Stories from Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Betty Marie Lane, 57, of Fayetteville, formerly of Shelbyville, died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. A Celebration of Life reception will be held Saturday, Oct. 17 at Pebble Creek Golf Course in Fayetteville.

Two men were struck by an SUV driven by a man they were trying to stop Friday afternoon, resulting in two charges of aggravated assault. Darryl Stover, 56, of Eastland Avenue began backing from a space in the parking lot of Fast Lane Market, Madison Street as the men tried to stop him, officer Mitchell Warren said in a report...

John Allison "Chopper" Foster, 69, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Eddie Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

When I was a teenager, and Pat Sajak was a disk jockey on WSM in Nashville, I won a Polaroid camera from his program. I was excited. Back then, of course, most cameras used Kodak film, which you had to send away to get developed, unless you were lucky enough to have a camera shop or photo processing lab nearby. Remember the Fotomat kiosk near Kentucky Fried Chicken?...

"Everything will be going wide open at this point," Shelbyville's public works director said Tuesday, as crews are moving into place to repair around $3 million worth of destroyed flume. Crews with Lee Adcock Construction were busy digging out the curb and last sections of a portion of Lane Parkway on Tuesday morning to prepare for laborers from Ohio to kick off work today...

A friend of Dixie Parker's family will fill her vacant seat on the Bedford County school board. Tammie Patterson was unanimously approved 17-0 for the First District position by the Bedford County Commission at its September meeting Tuesday night. Commissioner Billy King was absent...

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life in Bedford County will hold a fall kickoff party Monday, Sept. 21, at First Christian Church. The event is open to anyone interested in Relay For Life -- members of existing teams, or those interested in starting or joining teams...

Andrea McCullough (right) signs in Mai George at the Leadership Bedford reception on Tuesday. Leadership Bedford welcomed its 2015 Leadership Class during the reception, which was held at The Fly Arts Center. The new class has 15 adults and 30 students, organizers said. (T-G Photo by Jason Reynolds)

Murfreesboro Medical Clinic's Employee Committee declared Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 as the official kickoff celebration for college football. Employees were encouraged to wear shirts supporting their favorite college team, all for a good cause...

South Central Human Resource Agency announced last week that it was awarded a grant of $676,382 from Senior Service America, Inc. Almost 90 percent of this grant -- originally from the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) -- will pay wages and benefits to at least 131 low-income older adults living in Bedford, Bledsoe, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Marion, Marshall, Maury, Moore, Perry, Sequatchie, and Wayne Counties. ...

Summer 2015 night graduates from the Tennessee College of Applied Technology -- Shelbyville include (front row, from left) Russell Phipps, Maria Yesenia Campillo Carmona, Norma Santiago, Duane Abeare II, Timothy Joseph Parks, Dakota R. Smith, Zach Seibers Trenton Moody and Richard Seth Alexander. (Submitted photo)

UNIONVILLE -- Four Community players, including goalkeeper Dora Ramos, scored one goal each as the Viqueens turned in a solid performance in blanking the Huntland Lady Hornets 4-0 in a district soccer contest Tuesday night. The Viqueens (1-2, 1-0 9A/AA) got on the board five minutes into the game as Haley Reed found the back of the net...

TULLAHOMA -- The Shelbyville Central Golden Eaglette soccer team hit the road to Tullahoma for a huge District 8-AAA matchup and returned with an impressive 6-2 win on Tuesday night. Standout senior Olivia Doak was unstoppable, scoring five goals in the first half to put the Eaglettes in control, 5-0, at the intermission...

The Community Viking football program continues to prove it's a program on the rise, defeating the Shelbyville Central freshmen on Tuesday, 41-20 at Eagle Stadium.

Shelbyville Central competed in a four-way District 8-AAA golf match at Bear Trace Golf Course at Times Ford State Park on Tuesday Columbia won the event with a 347, Franklin County netted a 360, Lincoln County was next with a 372 followed by Shelbyville Central with a 378...

Harris Middle School's Golden Eagles won their first game of the season with an 8-6 victory over host Warren County in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Tuesday evening. The Eagles (1-3, 1-1 CTC) held leads in their thee previous games, but failed to pull of the wins...

SEWANEE -- Webb's Eli Freeman bested another field, but saw his team finish second in a rivalry quad-match at Sewanee on Tuesday. Eli bested SAS No. 1 Tomy Oliver by a single stroke and finished with a 38 to lead all scorers and earn medalist honors...

The Cascade Champions were spearheaded by senior Tyler Huff, who continues to prove to be one of the top emerging golfers in the mid-state. Huff earned match medalist honors on Tuesday afternoon at River Bend Country Club, carding a 36 to lead the Champions to the 175-198 win over Community...