Stories from Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Myrtle Bailiff, 93, of Shelbyville died Monday, April 13, 2015 at Christian Care Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3:00 pm at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Jonathon Curry officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

For 30 minutes Sunday afternoon, Marty Wolfe of Moore County hung onto a tree branch in Duck River as her friends screamed for help. Wolfe's voice, and those of her friends, echoed across the isolated area just west of Three Forks Bridge near Haley after her kayak was swept from her in the fast-moving waters of Duck River...

Joyce Havner finds solace, comfort and life -- yes, life -- in her quiet sanctuary at Willow Mount Cemetery. Surrounded by graves of her loved ones, flowers, mementos, wind chimes...peaceful moments calm her present and bring back fond memories from her past...

My Paper Tiger (right) performs Saturday at the third annual Rewarding Our Kids (R.O.K.) Concert at Pleasant Valley Farms. (T-G Photo by Jason Reynolds)

A man caught allegedly breaking into a vehicle early Monday is suspected of a wave of vehicle thefts across eastern Shelbyville over the past few weeks, police say. David Michael Townley, 28, of Belmont Avenue fits the description of a man allegedly seen breaking into a vehicle at a Woodland Avenue home at 12:20 a.m. Monday. A man described as a "clean shaven male with black leather jacket and blue jeans" ran away from the car after the resident heard a door slam...

Six finalists in Cascade Middle School's eighth grade research fair had the opportunity to compete in the Middle Tennessee Science and Engineering Fair at Austin Peay State University. The fair is the culmination of a semester self-selected inquiry project performed by the students. ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority presented $1,000 last Friday to the Bedford County Fire Department for an antitexting- and-driving campaign. The awareness event is taking place this week at area schools, and is coordinated with Saturday's Rewarding Our Kids (R.O.K.) Concert. From left: firefighter Steven Fancher; Shelbyville Mayor Wallace Cartwright; state Sen. Jim Tracy; Paul E. Phelan, manager of government relations for TVA; firefighter Jason Barber and an organizer of the texting and driving campaign; county fire chief Mark Thomas; state Rep. Pat Marsh; and David Crowell, general manager of Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewerage System. (T-G Photo by Jason Reynolds)

BELL BUCKLE -- Despite heavy rains, the Webb School Feet were able to claim a 3-0 shutout win over backyard rival Cascade on Monday evening. The Feet got scores from Insub Chung, Jarrod Wilson and Key Lee. Will Ledbetter and Temaz Ferguson added a pair of assists to Wilson's and Chung's as well...

Shelbyville Central split a pair of games over the weekend, falling to Central Magnet on the road on Friday night then rolling past visiting White County on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles (8-9) entertain Columbia in a doubleheader this afternoon starting at 4:30 in a key District 8-AAA matchup...

UNIONVILLE ­-- The Cascade Middle Champions were leading the Community Vikings 4-3 after four innings Monday afternoon when rain forced the contest to be stopped before it could become an official game. The Champions took advantage of five Viking errors to take an early 4-1 lead...

Having fallen behind 6-1 after one complete inning on Monday evening at Mt. Pleasant, the Community Viqueens started to chip into the home team's lead. Though Community was on the march, the weather moved in and forced officials to call the game, at which point the Viqueens trailed Mt. Pleasant 6-3...

The Harris Middle soccer team blanked visiting Lincoln County 4-0 on Thursday. Erman Garcia scored the first goal with a goal 17 minutes into the game. Garcia scored the second goal one minute in the second half off an assist from David Cardemas. The Eagles (8-1) third goal was by Cardemas with Eric Botello adding a goal late in match...