Stories from Thursday, August 25, 2016

Evening classes at the Celebration begin 7 p.m. today. Call 931-684-5915 for ticket information. Barbecue cookout: The Celebration will host a barbecue cookout beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27. Various vendors will sell barbecue by the plate or by the pound, and there will be music as well...

Many items including an air conditioner, mini refrigerator, pressure washer, floor jack and two security cameras were taken from the former Fast Track Auto Sales, Madison Street. The items could have been taken at any time over the past several months, police were told. A side door was found open...

Any win is a good win. But any coach knows better than to rest after a good win. After last week's opener win at Moore County, Cascade coach Jake Tyre turned his attention to the Champions' home opener against Lewis County on Friday night. "The defense played well and the offense played well in spurts. I think we're going to get better as the season goes. To set that off with a win gets the ball rolling a little bit," Tyre said...

A grateful crowd of Community Middle and Elementary students recognized their school's own Cam Farrell last Friday for his honor as Tennessee School Resource Officer of the Year. "Wow, these folks are so good to me and it just makes me want to give my all every chance I get," Farrell, the schools' SRO for five years, said. "The assembly was amazing. I spent most of my time trying not to cry. The love in that gym was unreal."...

Although the evening classes do not begin until tonight, The Celebration got off to a busy start Wednesday. Twelve morning classes were held Wednesday inside Calsonic Arena, from Model Pleasure Walking Mares to Owner-Amateur Riders on Country Pleasure Walking Horses, Four Years and Under, Opt. Tack. Results are on Page 6A...

Over the past 15-20 years, the arrival of The Celebration has each year been met with some measure of uncertainty. Some good, some bad. "Will it be Encore or Powerstroke this year?" "Out On Parole or Shout?" "Will PETA actually fulfill their promise to protest this year?" "Will Honors get to show?"...

As a former Tennessean, past president of the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' & Exhibitors' Association, and life-long enthusiast of the Tennessee walking horse, I am all too familiar with the pervasiveness of soring within the walking horse industry...

There is always special energy in the air as the days tick down closer and closer to Labor Day. For those in Shelbyville and those making the annual pilgrimage it means one thing, the magic of the Celebration. What is maybe the most magical component is the transformation of the 105 acres that comprise the Celebration campus...

Henry Alexander O'Neal, 74, of Moore County,dued Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Lincoln Medical Center in Fayetteville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lynchburg Funeral Home with Tom Henry and Jim Gray officiating. Burial will follow at Booneville Cemetery. visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday.

A Shelbyville police officer shot and killed a man allegedly pointing a gun at him at an East Lane Street residence late Wednesday night. Jeffrey Darren Hosea, 53, had been holding his son at gunpoint, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said....