Stories from Friday, October 2, 2015

Janet Quirino, 62, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2015 at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. A celebration of life service will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Jimmy Gray officiating. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m.

Marilyn Ware sits beautifully and confidently at a local coffee shop; her eyes bright and friendly. A dusty blue scarf is tied around her head, part fashion accessory, part a way of maintaining normalcy through the most difficult year of Ware's life. ...

Tennessee Highway Patrol and local law enforcement officials said during an event on Thursday that a new grant-funded safety enforcement program could save lives if it can convince more drivers to buckle up. The highway patrol has been selected by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to conduct a pilot program in "occupant safety enforcement" in Bedford and Hawkins counties, both of which have had a large number of traffic fatalities linked to the lack of seat belt use...

Educators across the state held a dry run Thursday of their ability to efficiently conduct online testing of students. The plan was to troubleshoot the state's ability to have thousands of students taking online tests at the same time, said Ashley Ball, director of communications for the Tennessee Department of Education. The troubleshooting effort was called Break the MIST; MIST refers to the name of the testing platform...

Tickets are still available for the Shelbyville & Bedford County Chamber of Commerce's annual Firehouse Barbecue on Oct. 5. The barbecue will be from 5-7 p.m. at the Tennessee Fire and Codes Enforcement Academy dining hall. Food will be served from 5-6:30...

A hearing date of Nov. 6 has been set for a Franklin County man accused of murdering his wife in March. James Timothy Hall of Winchester will appear before General Sessions Judge Charles Rich for a possible preliminary hearing. Hall is accused of first degree murder, burglary and reckless endangerment in the shooting death of his wife, Kristal L. Hall, at a home on Highway 64 in Fairfield on March 14...

After going through the first half of the regular season undefeated, Shelbyville Central will kick off a challenging second half of the season tonight in a key Region 5-5A matchup with Lincoln County. It's homecoming for the Golden Eagles and the game will cap off a fun-filled week of activities, including the crowing of the homecoming queen before the game...

It was a successful senior night for the Golden Eaglette soccer team in a 4-1 win over visiting Giles County on Thursday. Seven seniors (Morgan Jennings, Lesleigh Blackburn, Alex Ragan, Savannah Odeneal, Kelcie Seibers, Brooklynn Martin and Olivia Doak) were honored before the game...

UNIONVILLE -- The Community Viqueens sent their seniors out with a bang on Thursday night, dominating visiting Lancaster Christian 3-0. Community scored 12 unanswered points in Set 1 and never looked back. Riding that early surge of momentum, the Viqueens went on to claim a 25-9 Set 1 win...

Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglette volleyball team closed out the regular season with a 3-0 loss to visiting Lincoln County in a District 8-AAA match on Thursday evening. The Eaglettes fell 25-12, 25-8 and 25-8. In junior varsity action Shelbyville Central lost 25-21 and 25-19...

NASHVILLE -- Grayson Garrette was the lone Community Viking to represent the school in the Region 5A/AA golf tournament on Thursday at Harpeth Hills. Though he was unable to secure a spot in the upcoming TSSAA Class A/AA state tournament in Manchester, the Viking freshman performed well, carding an 89 on the afternoon...

FAYETTEVILLE -- The Cascade Middle Champions closed their regular season by pounding Fayetteville 28-6. Cascade got on the board in the first quarter with a 21-yard TD run by quarterback Hunter Jewell. Hunter Palmer notched the first score of the second quarter on a 36-yard score, with Jewell adding a successful two-point run...

LYNCHBURG -- Though Moore County struck first, the Community Middle Vikings had the last laugh in a 38-16 blowout in the season finale in Lynchburg. On the game's opening kickoff, the Raiders opted for an onsides kick, recovered the ball and promptly scored on the possession for an early 8-0 lead after the successful conversion...

Shelbyville Rotary Club -- 93 years old and still going strong -- has made its mark on the community, member Linda Brown said at a recent meeting. Brown noted some of its many accomplishments, including: The club was founded in 1922, a year after First Presbyterian Church minister Dr. Francis Tappy talked to business and professional men about Rotary. Since then, they have sponsored clubs in Fayetteville, Lynchburg and Eagleville, as well as the former Breakfast Rotary Club locally...