Stories from Tuesday, May 3, 2016

A fleeing suspect was tased twice after allegedly refusing to follow a police officer's orders to stop Sunday night. Officer Todd Sanders was pursuing Tony Dewayne Williams, 24, of Maplewood Drive on foot behind businesses on South Cannon Boulevard. Williams allegedly refused an order to stop and began to run when Sanders used the taser...

Liberty FCE Club met Apri 18 with Betty Renegar presiding. Judy Smith read the call to order, "Don't Give Up." Linda Jernigan gave the devotion. The minutes were read and approved. The treasurer gave a balance of $309.29. There were six members and one guest present...

Quick work by Wartrace and Bedford County firefighters may have averted major damage to the historic Walking Horse Hotel in downtown Wartrace on Monday night, "We had the fire out in five to seven minutes," Wartrace fire chief Robert Dye said. A small fire broke out in a second floor room, Dye said, with damage from the blaze itself confined to that area...

Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles saw their chance at their first regular season District 8-AAA championship in years slip way in the top of the seventh in a 2-1 loss to visiting Lincoln County on Saturday afternoon in a Pink-Out game. Up 1-0 going into the top of the seventh frame, the Eagles allowed two runs in the seventh, then failed to score in the bottom of the inning after Luke Davidson led off with a double...

State Sen. Jim Tracy, R-Shelbyville, said a bill passed this year by the General Assembly would have prevented the theft of $162,000 in grant funds meant to feed hungry children. A special investigation by the Tennessee Comptroller's Office has found that Jeannette Jives-Nealy stole $162,165 in federal grant funds...

A team captain and quarterback of the 2015 Tullahoma High School football team was killed in a head-on accident on U.S. 41A east of Shelbyville late Saturday afternoon. Eli B. Grow, 17, died at the scene just east of the highway widening project and just east of the Carr Creek Road intersection, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said...

Donations to the Shelbyville-Bedford County Public Library Building Fund, Memorial Fund, and Memorial Books have been made in memory of Emmett Arnold by John and Carol Jones; Ron Arnold by Ruth Snell and Donna Kimery; Joyce Atterholt by Ruth Deming, Rebekah Majors-Manley; Dorothy Juanita Keel Bailey and David Eberling by Mr. ...

The Tennessee Highway Patrol has announced its roadside checkpoints for May. Driver's license: Friday, May 27, 2 p.m., Highway 64 East at the 15-mile marker. Driver's license/Sobriety: Friday, May 6, 11 p.m. Highway 64 East at the 15-mile marker; Friday, May 20, 11 p.m., U.S. 231 North at the 15-mile marker...

Whenever Cascade and Community meet on the baseball diamond, it's the same ole same ole. After the Vikings (16-15) claimed a 5-4 win over the Champions (13-17) earlier this season, Cascade repaid the favor Monday night on senior night, claiming a 5-4 win of its own...

It was a successful Senior Night on Monday as Shelbyville Central cruised to an 8-1 win over Marshall County. The Eagles honored seniors Wesley Griggs, Trevor Sanders, Chase Smith and Addison Woods before the game and thesy played a big role in the win...

SEWANEE -- One district championship is good. Four are even better. In the District 8-AAA individual tennis tournament on Friday, held at Sewanee, Shelbyville Central saw four players crowned as the best in the district. Eddie Green claimed the boys title with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Lincoln County's Keven Kite...

Four generations together recently were, from left, Jackson Frazier Head with his great-grandmother Polly Frazier, grandmother Freda Head and father Philip Head. (Submitted photo)