Stories from Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Blake Floyd of Cascade High School and Ling-ling Phongsa of Coffee County High School were sponsored by Shelbyville-based Duck River Electric Membership Corp. to attend the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association's 2013 Youth Leadership Summit March 25-27 in downtown Nashville. Phongsa and Floyd were among 46 high school juniors representing the state's 23 electric cooperatives who attended the annual event...

A Droid Razr cell phone was stolen Saturday from a restroom at La Hispana Restaurant, North Main Street, police said. The victim told police she had left the phone in the restroom for several minutes before returning. The following were arrested since Friday by the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Shelbyville Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force. They are only charged; guilt or innocence will be determined by the courts...

Don't believe it if a caller claims you've received $5,000 in government grant money for having good credit. A Shelbyville man lost $200 as a result, police say, in what is one of the more common scams reported nationwide. The victim said a woman claiming to be Nancy Cooper of the U.S. Treasury Department told him he'd receive the grant if he sent $200...

NASHVILLE -- State Sen. Jim Tracy has raised more than four times as much as the embattled congressional incumbent he is challenging in the Republican primary next year. According to campaign disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday, Tracy raised more than $436,485 in the first quarter, compared with U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais' net of $104,532...

Harris Middle School fell 5-4 to Tullahoma in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Monday. The winners scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the fifth inning. Trinity Whitaker doubled to lead Harris at the plate. The Eaglettes host Coffee County on Thursday at 5...

Harris Middle School's Golden Eagles cruised to a 4-0 shutout over Coffee County in a Central Tennessee Conference match up Monday. Garrett James played a header to the front of the goal and Cesar Lopez scored the first of his two goals. Brandon Smith and Josue Lozano both added a goal for the winners...

HUNTLAND -- It wasn't the prettiest of wins, but a win nonetheless. The Community Viqueens were able to overcome six errors and knock off Huntland in an 8-2 road victory on Monday night. Aliyah Segroves pitched a complete seven innings and struck out four batters while giving up just three hits to Huntland...

Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles remain undefeated in District 8-AAA play with a 8-0 win over Lawrence County on the road Monday. Chucky Hernandez had a hat trick with three goals, while Steven Quinonez, Octavio Ayala, Alex Warren, Juan Tomas, Adbel Grajales each found the back of the net...

Shelbyville Central banged out 14 hits in an impressive 9-2 victory over visiting Blackman on Saturday evening. Jackson McAnally ripped a triple, double and single, Tommy Canonico smacked a double and three singles while Tyler Bailey Thomas Sudberry had Josh Nave each added a pair of singles...

Come tournament time, teams can get hot and pick up key wins en route to a tournament championship. During the Big South Softball tournament over the weekend, that's exactly what the Cascade Middle Lady Champions did. The Lady Champs, who entered the tournament as the No. 3 seed, defeated county rivals Liberty and Community before facing the Lady Patriots in the conference tournament game on Saturday...

The Lady Champion offense is coming into full swing as the season begins to hit the home stretch. Cascade torched the visiting MTCS Lady Cougars in a 12-2 drubbing, connecting for 13 hits in the win. As part of her four-hit night, Heather Hart got the Lady Champs on the board with a two RBI double in the bottom of the first inning...

Shelbyville Central lost a pair of games to Tullahoma, one on Saturday and the other on Monday. The Eaglettes committed 11 errors between the two games. "Give Tullahoma a lot of credit, they came out a played well as a team while we struggled to say the least," Central coach Shawn DiGianfelice said. "We've hit a speed bump in the road and we've got to find a way to get back on track and play better as a team...

Having not played in a game since Wednesday, the Cascade Middle Champions were a little rusty in the early goings against the Forrest Rockets in the conference championship game on Monday night. But after the Champs got warmed up, there was no denying them the conference title...

It was a hard-fought, but well-deserved team win for the Shelbyville Central Eagle tennis team on Monday afternoon. The Eagles picked up key wins, including a doubles sweep, and slipped past the Lions by a score of 4-3. Shelbyville got off to a good start with key doubles wins, including a grueling back and forth match at the No. 1 flight...

UNIONVILLE -- Dylan West threw five strong innings allowing just two hits, and the Community Vikings offense exploded for 10 hits to defeated District 9-A opponent Huntland 11-1 on a beautiful Monday night for baseball. The Hornets got on the board first with a run in their first at-bat on their only two hits of the game, but the Vikings roared back to take a 5-1 lead in their half and never looked back as they notched their fifth consecutive win...

A week ago, Sam Gardner found himself being the tough-luck losing pitcher against Eagleville. Against Forrest on Monday night, Gardner tossed another gem, but this time claimed the win with a calm nerve and a solid night on the mound for the Champs in the 3-2 win...

Monday was Tax Day, and staff at the Shelbyville post office reported that taxpayers were coming "in spurts" throughout the day to meet the IRS' deadline. Jeanette Brown of Shelbyville said that she already had filed her taxes electronically and she owed the government. She lined up at the post office to mail her payment. Brown said she has had to pay additional taxes the last couple of years, but normally gets a refund...

These horses may be small, but they put on a big show. The Tennessee Miniature Horse Celebration 2013 ASPC, ASPR, AMHR & Open Hackney Horse Show was held Friday through Sunday at Calsonic Arena. Tennessee Miniature Horse Volunteers organized the show, which is accredited and conducted under the 2013 rules of the American Shetland Pony/American Miniature Horse Registry...

The county's grand jury returned indictments Monday charging four with first degree murder, and conspiracy to commit the crime. Sean Gearhardt, 20 and Jason Starrick, 25, both of Antioch, and Susan Walls, 54, and Dawn Walls, 27 -- the wife and daughter of murder victim Larry Walls Sr. -- were indicted on one count each of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first degree murder...

BOSTON -- The bombs that blew up seconds apart at the finish line of one of the world's most storied races left the streets spattered with blood and glass, three dead, including an 8-year-old boy, more than 140 wounded and gaping questions of who chose to attack at the Boston Marathon and why...

Arson is suspected in a blaze which destroyed the warehouse portion of an abandoned office complex off Horse Mountain Road early Sunday, officials say. "It's a suspicious fire. We believe it was set," Assistant Fire Chief Brian Nicholson said as firefighters wrapped up their efforts at mid-morning Sunday...

Sara Gammill Davis, 91, of Smyrna, formerly of Shelbyville, died Monday, April 15, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Mike Bayne officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday.