Stories from Friday, September 28, 2012

A Middle Tennessee Amber Alert was issued Friday night for Chloie Leverette and Gage Daniel, whose bodies have not been recovered from a house fire on Kingdom Road near Rover late Sunday night. "After an extensive five-day search, multiple fire experts have processed the scene and are unable to locate evidence that Chloie and Gage were victims of the fire," the text of the Amber Alert issued by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says. ...

Gladys Arlene Lee, 76, of Shelbyville died Friday, Sept. 28. 2012 at her home after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Lindsey Wade officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon.

Evelyn Massey Polly Faulkner, 90, of Petersburg died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 at Lincoln Medical Center in Fayetteville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville with the Rev. Ron Arrick officiating. Burial will follow at Old Orchard Cemetery in Petersburg. Visitation will begin at noon.

Have a cute, pretty or handsome dog? Does your dog do tricks, resembles yourself, has a disability or was a rescue? Then he or she can have a roaring good time at the upcoming pet show to be held in conjunction with the 8th Annual Pet Day, which will be held Saturday...

North Fork Baptist Church on Unionville-Deason Road will celebrate homecoming on Sunday, Oct. 7. The church was built in 1828, making it one of the oldest in the area. It first began meeting in the old Mount Pisgah meeting house, just down the road from the current location, on land donated by George Sanders in March 1827. ...

As many as 50 representatives of various law enforcement and rescue agencies spent Thursday doing yet another search of the rubble from a burned Kingdom Road home. Their painstaking hand-sifting of ashes and debris for any remnants of the bodies of Chloie Leverette, 9, and Gage Daniel, 7, was to no avail, authorities said...

It'd be a bit of an understatement to say that coach Rick Insell knows success and how to go about reaching it. He may well be the epitome. It should be no surprise, then, that a local network of professionals would ask Insell to impart some of his knowledge and the lessons he's learned in a motivational speech that addressed topics such as vision, goals, attitude and communication...

A trail of glass follows the path from which Jason Faulk, 37, of Clyde Gleaves Road was thrown from his vehicle into a fence late Thursday afternoon on Fairfield Pike just west of Fairfield. Faulk was airlifted from the Cascade High School football field to Vanderbilt Medical Center. According to State Trooper Barry Qualls, Faulk attempted to pass a vehicle, encountered another oncoming vehicle, swerved to miss it and lost control of his Nissan Sentra. (T-G photo by David Melson)

A federal lawsuit against the county and its trustee by a former county employee has been dismissed with prejudice. Cynthia L. Ray had filed a suit against the county and trustee Tonya Davis in late 2010, claiming she had been fired for openly supporting Davis' opponent during that year's election...

HENRY HORTON STATE PARK -- Former State Senator Rosalind Kurita, now a health policy advisor to Gov. Bill Haslam, told county commissioners from southern Middle Tennessee Thursday night that county government has a role to play in addressing the serious problem of childhood obesity...

Jewelry, old collectible silver coins and two revolvers were stolen from a Fairfield Pike home Monday, police said. The owner told police the home had been locked. No signs of forced entry were found, the report said....

It's plain and simple. Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles are just looking for a win. Anyway, anyhow and anybody. After starting the season with a pair of blowout victories, the Eagles (2-4, 0-2 8-AAA) have dropped four straight games and they're becoming desperate when it comes to playoff talk...

WARTRACE -- Thursday night's rivalry showdown between Cascade and Community is about what one would expect from two top-notch soccer squads. Solid defense, strong drives, and big plays in goal were made for the full 80 minutes by both squads. In the end, Kali Sitz lifted the Viqueens to a 1-0 victory with an early second-half goal...

UNIONVILLE -- All season, the Cascade Middle Champions have been racking up points and creating a huge name for themselves. On Thursday night, the Community Middle Vikings got a taste of just how big of a name the Champs have made. Cascade piled up and impressive 40 first-half points and coasted off the momentum to a 46-0 win...

Harris Middle School's bid for the Central Tennessee Conference girls soccer championship is one step closer after the Golden Eaglettes rolled to a 3-0 shutout over Franklin County South in the opening round of the tournament on Thursday night at the SCHS soccer field...

EAGLEVILLE -- After winning three consecutive regular season matches in three-set sweeps, the Viqueens were dealt a tough loss on the road at Eagleville on Thursday night. Community struggled to establish offensive momentum as the Viqueens dropped the first set 12-25. That struggle continued as they fell in set two, 13-25...

Shelbyville Central remained undefeated in District 8-AAA play after playing host Franklin County to a 0-0 tie on Thursday night. It's the third tie against a district opponent this season for the Eaglettes, who also played even with Tullahoma and Columbia...

It was a back and forth affair between the Westwood Rockets and the Liberty Patriots on Thursday night. Eventually, the Patriots were able to string together enough scores to book the 38-22 victory. Luke Davidson put the Patriots on the board with the first touchdown to end the first quarter. David Trisdale set up the next Patriot score following a big run deep into Westwood territory...

Kaylie Bean was named the 2012 Liberty Homecoming Queen before Thursday night's football game against the Westwood Rockets. (Photo by Sara Davis)

BELL BUCKLE ­-- Webb's Jessica York posted the fastest time in the girls' running of the John Freeman Invitational meet on Tuesday afternoon at The Webb School. Hayden Cliche paced the Feet in the boys' race, claiming fourth overall with an 18:37. Angel Carillo, of Shelbyville Central took third in the girls race, with teammate Aster Wosena taking fourth...