Stories from Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Community Development Center staff and volunteers took advantage of an opportunity Monday to sell their program's benefits. The CDC provides an early intervention program to meet the needs of developmentally challenged children ages birth to 3, according to its website. A family support program provides flexible support to households with a developmentally challenged member...

The Times-Gazette is holding its annual Mommy & Me photo contest. Contest entries must be submitted online at t-g.com -- look for the green Mommy & Me photo button on the left near the top. Contest entries will be published in a special Mother's Day section on Tuesday, May 5, and the winner will be announced in the Sunday, May 10 edition...

A Shelbyville man has been indicted by the Bedford County grand jury on multiple counts of possessing child pornography. Cristian Vjede Torres, 24, faces charges of especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor, exploitation of a minor by electronic means, solicitation of a minor, (four counts), and aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor...

Students at Saltus Cavendish School in Devonshire, Bermuda are working on a special project called the Flat Q-Bear, based on the "Flat Stanley" books. As part of the project, students mail Q-Bear to different parts of the world, where the cutout learns about new and exciting places. Q-Bear visited the Times-Gazette this week and we thought we'd make his visit extra special by printing his picture. Thanks to first grader Ethan Adderly for sending him our way...

The Nashville Symphony, under the direction of Vinay Parameswaran, will appear 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, at Calsonic Arena on the Celebration grounds, with special guests the Shelbyville Central High School Band. The casual, family-friendly concert will include an art show on the arena concourse and an appearance prior to the concert by the Nashville Symphony's "instrument petting zoo."...

A man who took a truck for a test drive April 3 still hasn't returned it, the owner told the Bedford County Sheriff's Department. The suspect told the truck's owner he was taking the white 1997 Ford F-250 to be checked by a mechanic. It was reported as stolen over the weekend...

Shelbyville Central gave up nine runs in the ninth inning in a 13-6 extra-inning loss to visiting Spring Hill in a non-district clash on Saturday afternoon. The game was tied 5-5 at the end of seven innings with each team scoring three runs in the first inning and two in the seventh...

It was an uncharacteristic showing by the Cascade Champions in a 6-1 loss against Marshall County on Monday night. The Champions committed a crushing four errors that allowed the Tigers to blow the game open. Starting pitcher Sam Gardner kept the Tigers scoreless for two innings before Marshall County was able to break through in the top of the third inning...

UNIONVILLE -- The Community Vikings fell behind 4-0 before they had a chance to bat and could never recover as the Grace Christian Lions defeated the Vikings 6-0 in a non-district baseball game Monday night. The Lions scored their four first inning runs with the help of four base hits, two walks, and one Viking error...

MANCHESTER -- The Shelbyville Central tennis squads closed out the regular season on Monday at Coffee County. The Eagles fell short of a postseason berth, despite defeating Coffee County 4-3. The Eagles finished fifth overall in the district. Shelbyville struggled with the injury bug, losing senior Taylor Peterman in the fall to an injury, and junior Eddie Green early in the spring as well...

The Cascade Middle Lady Champions hammered out 13 hits in a 16-2 victory over Riverside Christian on Monday evening. Five Lady Champions recorded multiple hits. Kailey Snell, Bailey Ledbetter, Brooke Sudduth, Keeley Sutton and Lexie Taylor each connected for two hits...

The Liberty Patriots were finally able to overcome a soggy spring and pick up a pair of recent victories. In a game that began last Monday, the Patriots were able to drub the visiting Moore County Raiders 17-0. Liberty got a strong start from pitcher Grayson Tramel, who struck out nine in the win...

Harris Middle School split a game with host White County on Friday and fell to Warren County on the road on Monday in Central Tennessee softball action. The Eaglettes entertain Warren County this afternoon at 5. Friday Game 1 White County 4, Harris 3 -- The winners rallied for four runs in the fourth inning to secure the win. Hannah Burks pitched for Harris, fanning four while giving up six hits with two walks. Hannah Heflin and Savannah Blackwell each singled for the Eaglettes...