Stories from Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Jeffrey Rich, 36, of Fayetteville died Thursday evening, March 19, 2015 while on vacation with his family in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 27 at Sanderson Funeral Home in Carthage with Jerome Donoho officiating. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 28 at Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle.

Dixie Lee Sullivan, 52, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, March 17, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 28 at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Lindsey Wade will officiate. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

A Bedford County jury has awarded a former corrections officer $385,000 in damages following a civil trial over her firing in 2012. The jury found that Virginia Lynn Hall was terminated from her position at Bedford County Jail in violation of the Tennessee Human Rights Act, awarding damages following a four-day civil trial last week...

A retired state trooper was charged with aggravated assault Sunday after allegedly pointing a loaded gun at another driver during a road rage incident. Russell Wayne Humphreys, 67, of Redbud Drive allegedly "pulled out a gun and pointed it" at Christopher Taylor of Shelbyville, officer Mitchell Warren's report said...

The winners of the Times-Gazette/Kincaid Service Company Bracket Bucks contest won't be known until the NCAA tournament ends, but some participants in our "Count the Basketballs" contest are already winners. l Angie Crosslin won a $50 cash prize from Cascade Collision Center;...

WINCHESTER -- Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles claimed a 1-0 win over Franklin County to remain undefeated in District 8-AAA on Monday evening in Winchester. The Golden Eagles (5-2, 3-0 8-AAA) have now won five games in a roll. The lone run of the game came in the top of the fifth inning when Trevor Sanders ripped a two-out RBI single to score Colton Melson for what proved to be the game winning hit and run...

A scam victim lost slightly more than $250 Friday to a man who claimed she was receiving a grant. The caller, claiming to be "Edward Cole" from Washington, D.C., told her she was eligible for a $7,250 grant if she'd wire him a $250 processing fee, Bedford County deputy Trey Green said in a report...

A suspect in a burglary early Saturday at Landers Tire, South Cannon Boulevard, was arrested a few hours later in West Tennessee driving a stolen car, investigators said. Security video showed a man entering the business office at 2:36 a.m., going through the office and shop area "several times" and taking key fobs for two customers' vehicles before driving away in a 2004 Ford Taurus left at the business by Shelbyville Auto Sales, officer Jon Cooke's report said...

A year ago, it took the Cascade Champions a while to find their first District 12-AA win of the season. This year, the Champs took care of that in their first attempt. On Monday night, Cascade senior Sam Gardner delivered another gem on the mound and got quality run support throughout the lineup in the Champs' 4-0 win over the Giles Co. Bobcats (6-3-1, 0-1 12-AA)...

After falling behind 1-0 in the third inning to visiting Marshall County, Cascade rallied for four runs to knock of the Tigerettes, 4-1. Sarah Beth Thomas led off the inning with a walk and was followed by Shaina Schneider, who reached via error. Sydney Smith sacrificed both runners over on a 2-3 put out...

UNIONVILLE -- Three two-run doubles, mixed between 14 walks and three hit batsmen, powered the Community Vikings to a 14-4 win over the Moore County Raiders in a District 9-A contest Monday night. The Vikings (4-3, 1-2 9-A) were forced to alter their starting lineup right before the game as right fielder Brandon Mooneyham suffered a leg injury in warm-ups...

WINCHESTER -- Shelbyville Central scored early and often in a 10-1 win over host Franklin County in a District 8-AAA matchup on Monday night. The Eaglettes returned to the field after head coach Shawn DiGianfelice suddenly resigned last week. Assistant coach Sam Dye was named interim head coach for at least the rest of the season...

HUNTLAND -- A five-run third inning was the Community Viqueens' undoing on Monday night at Huntland. After posting one run in each of the first three innings, the Viqueens surrendered five runs to the Lady Hornets in the bottom of the third. Community managed to get one back in the top of the fifth, but couldn't recapture the lead and suffered the one-run loss...

Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles claimed a pair of wins over visiting Cannon County in a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles (4-2) outscored their opponent 28-7 in the two games. "We really did a good job at the plate making adjustments we needed to make," Central coach Brad Frasier said. "We also took a lot of pitches of opposite field for base hits."...

The Shelbyville Central Golden Eaglette tennis team edged visiting Blackman in a thriller on Monday afternoon at H.V. Griffin Park. The Eaglettes were able to pick up enough singles matches and split doubles to claim a 4-3 win over the visiting Lady Blaze...

It was total domination as Harris Middle School excelled in every aspect of the game to claim a 14-0 victory over visiting Franklin County South in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Monday afternoon. Sixth-grade right-hander Hannah Burks was one batter shy of a perfect game as the only base runner South had came off a walk...

Harris Middle School's Golden Eagle fell 6-1 to visiting Franklin County South in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Monday evening. The Eagles collected five hits with Nolan King and J.J. Martin each leading the way with a double. King got the start and went four innings giving up four runs, four hits with three walks...

LYNCHBURG -- The Cascade Middle Lady Champions hammered out 15 hits on Monday at Moore County and claimed a 7-3 victory. Cascade was led by Kailey Snell and Keeley Sutton, who each went 3-for-4 in the victory. Sutton also drove in two runs. Brooke Sudduth, Maddie Schneider, Brianna Wilson and Emalee Rhodes also added two hits apiece...

The Community Middle Viqueen offense was in no short supply against in-county rival Liberty on Monday evening. Community exploded for 15 hits and claimed an 18-2 win over the Lady Patriots in four innings. The Viqueens took immediate control and drove in three runs in the top of the first inning...