Stories from Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Ice from 02/17/15

Ice on 02/17/15

TULLAHOMA -- It was a valiant effort but Shelbyville Central dropped a 59-56 decision to Lawrence County in the District 8-AAA semifinals at Tullahoma High School on Saturday evening. The Eagles (13-14) battled back in the second half but it was too little too late...

TULLAHOMA -- A poor night shooting the basketball, particularly at the free throw line, led to Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes 44-41 loss to Tullahoma in the semifinals of the District 8-AAA Tournament on Saturday afternoon at Tullahoma High School...

LEWISBURG -- A night after dropping a barn-burner to No. 2 Marshall County in the District 12-AA semifinals, the Cascade Champions dropped their consolation round game to Giles County, falling 50-43 on Saturday afternoon. Though Cascade battled the Bobcats to a 25-25 draw by the halftime intermission, an uncharacteristic third-quarter showing proved to be the Champions' undoing...

LEWISBURG -- A lack of second-half production was the Cascade Lady Champions' undoing in the District 12-AA consolation game on Saturday afternoon. The Spring Hill Lady Raiders outscored the Lady Champions 31-19 in the second half and claimed third place with a 58-35 victory...

Winter Ice 2015

Willow Tree

Ice Storm at the Cozy Main Street Inn.

More than 2,000 homes remained without power in Bedford County this morning following an ice storm, coupled with bitterly cold temperatures, which resulted in Tennessee declaring a state of emergency. At 7 this morning, Duck River Electric Membership Corp. ...

Monday may have been both a holiday and a bad weather day, but that didn't stop some homeschooling families from hitting the books while their public school counterparts were enjoying a day off. LouAnn Smith homeschools her son Nathan. Early on Monday, which was President's Day, she posted on Facebook, "So much for snow. Looks likes it's mostly ice for us. Poor Nathan will wake up disappointed and even more so when he realizes he'll have to do some school work."...

The Wartrace Arts Community will meet on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Wartrace Community Center. The guest speaker will be local quilter Karen Douglas, who also owns and operates an embroidery business called Legacy Embroidery and Gifts. Douglas is proficient at scrapbooking and will demonstrate how to create an appealing scrapbook page...

Vietnam veteran Ralph Dietz, a member of the Vietnam Era Veterans group, spoke at their February meeting Thursday at Mike's All American Diner. Dietz served in Vietnam from June 1968 to September 1969. He was a member of the Americal Division and attached to the First Squadron/First Calvary Armored, servng as commander of an armored personnel carrier converted to carry a napalm flame thrower, known as a Zippo...