Stories from Thursday, April 18, 2013

Mai Allison, 86, of Lexington, Ky., formerly of Shelbyville, died Monday, April 15, 2013. Funeral services will be held at noon Monday, April 22 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Lexington. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Fender Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements.

Larry Orville Brown, 71, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, April 16, 2013. A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 4 at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church.

James Robert "Jim Bob" Smith, 84, of Raus died Thursday, April 18, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 2 p,m. Monday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Jeff Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Clark Cemetery in Longview. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Sunday.

Students from Middle Tennessee Education Center visited the grounds of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration Wednesday and had a chance to meet Shelbyville's signature horse up close and personal. The trip was part of Dr. Warren Gill's "Agriculture in Our Lives" annual curriculum. The class is now offered at MTEC in Shelbyville, a satellite campus of Middle Tennessee State University...

COLUMBIA -- It was a long, hard-fought battle that lasted 10 innings, but in the end Shelbyville Central claimed a 9-6 win over Columbia in a District 8-AAA matchup on Wednesday night. Shelbyville (15-7, 5-3 8-AAA) led 5-3 going into the bottom of the sixth inning when Columbia scored a pair of runs on an infield error to even the score at 5-5...

A Tullahoma man now faces two counts of terrorism in connection with alleged threats made at a Bedford County school late last year. Tyrone L. Watts, 43, was indicted on a direct presentment to the county grand jury Monday. He was taken into custody Tuesday, then released from the county jail on $50,000 bond...

WINCHESTER -- Following a string of tough losses, the Shelbyville Central Eaglette tennis team came through with a 6-1 blowout win over Franklin County on Wednesday afternoon. Making it an even better afternoon, the Eagles added another shutout victory to their 2013 resume, completing the team sweep...

Paul McCartney ... Mumford & Sons ... Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ... R. Kelly ... Wu-Tang Clan ... The Lumineers ... ZZ Top ... David Byrne ... Dwight Yoakam ... "Weird Al" Yankovic ... Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes ... and dozens more. What musician worth his salt wouldn't want to play the same venue as a lineup like that?...

Warren County was able to capitalize on a big third inning to race past the Harris Middle Eaglettes on Wednesday afternoon. While the Eaglette offense struggled to put the ball in play, Warren County drove in five runs in the top of the third and coasted off the momentum to claim the 6-1 victory...

Environmental fines totalling $3,000 have been levied against a local firm following two spills earlier this year. Gold River Feed was served with two citations Monday for spills of molasses in both February and March at the plant on Stanley Boulevard...

It was a tough night at the plate as Shelbyville Central fell 3-1 in a close District 8-AAA battle at Lincoln County on Wednesday. The Eagles (7-15, 1-7 8-AAA) only managed one hit at the plate. Kyler Reynolds did a good job on the mound for Shelbyville, going 5 2/3 innings with five strikeouts, two walks and one hit batter while allowing six hits...

Bedford County Planning and Zoning Director Chris White, charged with identifying possible sites for a jail, reported to Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and property committee on Tuesday night that he's still studying. White said a number of property owners and real estate agents have approached him since reports that the county will probably need to build a new jail due to overcrowding. He's looking at 15 different properties...

Two Apple MacBook Air laptop computers are missing from Deery Eakin Elementary School, Shelbyville police were told Monday. The laptops were among many kept on a computer cart for which teachers are required to sign in. The cart was last signed in and locked and in March 21 with all computers intact, police said. The computers were missing and cart unlocked Friday,...

Community Middle School will present the play "Dorothy Meets Alice or The Wizard of Wonderland" on Friday and Saturday. Show time is 7 p.m. both days and admission is $2, said Jasen Richardson, eigth grade language arts teacher and drama director. The play is a mix of the stories "The Wizard of Oz" and "Alice in Wonderland." The main character has to write a book report on the stories but procrastinates till the last minute and falls asleep, Richardson said. ...

Cascade High School student Jacob Smith recently competed in the Middle Tennessee Science and Engineering Fair at Austin Peay University. He received the Harold Buckspan Medicine Award, second place in medicine and health, and second place in biological sciences from the Tennessee Academy of Sciences...

The following Cascade Middle School students competed in the Middle Tennessee Science & Engineering Fair at Austin Peay University: Noah Smith, Carley Lambertson, Zach Schudar and Riley Parker. Parker was awarded second place in the eighth grade. Cascade eighth grade students participated in a research project fair. ...