Stories from Friday, December 12, 2014

Mattie Louise Norris, 96, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Burial will follow at Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Saturday.

William Morris Dickens, 76, of Shelbyville, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Bobby McGee officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Kailey Brooke by the Christmas tree.

Gov. Bill Haslam announced Thursday that Tennessee College of Applied Technology at Shelbyville will receive a $970,000 grant as part of the Labor Education Alignment Program (LEAP), a $10 million state program which helps promote post-secondary training that is in line with the specific needs of the workforce in that community...

Public hearings are set for Jan. 8 for ordinances dealing with dogs and Shelbyville's policy on alarms. The ordinances were passed on first reading by the Shelbyville city council Thursday night. A draft submitted to the council in November limited any one property to three outdoor dogs. The current draft does not contain a limit on pets, however, it allows dogs on chains outdoors only from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Under the proposed draft, the dogs will have to be housed in some fashion at night...

Hines Rotriga isn't a student at Community Elementary School, but the children there are treating the West Virginian like one of their own. Hines, 3, is undergoing chemotherapy for Stage IV neuroblastoma; he was diagnosed last year. Christina Fox, Community's principal, is from Hines' hometown of Wheeling, West Virginia...

Christian Care Center of Bedford County was bustling with activities this week as they hosted different events to celebrate the holiday season. Cascade's Interact club stopped by Tuesday night to sing Christmas songs with the residents at the Center's "Lights for Love" tree lighting ceremony, which took place in conjunction with their open house...

An outgoing councilman was recognized, while the newest member of the Shelbyville city council was sworn in Thursday night. William Christie was administered the oath of office as Ward 4 council member by Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell. Russell also swore in mayor Wallace Cartwright and councilmen Sam Meek and Thomas Landers, who were reelected during November's municipal election...

The Harris Middle Eagles set the tone early and coasted off the early tempo to a 48-23 win over Franklin County South on Thursday night. The game was never in doubt as the Eagles posted a 12-2 advantage after the first frame and a 25-9 lead by the half...

The Liberty Patriots cruised to a 41-32 victory over Westwood on homecoming night Thursday. The Patriots used a balanced scoring attack with Grayson Trammel leading the way with 13 points while Alex Freeman and John Drawdy added eight tallies apiece...

Points were hard to come by for Liberty's Lady Patriots in the first half in 37-17 loss to Westwood on homecoming night on Thursday. Westwood led 16-3 at the end of the first quarter, 23-3 at halftime and 29-10 going into the fourth quarter. Sixth-grader Mary Alice Shavers led the Lady Patriots with 10 points while Kaylee Adams added five...

HUNTLAND -- A 17-point second quarter proved to be enough for the Community Middle Vikings to pull away from the Huntland Hornets on Thursday night, allowing the Purple and Gold to take a 43-23 road victory. There was no shortage of help on the offensive end of the floor for the Vikings...

HUNTLAND -- Anna Katherine Lemmons' game-high 13 points led the Community Middle Viqueens to a hard-fought, 33-26 victory over the Huntland Lady Hornets on Thursday night. Lemmons scored a clutch seven points in the fourth quarter, including 3 of 3 attempts at the line to help power the Viqueens to the seven-point victory...

FAYETTEVILLE -- In perhaps their most complete game so far this season, the Cascade Middle Champions got quality minutes from everyone who stepped on the floor on Thursday night against Fayetteville. The Champions put three in double figures, with Jake Vincent's 17 points leading all scorers, and coasted to a 67-41 victory over the Tigers...

FAYETTEVILLE -- The Cascade Middle Lady Champions utterly dominated the Fayetteville Lady Tigers on Thursday night, claiming a 39-7 victory over the home team. Cascade set the tone for the blowout, pitching a first-half shutout on the defensive end of the floor...