Chris Kleeman gave Post 23 the start needed to outlast Dunkin County. Kleeman went three innings on the bump before turning the reins over to Collin Baldwin. Collectively, the pair struck out seven batters, while giving up nine hits and five runs...

A few years ago, head Cascade baseball coach Brandon Bassham got a call saying there was a player who was transferring to Cascade and he might be interested in seeing how well the kid could play. "I remember David Parker called me one day and said 'We've got a pitcher-first baseman-catcher coming over from Tullahoma Middle.' At the time, I really had no idea who he was. But he turned out to be a great find," Bassham said...