Stories from Friday, September 22, 2017

Community High School’s FFA chapter had a student, Carter Eaves, win the state dairy handling competition at the Tennessee State Fair. He will move on to compete at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis in October. (Submitted photo)

The Unionville FCE Club met Sept. 19 with Nancy Perryman presiding as president and calling meeting to order by leading in prayer. Nell Holden read “Blessings for Hard Times.” Two visitors present were Bonnie Hill and Janice Hill. September is National Honey Month and Virgie Summers gave a presentation on the seven or eight processes of making honey and how essential honeybees are for survival. ...

COLUMBIA — What started off rather prosperously ended in disappointment for the Community Viqueens. Riding a seven-match win streak, the Viqueens saw their run come to an end on Thursday evening with a 3-1 defeat at Columbia Academy. The Viqueens took the first set by score of 26-24, but dropped the ensuing three sets...

FAYETTEVILLE — The Cascade Lady Champions just had too much speed on its front line for the Fayetteville City Lady Tigers to overcome. Cascade netted a pair of goals in the first half, but saw a four-goal explosion in the second half put the icing on a 6-2 win...

WINCHESTER — Shelbyville Central’s Golden Eaglette soccer team hit the road and claimed a huge win after defeating Franklin County 3-1 in a District 8-AAA match on Thursday night. Sophomore Karley Simmons scored a hat-trick to account of for all three of Shelbyville Central’s goals...

The Shelbyville Central Golden Eagles step out of region play for a matchup with Stewarts Creek on the road tonight. The Eagles are coming off their best performance of the season in an impressive 37-10 victory over Region 5 5A foe Lincoln County last week on the road...

The Community Middle Vikings used the running of Jay Dabbs to grab the lead and held off a late comeback attempt by the Liberty Patriots as the Vikings won a 14-6 DRVC contest Thursday night. The two teams combined for only four possessions in the first half and nine for the whole game...

The White House has proposed cutting 25 percent of SNAP's budget -- about $193 billion -- over the next decade. SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, though it's more widely known by its pre-2008 name, food stamps. This program helps about 44 million people per month buy food. Last year, the government spent $71 billion in total on the program...

The State of Tennessee is taking care of sewer issues in Bedford County. State Senate Speaker Pro Tempore Jim Tracy on Thursday announced that Shelbyville and Bell Buckle will receive Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) for sewer rehabilitation. Shelbyville will receive $450,000, while Bell Buckle will receive $442,426 for a combined total of $892,426...