Stories from Thursday, October 26, 2017

Author Kristin Tubb visits with Cascade Middle School and had lunch with 6th graders Laurel Cox and Ava Butts.

Frank Krajick of Bell Buckle died Oct. 21, 2017 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro. A graveside service will be 1 p.m. Friday at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Murfreesboro with Dr. Lenny Farmer officiating. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Thursday and beginning at noon Friday at Jennings and Ayers Funeral Home in Murfreesboro.

John Hyde Thomas, 86, of Murfreesboro died Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. Funeral services will be at noon Tuesday, Oct. 31 at West Harpeth Primitive Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Poplar Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at Scales & Sons Funeral Home in Murfreesboro and beginning 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church.

Owen C. Hammonds, 85, died Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Burial will follow at Round Hill Cemetery, Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

FRANKLIN – A mix of ethnically diverse Tennessee Baptists gathered in a display of unity at the Church Support Center in Franklin Wednesday to publicly denounce the white supremacist movement and racism during a press conference called by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board...

Cigarettes found on, or thought to have been smoked by, a man charged with stealing a dirt bike may lead to his arrest in multiple vehicle burglaries, Shelbyville police said Wednesday. Joseph Tucker was seen pushing a dirt bike police say was stolen along Orchard Drive shortly before sunrise Tuesday, Officer Nathaniel Everhart found Tucker walking without the bike and carrying a backpack containing Camel Lights cigarettes, lighters, a phone charging cord, Beats headphones, coins and cash. ...

To say that the Community Vikings’ football game Friday night against the Forrest Rockets has a lot on the line would be an understatement. With a victory, the Vikings would clinch their first playoff spot in the school’s history and punch a ticket to the TSSAA Class 2A playoffs next week...

It hasn’t been the season Cascade coach Jake Tyre envisioned three short months ago during summer workouts. After being plagued with injuries and jut plain rotten luck, the Champions have one last shot to find a win in the 2017 season on Friday night at the Stable as Cascade hosts Westmoreland...