Stories from Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Ricky Moore, 56, of Shelbyville died Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Jimmy Kesey officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Herman Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

Lonnie Lovins, 74, of Shelbyville died Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. Graveside services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Ron DeWitt officiating. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

McEWEN -- The road to the Region 5A tournament finals was doubly tough for the Community Viqueens as they faced the host school in their semifinal game. Once again, the Viqueens showed they were up to the task. The Viqueens showed the resiliency that has been a characteristic all season as they advanced to the Region 5A finals for tje third straight year by defeating the McEwen Warriorettes 63-53 in a semifinal matchup Monday night...

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee voters are heading to the polls to make their choices in the state's Super Tuesday presidential primary. The primary comes after several days of spirited campaigning around the state by all five candidates seeking the Republican nomination and by one of the two Democrats remaining in the race...

MURFREESBORO -- Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles were simply outmatched in every phase of the game in a 71-26 loss to top-ranked Blackman in the Region 4-AAA quarterfinals on Saturday night on the road. The Eagles (11-16) kept the game close for the first three minutes, then Blackman took control and posted leads of 25-10 at the close of the first quarter, 47-14 at the intermission and 63-21 after three periods...

Community Elementary's PTO hosted its annual Viking Voyage last week. Each child runs, walks, or jogs as many laps as they can in 40 minutes. Students gather pledges per lap or donations from friends and family members. The Voyage is a spring fundraiser and friendly competition between students to see who can run the most laps...

Gymnasts cast huge shadows over Calsonic Arena as the Garden Brothers Circus performs Sunday. Crowds turned out for the weekend shows. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

Two men attempting to burglarize a Pepper Hill Road home early Saturday afternoon narrowly escaped when the resident unexpectedly arrived. The resident fired a shot into the ground, seconds after looking through a back door and noticing guns and guitars on the floor of his home, and told the driver of an unfamiliar vehicle in the driveway, "You'd better get out of here," the Bedford County Sheriff's Office said...

The Middle Tennessee Association of Realtors (MTAR) has begun its annual scholarship awards process for fall 2016/spring 2017. Scholarship applications were mailed out Jan. 5 to guidance counselors in all high schools in the eight-county MTAR service area, which is made up of Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Moore and Rutherford counties...

Lular Greene, 78, of Wartrace, died Monday, February 29, 2016. Arrangements will be announced by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.