Stories from Friday, April 22, 2016

Cindy Adams, 90, of Shelbyville died Friday, April 22, 2016. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Woodfork Chapel AME Church with Randall Webster officiating. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel and beginning at noon Wednesday at the church.

Pedro Rico Martinez, 66, of Shelbyville died Friday, April 22, 2016. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Jorge Suarez officiating. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Saturday.

Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce's Economic Development and Tourism (EDT) department has announced a grant program to assist local events with the potential to bring visitors to Bedford County. From time to time in the past, events like horse shows have approached city or county government asking for contributions and pointing out the economic impact that a big tourism event has on the community, said Chamber CEO Allen Pitner...

How would you feel about a nice cold glass of chlorine? Or liquid fertilizer? Antifreeze, maybe? What many people don't realize is that water doesn't just travel one way through pipes and garden hoses. Under the wrong conditions, chlorine from a backyard pool or fertilizer from a garden sprayer or antifreeze from that radiator you're flushing can get sucked backwards into the hose, and from there it can mingle with the water in your home pipes, or even into the public water main...

Regular season District 8-AAA Champions! Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagle soccer team holds that claim after defeating Tullahoma 1-0 on Thursday evening at home to wrap up the regular season district title. The long goal of the game was a header by junior Edgar Campero Cruz off an assist by Ismael Hernandez...

The Cascade Lady Champions have a long-term goal--get to the Class AA state tournament. While the postseason is still a few weeks away, the Lady Champions (18-4, 7-0 12-AA) took one more step closer to locking up the regular season District 12-AA title with an 8-0 win over Spring Hill on Thursday afternoon...

MURFREESBORO -- The Community Viqueens have now scored 29 runs in their past two games. On Thursday, the Viqueens maintained their standing in the District 9-A race, blasting MTCS 14-4. It all started from the first at-bat, with the Viqueens finding their way on base with a lead off walk by senior Davie Barnes...

Shelbyville Central took a tough 15-8 loss to visiting Forrest in a non-district matchup on Thursday evening. It was the second loss of the season for the Eaglettes to Forrest. The Lady Rockets collected 13 hits led by a home run off the bat of Brooke Paul...

CHAPEL HILL -- The Cascade Champions won back-to-back matches for the first time this season with a 4-2 win at Forrest on Thursday afternoon. Gerson Solis scored the first goal for the Champs on a header from a free kick by Colin Weir. Josue Nieto finished another goal in the first half to give the Champs a 2-0 lead at the break...

The following local residents recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. All four were initiated at Middle Tennessee State University:...

A man suspected of passing forged checks narrowly got away Wednesday afternoon, Shelbyville police said. Two of three checks stolen from a Shelbyville business, made out for $3,860 and $3,680, were accepted at two First Community Bank branches. A teller at one location asked the suspect to show a state identification card before the transaction, police said. Moments later the bank contacted the business owner who discovered the checks had been stolen...

The Unionville FCE Club met on March 15 at Unionville Fire Hall. Nancy Perryman was the reporter. Nancy Holton presided over the meeting. There were seven members and two visitors present. Whitney Danhof gave members a lifestyle challenge that is due in June. She presented a lesson on cooking light meals for the spring and summer...

Mary Johnson, 62, of Bell Buckle died Friday, April 22, 2016. Arrangements will be announced by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.