Stories from Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Cascade Elementary School students and teachers received a preview of the total solar eclipse on Thursday. Billy Hix of Motlow State Community College talked about the Aug. 21 event. Hix talks to teachers prior to his presentation. (T-G Photo by Jason M. Reynolds)

Shelbyville Central’s Golden Eaglette volleyball team fell 3-0 to visiting Riverside Christian on Monday evening. RCS claimed set victories of 25-7, 25-12 and 25-11, In junior varsity action the Eaglettes won the first set 25-20 but RCS won the last two 25-9 and 15-11

l The Fairview FCE Cub met on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at the University of Tennessee Extension Office in Shelbyville. The devotion was given by Carolyn Jones. Ashley Williams, the summer intern at the Extension Office, was introduced. The Educational Lesson, entitled "No Peel Left Behind: Minimizing Food Waste", was presented by Leader Trainer Marilyn Lewis...

All Motlow State Community College campuses will be closed Thursday, Aug. 24, to permit faculty and staff to attend fall convocation. All campuses will reopen and resume normal business hours on Friday, Aug. 25. Faculty and staff from all Motlow campuses will meet on the Moore County campus for the annual assembly, during which presentations are made for the fall semester, including recognition of faculty and staff accomplishments, presentation of service awards, and faculty discipline meetings...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Viqueens used their height to their advantage in defeating the Lincoln County Lady Falcons 3-1 to open the 2017 volleyball season Monday night. The Viqueens had 27 kills while surviving a third set comeback by the Lady Falcons...

An attempt to portray a physician office employee and obtain an opioid drug backfired on a Shelbyville woman Saturday afternoon. Walmart's pharmacy received a voice mail from a woman claiming to be "Christina," an employee of a physician's office calling in an order for 30 Tramadol tablets for Mary Helen Wright, 47, of Fairway Green Drive, police said...

Bedford County Utility District will receive a $15,000 grant from the state to help replace the fluorescent lights at its water plant in Halls Mill with longer-lasting and more energy-efficient LED lighting. Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Commissioner Bob Martineau announced the grant on Monday as part of nearly $2 million in clean energy projects statewide...

Gas prices at Tennessee pumps are holding steady, while national prices are rising, multiple news outlets report. Prices in Tennessee declined only fractions of a penny over the weekend, AAA -- The Auto Club Group reports. Tennessee gas prices averaged $2.15 on Sunday. The state average is 1-cent more than last week, and 24 cents more than last year, the regional AAA affiliate reports...

Douglas Clifford “Doug” Crawford, 71, of Carrollton, Georgia, a Tennessee Walking Horse breeder and owner, died Sunday evening, August 13, 2017 at his residence. A celebration of life will be held 6 p.m. Tuesday, August 22 at the Carrollton train depot. Another celebration of life will be held in Shelbyville at a later date.

Dennis Franklin Cheatwood, 66, of Nances Creek, Alabama, formerly of Shelbyville, died Monday, Aug. 14, 2017 at his home. A graveside memorial service will be held 6 p.m. Wednesday at Nances Creek Cemetery. Dansby Heritage Chapel of Piedmont, Alabama is handling arrangements.

A number of customers of the Wartrace water system, primarily between Potts Road and Beech Grove, were without water or had very low pressure overnight as the result of a main break. Crews worked overnight to repair a break on Potts Road, not far from State Route 64, but even after it was repaired some customers still had problems, leading to the conclusion that there was another break on the system. ...