Stories from Sunday, April 3, 2016

Principal's List Fifth Grade Christopher Brown, Robert Clanton, Zachary Cope, Bridgett Evans, Caleb Fletcher, Ava Foulk, Thomas Gentry, Nia Hiles, Jesse Joslin, Macy Legate, Margaret Lynch, Micheal Olive, Avery Petersen, Sandra Rojas-Machado, Ethan Waller Freeman, Timothy West, Leah Zeiler...

On Fairway View Drive, a cul-de-sac next door to the River Bend Country Club golf course, one might expect to see a birdie ... or an eagle. But on Friday, it was a red-tailed hawk which made an appearance. The stunned hawk had been picked up a month ago by Larry Thurston of Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. ...

Legendary college football coach Steve Spurrier will be guest speaker at this year's Steak & Chicken event, benefiting the Boys & Girls Club of Bedford County. The seventh annual event will be held May 10 at the Blue Ribbon Circle club. Normally a dinner, it will be a luncheon to accommodate Spurrier's schedule...

The fifth edition of Salute magazine is on schedule to be released Thursday. Look for copies at many businesses throughout the county, as well as the Times-Gazette office and the Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce. Editor Sadie Fowler holds (right hand) the final draft of this year's magazine, which the T-G publishes for the Chamber as its primary promotional tool to attract business and industry to Bedford County, as well as the last four editions of the magazine (left hand). "We're excited to be celebrating the fifth birthday of this great publication and hope our readers find it as a useful resource and interesting read," Fowler said. "We'd like to extend a special thank you to all who contributed, including advertisers as well as writers and photographers, making this year's magazine a top notch product from which we will all benefit." (T-G Photo by David Melson)

Here's our look back at the past seven days in local news. Choose the best answer for each question. 1) Which plot point in former Shelbyville resident Julia Claiborne Johnson's novel "Be Frank With Me," written several years ago, turned out to be prophetic?...

As the end of the spring 2016 semester draws near, some MTSU students will need help with nourishment to sustain them through their studies and their upcoming final exams in late April and early May. The MTSU Student Food Pantry in Room 210 of the Student Services and Admissions Center, commonly known as the MT One Stop, is running low and needs donations of just about every conceivable kind of food that can be transported conveniently...

An arrest was made Friday night in connection with two thefts of equipment from a Sims Road construction site in March. David Lee Wilson, 34, allegedly took thousands of dollars worth of tools from chicken barns under construction, according to the Bedford County Sheriff's Office...

Billy Hix will complete the 2015-2016 Follin Speaker Series at The Webb School with his presentation "Science Rocks" on April 12 at 2:20 p.m. in the Follin Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. The Follin Speaker Series is an endowed program at Webb...

Action on Capitol Hill continued to shift from committees to the floor of the Senate this week as members of the Senate's Transportation and Safety, State and Local Government and Judiciary Committees worked diligently towards completing their business for the 2016 legislative session...

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." -- Dr. Seuss In my newsletter most weeks, I report how busy we are and how hectic Session is going. This week while sitting at my seat on the House Floor, I looked around and thought about what a privilege and honor it is to be part of this historic House. ...

UNIONVILLE -- Some things never change. Dogs and cats will always fight, peanut butter will always go well with jelly, and Cascade (7-7) and Community (4-9) will come down to a wild finish. For the better part of six innings, Champion pitcher Hayden Edmondson and Viking pitcher Robby Gray dueled on the mound, with neither team able to crack the opposing pitcher...

The Cascade Lady Champions claimed a big non-district victory over visiting Summit on Friday evening, defeating the Lady Spartans 7-4. Keeping with her stellar start to the year so far, freshman pitcher Brooke Sudduth tied up the Lady Spartan bats for the better part of the game, not allowing a run to cross the plate until the sixth inning...

Shelbyville Central High School's National Honor Society recently held its annual induction ceremony. Seniors: Andrew Beard; Kayleigh Caldwell; Jamie Groves; Taryn Hicks; Sally Oliver; Jessica Palmeros; Kaylib Powell; and Micah Thompson Juniors: Perla Arias; Jacie Armstrong; Caitlin Boleyn; Kendall Durard; Rosario Lopez-Ortiz; Jennifer Mendiola-Molina; AnaLilia Pichardo; Keely Smith; Jesse Smotherman; and Luisa Suazo...

The Bedford County FFA Chapter of Shelbyville Central High School traveled to Gatlinburg to take part in the Tennessee FFA State Convention. The chapter was awarded a Gold Rating for their National Chapter Award, was named a State Superior Chapter, awarded for having a 10 percent membership increase, and awarded a Gold rating for their Passing Literacy OnWard (PLOW) program...

The Webb School recently announced its A and B honor rolls for the third quarter of the 2015-16 school year. An independent college preparatory day/boarding school for grades 6-12, The Webb School is the oldest continuously operating school of its kind in the South. The school has a dual emphasis on academic excellence and character development...

Holy Week, Good Friday, and all of the celebrations that all come with this time of year, including spring break. What better to look forward to than over a week out of school? But sometimes certain problems arise during breaks. While so many children look forward to spring break, for others it means 10 days with no school meals or weekend BackPacks...

It is finally spring! Warm weather, dandelions, outdoor activities, and of course, spring cleaning! Visiting my three cousins at my Aunt Sandy and Uncle Bill's house was always a treat for me because I didn't have siblings near my age at home to play with. Aunt Sandy was a school teacher and always had interesting activities that were bound to both teach and entertain...

Last Sunday most of us celebrated Easter, and people celebrate this holiday in a variety of ways. So many people forget about the religious significance of Easter, just like they do with Christmas. And to them Easter is about baskets filled with brightly colored eggs, chocolate rabbits and jelly beans, and of course the Easter Bunny...

Nuclear war has been steady on my mind as of late. Before you get the wrong impression, I haven't dug any holes in the ground or started buying extra cans of corn at the grocery store, I've just been pondering how humanity arrived at the nuclear predicament...

William Timothy 'Tim Buck' Buchanan, 60, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Sevier Street First Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Public viewing will be from 4:30-6 p.m. Monday at Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel with family visitation beginnning at noon Tuesday at the church.