Stories from Friday, October 9, 2015

Barbara Mitchell Ruffin, 87, of Shelbyville died Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Munford Cemetery in Covington. Visitation will be from 3-5 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Two suspects in a home invasion and robbery early Wednesday are being sought by Shelbyville police. Half-brothers Napoleon Scales Jr., 20, of South Hillcrest Drive and Napoleon Emmanuale Person, 26, of Madison, Tennessee allegedly entered an East Depot Street home and forcibly took $1,600 while stepping on a 7-month baby and shooting as they left, Detective Sgt. Charles Merlo said...

CHAPEL HILL -- The Liberty Patriots just couldn't get out of their own way in the Duck River Valley Conference Championship game on Thursday night at Forrest. The Patriots were plagued with penalties and miscues at inopportune times which eventually cost Liberty the 24-14 loss...

It was alumni night and Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes made the reunion even more special with a 4-3 victory over visiting Smyrna in the final regular season soccer match on Thursday evening. The Eaglettes (13-6) entertain Lawrence County in the opening round of the District 8-AAA Tournament on Saturday afternoon at 2...

After suffering their first loss of the season last week to Lincoln County, the task doesn't get any easier for Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles when they host Class 5A top-ranked Independence tonight at Eagle Stadium. Shelbyville Central (5-1, 2-1 5-5A) fell 34-7 to the Falcons last week in a game in which the high-powered Eagle offense failed to get rolling...

Donating an average of only 10 hours a year in mentoring can mean the difference between a teenager attending college or going out into the workforce with only a high school diploma, an education advocate said Thursday. Graham Thomas, director of community partnerships for tnAchieves, spoke to about a dozen people interested in being Tennessee Promise mentors on Thursday...

The Shelbyville city council voted Thursday to enter into an agreement with Wiser Engineering for design of Phase III of the downtown sidewalk rehabilitation project at an estimated cost of $86,200. Phase III, for which the city received a grant of nearly $600,000 from the state in June, will include work on all the entrances to the public square, including new sidewalks, lighting, crosswalks and trash receptacles...

A number of merchants on the Shelbyville square and others voiced their opinions Thursday during a public hearing about plans to rehabilitate the area. Shelbyville's city council approved an application Thursday night for a transportation alternative grant that would rehabilitate the public square...

One suspect has been arrested and another is being sought in the September shooting death of a Shelbyville woman. David Darrell Fletcher and Earl Antonio Taylor, both 30 and from Winchester, are accused of killing Angela Kibble, 45, early Sept. 14 at her Belmont Avenue apartment, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Thursday...

June Prosser Savage, 91, of Shelbyville died Friday morning, Oct. 9, 2015 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Doak-Howell Funeral home with Rob McKamey and the Rev. Charles Jones officiating and her grandson, David Thomas, speaking. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. Sunday.