Stories from Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Tennessee's TCAP tests continue to be at the center of confusion and controversy even as the state prepares to move to a new testing standard. In late May, the state released "quick scores" from the TCAPs so that teachers could incorporate those preliminary achievement test scores into final grades, according to Chalkbeat, an education news site...

Bobby Don Lee, 81, of Murfreesboro died Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at NHC Health Care after an extended illness. A private graveside service will be held. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Shirley Lucille Posey Clark, 75, of Shelbyville died Monday, June 1, 2015. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Marvin Neill officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Dean Lowell Lewis, 75, died Friday, May 29, 2015 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Evergreen Cemetery in Murfreesboro. Murfreesboro Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Another underground flume collapse has closed part of Lane Parkway -- and will likely cause Shelbyville more financial headaches. The failure, some 100 to 150 feet in length, occurred sometime after 2 p.m. Saturday, just west of the current work area, officials said...

Mary Pitner has been promoted to principal of Learning Way Elementary School. Pitner replaces Joy Caskey, who left to become assistant principal of Harris Middle School, Superintendent Don Embry said. "We wish her the best in her new position," Embry said of Pitner...

A man carrying two decorative pink flamingos demanded money from an employee of a Shelbyville boutique Friday afternoon. "I'm not leaving without gas money...I really need money," the man said after attempting to sell the flamingos to the employee of Southern Charm Boutique, Noblitt Street...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Logan Burchett of Shelbyville and Andy Canady of Bell Buckle successfully completed four years of challenging academic, physical and professional military training, graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy on May 22. Each received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and a commission as an Ensign in the Navy. Burchett is a graduate of The Webb School in Bell Buckle and Canady is a graduate of J.W. Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Virginia...

"This is Miss Jo, signing off. Thanks for all the memories!" Shelbyville police dispatcher Jo Ann Rodgers radioed at 5:45 a.m. today, ending her final all-night shift after almost 32 years of service. She was honored with a retirement ceremony Monday, receiving a Bible from police chief Jan Phillips. left, and assistant police chief Mike Rogers, right, as sheriff and former police chief Austin Swing looks on...

Tuesday, June 2 Monroe Co. vs. Station Camp (8 a.m.), Clarkrange vs. Lawrence Co. (9 a.m.), SCHS vs. Smith Co. (10 a.m.), Centennial vs. Clarkrange (11 a.m.), Portland vs. Santa Fe (12 p.m.), Cane Ridge vs. Independence (1 p.m.), Livingston vs. Lawrence Co. (2 p.m.), SCHS vs. Centennial (3 p.m.), Coffee Co. vs. Smyrna (4 p.m.), Trousdale vs. Centennial (5 p.m.), Huntland vs. Spring Hill (6 p.m.), SCHS vs. Clarkrange (7 p.m.), Portland vs. Lincoln Co. (8 p.m.), Cascade vs. Smyrna (9 p.m.)...

Marion Haskins, 85, of Spring Hill died Sunday, May 31, 2015 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. A celebration of life service will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home in Franklin with the Rev. Mike Courtelis officiating. Entombment will follow at Williamson Memorial Gardens -- Magnolia Mausoleum. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m.