Stories from Wednesday, January 8, 2014

The USN Tigers were just a hair faster and quicker than the Webb Feet on Tuesday night. USN used a strong percentage shooting from the floor to coast to a 57-32 victory over the Feet in Bell Buckle. The Tigers drained six 3-pointers to help boost the score, while placing three players in double figures to help lead the way...

MURFREESBORO -- The last few seconds did not go the way of the Community Vikings as the Middle Tennessee Christian Cougars won 69-66 in District 9-A play Tuesday night. The game started out with a fast pace as expected. The Vikings (10-7, 4-2 9A) stayed close, but several missed layups prevented Community from racing out to a lead...

MURFREESBORO -- Coach Allison Martin had a chance to see her Community Viqueens play one of their most impressive games of the year in a 72-40 defeat of Middle Tennessee Christian Tuesday night. "We hit the open girl. It always feel good when you find that one open girl and we scored a lot easier doing that," Martin said...

It just wasn't a good offensive night for the Cascade Lady Champions against the CPA Lady Lions on Tuesday night. For most of the first half, Cascade hung with the new District 12-AA opponents. In the second half, however, CPA pulled away, outscoring Cascade 35-15 to claim the 58-31 win...

The CPA Lions are ranked No. 1 in the state for a reason. On Tuesday night, the Lions earned their first district win of the season and ended the Cascade Champions' (12-2, 1-1 12-AA) 12-game win streak. The Lions (16-1, 1-0 12-AA) used a lights-out night shooting to claim an impressive 110-49 win over the Champions and improve to 1-0 in district play...

Mel's Diner on Depot Street near the Shelbyville square is the Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce's first new member of 2014. Mel's focuses on diner food as well as providing several musical venues each week. From left are owners Joshua Compton, Tania Perez and Chase Perryman. (Submitted photo)

Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' And Exhibitors' Association (TWHBEA) has announced that Stephen B. Smith has been elected to its International Board of Directors to represent Tennessee and to serve as president of the International Board for 2014...

Jamie Harrington has been named Finanical Services Officer Agri-Consumer for Farm Credit Mid-America in Shelbyville. Harrington will service loans and financially related services for a $19 billion financial lending cooperative serving over 96,500 farmer-producers, agribusinesses and rural residents throughout Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee...

Sam Trott of Shelbyville was honored as the Region's 2013 Outstanding Logger at the annual Forest Resources Association's Appalachian Region and STIHL Incorporated awards dinner in Norton, Virginia recently. Trott, co-owner of Trott Lumber Co., Inc., was presented with a wooden crosscut-saw plaque by FRA's Appalachian Region Chairman Brian Gingerich, and Mid-Atlantic STIHL's Mike Preddy presented him with a STIHL MS 461 chain saw and a $250 check...

The Tennessee Valley Authority power system passed a critical demand period early Tuesday from the bitter cold wave and electricity use is coming down. "We appreciate all the efforts by our local power companies to reduce voltage, along with any appeals for power conservation locally during the heaviest demand period Tuesday morning," said a TVA press release...

First, a correction. Last week, in a review of the Nokia Lumia 2520, I called it a full Windows 8.1 tablet. This is what, in highly-technical journalism terms, we call a "mistake." I was under the mistaken impression that the Windows RT operating system didn't have a desktop, only the live tile start menu, and since the Lumia allowed me to click through to the desktop, I mistakenly thought it was running Windows 8.1 -- a mistake that could have been easily avoided with a closer look at the specs I'd downloaded for the device.. ...

Ten persons were arrested in a DUI saturation checkpoint held for six years New Year's Eve and early New Year's Day by the Bedford County Sheriff's Department. One person was charged with fifth offense DUI and two for simple possession, Chief Deputy David Williams Jr. said. The checkpoint was held from 10 p.m.-4 a.m...

Texts falsely claiming debit cards have been blocked were received by many residents of Shelbyville and Tullahoma Monday. AT&T and Verizon users were told card numbers and other information were needed to reactivate the cards, according to Facebook comments...

It was a Big Surprise for the all three Times-Gazette Big Event contest winners who learned of their cash earnings Tuesday morning. "Are you kidding me?" said an enthusiastic Patsy Lane, who won $500 in cash after her name was drawn first among the hundreds of eligible entries. "Oh my goodness! I'm excited! I've been doing these contests for a long time but I've never won."...

County officials talked about their departments, and candidates introduced themselves, during Flat Creek Community Club's elected officials night on Saturday. Bedford County Mayor Eugene Ray spoke about the county's financial management, which has been honored in recent months by the Government Finance Officers Association and by Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Justin Wilson. He said the county has its highest bond rating ever...

Cold temperatures kept Bedford County schools from resuming classes today. The closure was announced Tuesday afternoon. While Bedford County students were never scheduled to return to classrooms until today, Bedford County teachers were originally supposed to be back at school on Monday for an in-service day. ...

What will Shelbyville and Bedford County look like in 2025? Shelbyville council members were given a list of future goals for discussion, as the topic of drawing up a new long-term plan for the community was brought up last week. City manager Jay Johnson drew up a list which states: "As a broad based, community driven shared vision, in the calendar year 2015, the City of Shelbyville/ Bedford County will:"...

Next month, it will have been 20 years since the first Leadership Bedford Class took a two-day retreat to develop a long-term plan for the future of the community. Following last month's community meeting on retail sales and local sales taxes, several citizens, public and elected officials mentioned the plan and wondered if it was time to do something similar today, city manager Jay Johnson told the council last Thursday...

Jon B. Eavey, 36, of Unionville died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. Memorial services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Rob McKamey officiating. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m.

Helmut H. 'Al' Kosel, 82, of Marion, Ind. died Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at Colonial Oaks Health & Rehab in Marion, Ind. He was the father of Janice Bosher of Shelbyville. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at College Park of Armes-Hunt Funeral Home in Marion. Burial, with miliary rites, will follow at Gardens of Memory in Marion.

Cascade senior Will Holt stepped to the line with 31 seconds left in the third quarter after being fouled beyond the arc for a chance at three free throws. It wasn't some flashy, 3-point shot knocked down from 25-feet away off a ball screen, or a dazzling display of acrobatics finished off with two points and one...

Milton Simpson, 85, of the Rover/Eagleville community, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2013 in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with the Rev. Jack Gilbert and the Rev. Barry Culbertson officiating. Burial will follow at Simpson Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

Miracle of rapidly moving water fights off frigid temperatures!

Michael Dwayne Price, 35, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. Arrangements will be announced by Gowen-Smith Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Carl Baltimore officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday.