Stories from Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Jim W. Hughes, 82, died Friday, April 7, 2017. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hellum Funeral Home in Murfreesboro. Visitation will begin at noon.

Linda Steele Lemmon, 73, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Jim Tedder and Loyd Warren officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

A man initially charged with 32 counts of auto burglary and two counts of theft pleaded guilty to 16 counts of auto burglary Thursday in Circuit Court. “You clearly don’t do things halfway,” Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell told John Henry Richards, 19, of Shelbyville, charged in connection with a string of August 2016 auto break-ins...

The Great Recession provided little benefit to anyone, but for Amanda Rhinehart it was an opportunity for future improvement. Rhinehart is Shelbyville’s Planning and Community Development Director. When construction came to a grinding halt over the last few years she was able to do the legwork for the city planning commission and city council to revise and update the zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations...

A 36-year-old Shelbyville woman was sentenced in a plea deal Thursday to serve six years in prison on charges of theft and forgery. Amanda Lee Jackson will have to serve a minimum of 30 percent of the sentence, almost two years. She was originally charged with aggravated burglary, theft of property (valued at between $10,000 and $60,000), and eight counts of forgery (involving stolen checks). ...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Vikings exploded for 17 hits and batted around in three of the four innings they were at the plate en route to a 17-4 victory over the Boyd Christian Broncos in a non-district contest Monday night. Twelve different Vikings recorded hits as Community scored early and often...

Marshall County’s Marlee Woodward did a good job of keeping Cascade’s often powerful bats mostly silenced on Monday afternoon. What she couldn’t do was stop freshman Kailey Snell. The Lady Champion rookie had a hand in all three Cascade runs scored and led the home team to a 3-0 district victory over the visiting Tigerettes...

The CPA Lions proved why they’re one of the top teams in the mid-state on Monday afternoon. The Lions (15-4, 9-0) backed a gem by starter David Bates and blasted three home runs in a 13-0 win over Cascade (5-9-4, 2-5) in District 12-AA play. Cascade starter Hayden Edmondson worked around trouble in the first and gave up just a double, but fell victim to the Lions’ ability to hit for power at the plate in the second inning...

Shelbyville Central saw a nice lead slip away in a 9-8 loss to visiting Tullahoma in a key District 8-AAA matchup on Monday evening. After falling behind after Tullahoma’s first at-bat, the Eaglettes scored eight runs before Tullahoma closed out the game with six unanswered runs to seal the victory...

The Liberty Patriots took the early lead against Huntland on Monday afternoon and never let up, claiming an 11-0 shutout victory. Dylan Norris went the distance for the Patriots, striking out six, while allowing just four hits. Offensively, the Patriots scored early and often...

Two men were charged with drug possession when crystal methampethamine was allegedly found in their truck Friday. Anthony Christopher Hampton, 37, of Belmont Avenue and Michael Shaun Blackmon, 38, of Sims Road were each charged with possession of a schedule II drug and possession of drug paraphernalia, the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office said...

The Butler’s Creek FCE met March 20 at the Extension office. Barbara Troxler called the meeting to order with Brenda Gregory reading “Shamrocks.” Melisssa Turrentone gave the devotion. Hostesses, Patti McIntyre and Gloria Crick had decorations and refreshments in observance of St. ...

The family of Hazel Gordon celebrated her 100th birthday, which was on Monday. She lives at Celebration Way Assisted Living. (Submitted photos)