Stories from Friday, August 18, 2017

MANCHESTER — After seeing their season opener originally scheduled for last Thursday postponed, the Cascade Middle Champions were finally able to kickoff the season last night at Westwood. Cascade claimed the 2017 opener with a 32-20 win over the Rockets...

The Community Viqueens picked up their second win of the season on Thursday evening, defeating Enrichment Fellowship 3-0. Community set the match’s tone with a 25-15 Set 1 win and followed with a 25-10 Set 2 win. The Viqueens finished the sweep with a 25-14 Set 3 victory...

The Community Viqueens captured a team win in golf action against Fairview Thursday afternoon at Graymere Golf Course in Columbia. Hannah Goodwin claimed low medalist honors with a 40 as the Viqueens defeated Fairview 94-108. Even though the Community boys could not compete as a team with only three players, Grayson Garrette was only one stroke from claiming the low score as he carded a 37...

It has been a week in which the Community Viking focus on the opening game of the 2017 football season has been severely altered. The Vikings are hoping that coming together as a family will help. After fellow teammate Shane Bowden passed away over the weekend, the close-knit Vikings have dealt with the loss with the season opener only days away...

Columbia State Community College was recently awarded a $200,000 grant from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to increase student retention and on-time graduation rates. The Institutional Outcome Improvement Fund grant is intended to allow institutions to focus on student outcomes in areas such as credit hour progression and degree completion...

UNIONVILLE — It took over 28 minutes for the Community Viqueens to get on the scoreboard, but once the ice was broken, the Viqueens scored three goals in five minutes en route to a 5-3 soccer victory over the DeKalb County Lady Tigers Thursday night...

Fair Haven Baptist Church will host Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University starting Sept. 6. The nine-week course provides families and individuals with practical tools to gain control of their finances and set themselves up for long-term financial success. ...

Two men, one with a gun, threatened a man as he arrived at his home on Naron Road at mid-afternoon Wednesday. The victim said the men were inside his garage. One threatened him with the gun and ordered him to sit on the floor before both fled with a record player taken from the home...

Losing any key player is tough. Losing your starting quarterback before the first snap of the season is even tougher. Two weeks ago the Cascade Champions suffered the loss of Colby Melson for an extended period of time due to an injury sustained during a scrimmage at Eagleville...

Lesson learned…Never spot an opponent 30 points in the first half. Such was the case in Shelbyville Central’s 37-29 loss to visiting Tullahoma in the opening football game of the season on Thursday evening. To say that this was a big win for Tullahoma would be a huge understatement as the victory snapped a 21-game losing streak...

WASHINGTON -- A prominent Republican senator delivered a stinging rebuke Thursday of Donald Trump's short time in office, declaring he has not shown the stability or competence required for an American president to succeed. Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, also said Trump "recently has not demonstrated that he understands the character of this nation." During comments to local reporters after a speech to the Chattanooga Rotary Club, Corker called for "radical changes" in how the Trump White House operates.. ...

Bedford County Imagination Library has raised about $7,500 so far towards a two-for-one matching grant from an anonymous donor, but hopes to push that number to $10,000 by the end of the month, which would mean the anonymous donor would add $20,000 for a total of $30,000...

Students may be out Monday for the solar eclipse, but that has not stopped schools from hosting a variety of activities this week related to the celestial event. One fifth-grade class at East Side Elementary has been on the ball, so to speak....

Some insignificant legal/consumer news broke recently that you probably missed – the proposed settlement in the case of White v Rust-Oleum Corp. It's a happy coincidence that a plaintiff named White is leading the battle against a paint company. His full name is Daryl White, Jr...

William Edward "Eddie" Freeman, 57, of Rover died Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 at his home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Monday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with the Rev. Bobby Maxwell officiating. Burial will follow at Cochran Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will begin at noon.