Stories from Friday, January 29, 2016

Marshall Wayne Crigger, 74, of Shelbyville died Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 at his home. Mr. Crigger will be cremated and there will not be a funeral service. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m-2 p.m. Monday at London Funeral Home in Lewisburg.

Three years ago, someone from Walmart Distribution Center called Harris Middle School principal Jimmy Sullivan about a Walmart-sponsored volunteer program in which Walmart employees mentor and work with eighth grade students. Sullivan readily agreed, and Mi Futuro -- the name means "My Future" in Spanish, although the program isn't specific to any particular racial, ethnic or language group -- has been active at the school ever since...

Tennessee's high school graduates often are not ready for college, one report says. The Tennessee Comptroller's Offices of Research and Education Accountability (OREA) has released a report on the college readiness of Tennessee students improve the effectiveness of postsecondary remediation...

Square dances were first documented in Europe in the 1600s, but the dance moved to the United States, where it adopted western and southern musical styles and cultures and became so deeply Americanized that -- according to Wikipedia -- 19 states have designated square dancing as their official state dance...

A suspect in a car whose driver allegedly tried to speed away as police approached Wednesday night told officers he had sold a marijuana joint to the driver and another passenger. The driver allegedly drove over a curb without headlights in a cul-de-sac at the end of Doak Street in Brookhaven subdivision as Sgt. Cody King approached...

Linda Yockey, graduation coach for Bedford County Schools, was the guest speaker at the Shelbyville Woman's Club meeting on Jan. 13. Prior to her current position, she was a science teacher at Cascade and then at Shelbyville Central High School. In addition to teaching, she is a county commission member and the foreman of the county's grand jury...

CHAPEL HILL -- There are no easy games in District 9-A. For the second straight game this week, the Community Viqueens (19-2, 8-1 9-A) escaped with a road win, defeating the Forrest Lady Rockets (13-11, 4-6 9-A), 66-54 on Thursday night. "There's not an easy night. You can't think you're going to come out and not play your best game and get away with it. It's such a tough district," said Viqueen coach Allison Martin...

CHAPEL HILL -- Too much Pride can be a bad thing, unless you're the Community Vikings. On Thursday night, Viking senior Darian Pride had his way with the Forrest Rockets (3-20, 1-9 9-A), scoring a game-high 28 points and leading his team to a 52-42 District 9-A road win...

MANCHESTER -- After a first close half, Harris Middle School was scoreless in the second half in the Central Tennessee Conference Tournament played at Coffee County Middle School on Thursday afternoon. The Eaglettes fell 38-17 to White County after trailing 18-17 at halftime...

Jamey Steinhurst was eating lunch with his mother Vicki (not pictured). She was enjoying the nice weather. Jamey was thinking of the election. He will vote for whoever makes it to the primary, but he thinks that will be Donald Trump, whom he supports anyway: He says what he thinks. Jamey's sons, ages 14 and 3, will likely be outside riding their motorcycles this weekend, Vicki said...