Stories from Thursday, April 17, 2014

Peggy Jean Childers Epperson, 67, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, April 16, 2014, at Centennial Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Children from Building Blocks Nursery School (Sophie, Abby, Owen, Frank, & Ms. Donnye) attended the Christian Care Center Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt held on April 14th. Children visited and sang with residents, hunted for Easter Eggs and even had a surprise visit from the Easter Bunny...

Frank Philpott waves goodbye to the Easter Bunny after the Christian Care Center's Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt.

NASHVILLE -- After a hard-fought, marathon battle against Father Ryan, the Webb School Lady Feet were able to fend off Father Ryan for the 10-9 overtime win on Wednesday evening. Webb jumped out to the 5-4 lead by the half, but with both defense in prime form, left the score knotted at 7-7 at the end of regulation...

LYNCHBURG -- The Cascade Middle Lady Champions got enough clutch hits on Wednesday evening to skate past Moore County, 4-1. The Lady Champs took the early advantage when Kailey Snell plated the first run. Moore County answered with one run in the bottom of the first...

Bedford County Historical Society is assembing material for a new book, "The Civil War In Bedford County." The book will give details of the war's activities in Bedford County, provide rosters of the units and the soldiers from the County, and include short biographies and glimpses of those who fought in the war. Target date for publication is early fall of this year...

Harris Middle School split a pair of games with visiting White County on Wednesday evening. In the opening game the Eagles fell 4-3 while claiming a 7-4 victory in the nightcap. "Tonight was eighth grade night and I'm glad the kids ended the season with a win," Harris coach Bill Woods said. "After losing the first game the way we did they did a really good job of battling and finding a way to win the second game."...

COLUMBIA -- In a make up match originally scheduled for last week, the Golden Eagle tennis squad added another big district "W" to the books on Wednesday evening, downing Columbia 6-1. The Eaglettes, despite a handful of closely contested matches, fell by the same score...

Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglette softball team started quick and crusied to a 8-4 victory over host Franklin County in a District 8-AAA contest on Wednesday night. It was three pitches and three runs as Baylee Cook and Alexis Larion each singled on the first pitch of their at-bat. Then, Tiana Sanders blasted a home run over the left field fence on the first pitch to put the Eaglettes up 3-0...

After falling behind early, Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles rallied to a 6-5 victory over visiting Columbia to claim their first District 8-AAA win of the season on Wednesday. Columbia scored five runs in the first inning but was held scoreless the next six innings...

If your child has ever said he or she wants to be in law enforcement when they grow up, there's a summer camp just for them. The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) announced this week it will hold its first-ever youth and junior trooper academies for the public this summer in Nashville...

It doesn't matter how chilly it gets in the evenings. Spring is here, and while the sun shines, Bedford County residents are taking advantage of the weather, like this gentleman tossing a pole in the waters of the Duck River below the old Shelbyville dam. (T-G Photo by Brian Mosely)

The Community Vikings have a chance to do something that hasn't been done in Unionville since 1999. With two games left on the district slate, the Vikings have inched themselves one step closer to a regular season district title with a 4-0, shutout win over backyard rival Eagleville on Wednesday night...

Emergency workers look over the car in which Roger Dale Hise of Shelbyville was hurt about 7:15 a.m. today on Fairfield Pike south of the bypass. Hise lost control after a wheel apparently dropped off the pavement, Sgt. James Wilkerson said, and the tire tracks show the car's path. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

With the first draft of Shelbyville's budget due to be in council members' hands next month, health care costs are becoming a concern, according to the city manager. "We are having an extremely difficult budget season," manager Jay Johnson said. "We're like everybody else, we're very concerned about health insurance costs."...

Tickets for the May 6 performance by the Nashville Symphony at Calsonic Arena are now on sale. The symphony will be led by assistant conductor Vinay Parameswaran in his Shelbyville debut. The symphony's casual, family-friendly Shelbyville concert, a tradition since 1989, will also include the Cascade High School Band, directed by David Lucich, playing on its own and joining the symphony for the grand finale. ...

Students soon will have permission to tweet and text from school in certain circumstances. The Bedford County Board of Education on Tuesday approved certain student uses of mobile devices during school hours. The board's monthly meeting was held at Thomas Magnet School's library instead of the central office; the board occasionally meets at various schools...

Harris Middle swept a pair of games over visiting Franklin County Souh in Central Tennessee Conference action on Wednesday afternoon. The Eaglettes won the opener 10-1 then followed with a 17-2 victory. Hannah Grider went the distance in the circle for Harris in the first game...