Stories from Friday, March 22, 2013

Mary Elizabeth DeFoe, 63, of Lewisburg, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013 in Columbia. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at London Funeral Home in Lewisburg. Burial will follow at Wheel Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Two Shelbyville firms have been nominated for an award recognizing their support for employees serving in the National Guard and Reserve. Bemis Performance Packaging and Tyson Foods were two of 44 employers in Tennessee nominated for the 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award...

A 2009 federal lawsuit against the sheriff and jailers over an alleged beating which was thrown out once has been dismissed again, and cannot be brought back. This week, U.S. District Judge Harry S. Mattice "dismissed with prejudice" a suit brought by Christopher L. Richardson, for failure to prosecute...

Shelbyville's downtown task force is moving forward with defining its goals and setting target dates to implement ideas. The group is continuing the process that started in January of working together to bring more customers to downtown businesses. Mike Tallent, a facilitator from the University of Tennessee, returned with the ideas submitted in prior months -- focusing on two of the four categories of goals, physical environment and the content of downtown...

When it came to the Lady Patriots' road game at Fayetteville on Thursday, Liberty was simply better in every facet of the game. The Lady Pats routed the Lady Tigers 16-0, notching their second win this week. Liberty drove in three runs in the top of the first, four in the second, and a back-breaking nine runs to reach the 15-run mercy rule by the end of the third inning...

What started as a defensive stalemate in Thursday's showdown between the Community Middle Viqueens and the Cascade Lady Champions ended with a handful of timely hits where the Viqueens notched a 5-4 win over their arch-rivals. While both teams picked up a handful of hits in the first three innings, neither squad was able to score a run in any of the first three innings...

Following a tough loss to Eagleville on Tuesday night, the Community Viqueens rallied for a pair of wins in a doubleheader on Thursday evening against Culleoka. In game one, the Viqueens rallied behind starting pitcher Nikki Davis' one-hitter and picked up the 3-0 shutout victory...

LAWRENCEBURG -- After a huge District 8-AAA run-rule victory over Lincoln County on Tuesday night, Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes dropped a 4-1 decision on Thursday afternoon to Lawrence County. The bats struggled as well as the defense which help contribute to the loss...

The Cascade Champions poured on the offense against backyard rival Webb during Thursday afternoon's 12-4 victory over the Feet. The Champs got solid starting pitching from Chandler Monajjem, who earned the win against the Feet. He went four innings of 2-hit baseball, fanning five batters in the process. He also gave up just a pair of hits and one earned run before turning the hill over to middle reliever Dylan Marlin...

Having plowed through the early portion of the 2013 schedule, the Shelbyville Golden' Eagle tennis team suffered its first defeat of the young season on Thursday afternoon, while a reversal of fortune saw the Eaglette team notch its first win. Shelbyville started off with by splitting doubles matches with St. Andrews before winning the first four singles contests of the afternoon...

It wasn't the final score coach Neal Gordon wanted to see, but there were still plenty of positives to take away from the 4-0 loss to Brentwood on Thursday night. "We feel like we did some things really well in that first half. We made some mistakes in the first half, but overall we feel like we did pretty well at keeping the game close," said Shelbyville coach Neal Gordon...

Members and guests of the Volunteer Garden Club were captivated by Lynne Tolley, owner of Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House from Lynchburg, during their annual brunch. Stories about guests, recipes and "Jack Daniel" himself kept the group spellbound. Program Chairwoman Suzanne "Susan" Bobo and Judy Pierce planned the event. Pat Hastings gave the devotional...

Shelbyville's new planning and community development director says she's going to make sure that everyone who passes through her doors will be treated fairly. Amanda Rhinehart has officially been on the job for the last four weeks, but she already had eight months of experience dealing with the city's issues when she was contracted through the South Central Tennessee Development District, advising former planning director Ed Dodson...

With an increasing emphasis on school security in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, some are questioning whether it's a good idea to have a polling place at a school on a day when school is in session. Commissioner Linda Yockey raised the issue Tuesday night during the meeting of Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and property committee...

An Ohio man has been charged with making a bomb threat to the Bedford County courthouse, as well as 29 others across Tennessee and many more in several other states, last year. Lonny Lee Bristow was arrested Wednesday in Mansfield, Ohio, according to an FBI press release issued Thursday...

Frank Philpott full of joy when he found out he was going to get to go Mama & Papa Philpott's House!!!!