Stories from Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Lillie P. Landers, 81, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015 at NHC Healthcare in Tullahoma. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Edgemont Baptist Church with Carlton Bell officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2-5 p.m. Saturday at the church. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Margaret Lee Castleman Lumsden died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at C.N. Jenkins Memorial Presbyterian Church in Charlotte. Burial will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Westlawn Cemetery in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Joe Wayne Reed, 77, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 5 p.m. Friday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Dr. Tom Tyndall officiating. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m.

Several traffic accidents occurred in the Wartrace-Bell Buckle area early this morning as freezing fog iced roads. Bedford County schools opened two hours late as a result. Most of the wrecks occurred on Wartrace-Bell Buckle road, involving vehicles sliding into ditches or bridges. Other wrecks was reported at a bridge on State Highway 64 near Beech Grove and on Fairfield Pike near Cascade School...

Three students at Eakin Elementary School try to keep their balance at a exercise station during physical education class. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

Bedford County School Superintendent Don Embry mentioned the need for a new Cascade High School during his regular three-month report to Bedford County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night. In response, commissioner Bill Anderson asked Embry when the school system was going to make a formal request...

A truck driver exiting the rear Goodwill parking lot ran into a bit of a speed bump when his trailer detached and left him stuck on the hill. An officer on scene said the driver was working on having the tractor-trailer moved. (T-G Photo by Derrick Hill)

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee lawmakers convened the 109th General Assembly on Tuesday amid abortion rights protests inside the state Capitol. Republican Rep. Beth Harwell of Nashville and Sen. Ron Ramsey of Blountville were re-elected as speakers of the House and Senate, while about 60 protesters outside the chambers shouted into a bullhorn, banged drums and chanted...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The 2015 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will feature a star-studded lineup including Billy Joel, Mumford & Sons and Kendrick Lamar. Robert Plant, Deadmau5, and Florence + the Machine will also perform during the four-day event that kicks off June 11 in Manchester...

More than $1,500 worth of jewelry was stolen from Walmart early Monday, police say. Camera footage shows two men and a woman breaking into a jewelry case and taking an entire case containing 27 earrings, security personnel told officers. The earrings are described as 10-karat and 14-karat, some hoop style, with a total value of $1,643.89. Two air guns were also stolen, officer Brock Horner's report said...

On Jan. 19 The Webb School will open its campus for prospective students and their families for Visitors' Day. The daylong event begins at 9 a.m. with registration and breakfast and concludes at 3 p.m. The schedule includes a tour of the 150-acre campus, led by a current Webb student. ...

There's a great blog post at the NPR web site from their pop-culture blogger Linda Holmes in which she responds to some of the gushier articles about the new age of television. You can read it at n.pr/1yawWbh. I'm going to make some of the same points here -- several of which had occurred to me as well -- but I probably won't make them as elegantly as she does...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Shelbyville Central built a double digit lead and had to hold off a fourth-quarter rally by Lincoln County to claim a 62-59 victory in a District 8-AAA matchup on the road Tuesday night. The Eagles (8-10, 4-2 8-AAA) posted leads of 9-7 at the end of the first quarter, 29-19 at halftime and took a 45-33 advantage going into the fourth quarter, but the Falcons didn't fly away without a fight in the final eight minutes...

FAYETTEVILLE -- After a close first half, Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes took control of the game in the third quarter on the way to a 58-47 win at Lincoln County in a District 8-AAA matchup on Tuesday evening. The Lady Falcons held a 12-10 advantage at the end of the first stanza and took a 28-25 lead into halftime...

The Cascade Lady Champions have gotten key production in the post in each game they've won this season. Tuesday's 43-38 win over Page was no different. In the first district win of the season, the Lady Champions (4-13, 1-3 12-AA) got key minutes from post players Shaina Schneider, Maya Gaston and Summer Carter, all of whom found success in the paint...

The Cascade Champions are finding ways to win close games. On Tuesday night, the Champions (14-4, 3-1 12-AA) claimed their third-straight, one-possession victory, this time downing the Page Patriots, 65-62. Tuesday's victory over the Patriots marked the third-straight District 12-AA victory for the Champions, who won two thrillers against the Giles County Bobcats over the weekend...

UNIONVILLE -- The Community Viqueens were clicking on all cylinders Tuesday night as they defeated the Huntland Lady Hornets 62-25 in a District 9-A game. "Our team effort tonight was so amazing from start to finish," Coach Allison Martin of the Viqueens said...

UNIONVILLE -- Despite leading for a majority of the game, the Community Vikings couldn't close the deal as the Huntland Hornets used a late-game shot to defeat the Vikings 64-61 in a District 9-A game Tuesday night. With Darian Pride dominating the paint, the Vikings (2-17, 0-8 9A) looked poised to win their first district game of the season...

UNIONVILLE -- A huge offensive performance, spurred by a combined 67 points from Darian Pride, Tyler Broiles, and Jackson Wisener, propelled the Community Vikings to a 72-69 homecoming win over the Houston County Fighting Irish Saturday night. Pride connected on 11 points in the first quarter as the Vikings raced to a 24-21 lead...

The Webb School Lady Feet executed their game plan perfectly on Tuesday night as they held on to beat the visiting Zion Lady Eagles 40-35, thanks to their best free throw shooting percentage of the season. "That was the best we have shot from the free throw line all year, we were 10 of 13, and I think that's what did it for us," said coach Adam Feldbruegge...

The Webb School Feet ran through the visiting Zion Eagles on Tuesday night, beating them by a whopping 80-54. It appeared that nothing could slow down the Feet on Tuesday night as they were able to explode for 80 points against the Eagles. While the final score was high, the first quarter was more about defense as it took both teams awhile to find their stride...