Stories from Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Anthony Booker of Bird Street Church of Christ told attendees at Gilliland Historical Resource Center's third annual Martin Luther King Jr. luncheon that it's incumbent on each person to prepare to carry on the civil rights leader's work going forward...

New, permanent homes aren't in the immediate future for dogs taken from a Cortner Road home Thursday. "All of them are being checked more thoroughly," said Bedford County Animal Control director Jack Cooper. Veterinarians did preliminary examinations immediately after the animals were evacuated from the property of Kellie Williams Grunder. They are now being individually checked, with a small number taken to veterinary facilities...

Robert Abernathy of Bell Buckle graduated from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, on Dec. 20. Abernathy received a bachelor's degree with a major in history and the public history option. Over 200 students participated in the December Commencement ceremony...

Among the December 2014 graduates from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville were Zachery Amis of Lewisburg and Amanda Smith of Bell Buckle. The university has also recognized students who made the Dean's List for the fall 2014 semester, representing a grade point average of 3.5 or greater. These include: Kristin Allen of Lewisburg, Kelsey Hunter of Lewisburg, Zachary Moore of Shelbyville, Stevenson Perryman of Chapel Hill, Elayna Sheffield of Unionville and Austin Smith of Shelbyville...

Pleasant Grove Family and Community Education Club met Nov. 21 at Season of Wonder, a program sponsored by the Rutherford County FCE clubs in Murfreesboro. Members present were Sherry Brown, Alva Lembke and Donna Parker. Guest was Katie Parker. Pleasant Grove FCE Club met Dec. ...

John Teague, University of Tennessee extension agent, was the guest speaker for the Shelbyville Lions Club's recent meeting. From left are club President Katie Guthrie, Peggy Bush and Teague. (Submitted photo)

CHAPEL HILL -- The No. 3 Community Middle School Viqueens headed to their second-straight Duck River Valley Conference championship game on Saturday to face the top seeded MTCS Lady Cougars, hoping for a repeat championship. MTCS jumped to an early first-half lead, but the Viqueens stormed back in the second half to dominate the top-seeded team 34-19 and secure back-to-back championship honors...

The Liberty Patriots may have been the second seeded team in the Duck River World Tournament, but they were faced with the task of bringing down an undefeated Forrest Rocket squad with home court advantage on Saturday night. The Patriots battled a hostile crowd and battled with the undefeated giant blow-for-blow in the first half and controlled the second half, only to fall 41-40 thanks to a last second three...

HUNTLAND -- Two weeks after picking up an impressive home win over Huntland, the Lady Hornets (12-7) got some payback against the Lady Champions, defeating Cascade 46-32. Cascade (6-14) got solid early production from junior post Shaina Schneider, who led the team with 10 points...

HUNTLAND -- It was a rare non-district defeat for the Cascade Champions on Monday night. In their second meeting of the year, the Huntland Hornets (11-9) got just enough of a fourth-quarter push to fend off a talented Champion squad, 56-54. Both teams saw seniors step to the plate and deliver for their respective teams...

The Shelbyville Central wrestling team placed fourth over the weekend in the 2015 Mountain Top Invitational, held at St. Andrews-Sewanee. In the tournament, Shelbyville had a handful of standout performances, with Trevor Tribe claiming first-place in his weight division, Jerimerry Jones and Cody Martin placed second, while Luc Zahorian claimed third...