Stories from Friday, April 15, 2016

Cleo Pierce, 94, of Flat Creek died Friday, April 15, 2016 at Christian Care Center of Bedford County. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Donald Gregory officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Herman Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Saturday.

Robert Maurice "Bob" Austin, 85, of Sparta, a former Shelbyville resident, died Thursday, April 14, 2016 at his home after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Cornerstone General Baptist Church in Gallatin. Burial will follow at Sumner Memorial Gardens in Gallatin. Visitation will be held at Oak Lawn Funeral Home in Sparta from 4-6 p.m. Sunday and beginning at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the church.

Shelbyville City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to cut funding by 20 percent to nonprofit agencies. City Manager Jay Johnson told the council that he and City Treasurer Jamey Owen need to know the council's will by the time budget sessions start soon...

Beaming parents, family and friends of 132 elementary and middle school students making up the annual Bedford County Mass Choir filled Shelbyville Central High School on Tuesday. This year's third annual program, "Music for the World," included eight songs from West Africa, Jamaica, Israel, Japan, Australia, South Africa and America...

CASA Works will hold its annual "I am for the Child" Bedford County luncheon Tuesday, April 26 at noon at First Baptist Church on Depot Street. CASA serves abused and neglected children in juvenile courts in Bedford, Coffee and Franklin counties. RSVP by April 21 by calling 931-455-7426...

Five people have been charged with the wave of daytime home burglaries occurring in Bedford and three other counties beginning in February. Three suspects -- Brittany King, 24, of Smyrna, John Paul Williams, 27, and Danny Phillips III, 20, all of Murfreesboro, are being held in Bedford County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bonds, Detective Lt. ...

Cascade junior Hayden Edmondson struggled through his first inning on the mound, but worked out of a bases loaded jam and pitched a gem over the remaining five innings in the Champions' 11-1 win over Huntland in the Walking Horse Classic on Thursday afternoon...

UNIONVILLE -- The Community Vikings were on their heels for most of the game and could not overcome the pressure from the Harpeth Indians in a 4-1 District 9A-AA soccer loss Thursday night. Even though the Indians kept the ball on the Viking defensive end of the field for most of the first half, the Community defense only allowed two goals. Harpeth scored its first goal of the game 12 minutes into the first half, and went up 2-0 on another goal with just under three minutes left in the half...

The Giles County Lady Bobcats just couldn't rattle Lady Champion pitcher Brooke Sudduth. She gave up just two hits and helped lead Cascade to a 10-0 shutout win, keeping the undefeated streak in the district alive. With Sudduth adding another gem to her impressive 2016 resume, the Lady Champions went to work in the bottom of the first inning...

The Shelbyville Central Golden Eagle tennis team got back to its winning ways on Thursday afternoon, sweeping non-district foe Warren County 7-0. The Eaglettes also kept their win streak going, defeating the Lady Pioneers 4-3 to improve to 8-3 on the year...

Harris Middle School's Golden Eaglette softball team cruised to a pair of victories over Franklin County South in Central Tennessee Conference action on Thursday evening. The Eaglettes won the first game 15-0. Lexie Taylor ripped a double while Madison Madden and Hannah Burks each added a pair of singles...