Stories from Friday, October 27, 2017

The race rallies that have forced the closure of so many Middle Tennessee businesses are being particularly felt at ground zero. The white supremacist organizations will hold their rally on the sidewalk at the southwest corner of North Cannon Boulevard and Lane Parkway in front of Barb’s Corner Cafe. The city has designated the counter protest area for the northwest corner of North Cannon and Lane (the side facing Sherwin-Williams paint store)...

Rose Williams Higgins, 83, of Shelbyville died Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 after an extended illness. No services will be held, Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

The regulars of the early morning breakfast crew at Barb’s Corner Cafe won’t be able to enjoy their normal Saturday meal this week and owner Barbara Dodd is going to lose a significant portion of her weekly income due to a White Lives Matter rally. The protesters that will assemble in Dodd’s front yard and parking area will be white supremacists, supporters of the White Lives Matter movement. ...

Costs of the added manpower for law enforcement and public service agencies at Saturday’s white supremacist rally are piling up. But officials consider the expense a must. “We bought some extra equipment,” Sheriff Austin Swing said. He estimated $9,000-$10,000 in purchases of various items, declining to specify what was obtained...

Tortilleria Gonzalez/Taco Plus Restaurant is one Shelbyville business that is not shutting down Saturday. The store, at 519 Madison St., is not exactly close to the rallies, but it’s not far in this small town. The owner is Miguel Gonzalez, a Mexican immigrant who said he has lived in the United States for 45 years. And he is staying open despite the white supremacists saying they chose Shelbyville for a rally over immigration issues...

The city of Shelbyville will close portions of Lane Parkway and North Cannon Boulevard starting at 4 a.m. Saturday for vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Lane Parkway will close from the intersection of West Lane and Regent Drive to the North Main Street intersection of Lane Parkway. ...

Drugs were found in a vehicle stopped after the driver made an illegal U-turn Wednesday, a Bedford County Sheriff’s Office report said. Preston Scott Rumsey, 33, of U.S. 231 North was charged with possession of schedule IV and VI drugs and paraphernalia. He posted $3,000 bond...

Mexican professor Andrew Paxman will sign copies of a book with Shelbyville ties here on Nov. 1. The Shelbyville-Bedford County Public Library will host Paxman at 9:15 a.m. in the History Room. He is the author of “Jenkins of Mexico: How A Southern Farm Boy Became A Mexican Magnate.”...

The Shelbyville Central Golden Eagles are aiming to complete a remarkable turnaround when they close out the regular season on the road at Franklin County in a Region 5 5A matchup. The Eagles (5-4, 4-1) clinched the runner-up spot and an opening round home game in the TSSAA state playoffs with their 30-21 win over Page last week...

The Cascade Middle Champions trailed visiting Eagleville by as much as 11-2 in the first frame. Though the first half was no masterpiece, Cascade put together its best second half of the season so far and finished its comeback with a 58-45 win over the visiting Eagles...

An absolute monster of a first half by the Cascade Middle Lady Champions was more than enough to put the Eagleville Lady Eagles away on Thursday night in a 55-14 win. Lani Jones sparked Cascade’s early outburst with 12 points in the first quarter, including a pair of three-pointers...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Middle Viqueens used a big third quarter to extend a slim halftime lead and went on to the defeat the MTCS Lady Cougars 22-15 in a DRVC North Division basketball game Thursday night. After the Lady Cougars scored the opening basket for their only lead of the game, the Viqueens scored the next four points and ended the first quarter with a 5-4 advantage...

UNIONVILLE — The Community Middle Vikings led for most of the game, but had trouble finding the basket in the second and fourth quarters as the Vikings fell to the MTCS Cougars 29-26 in a DRVC North Division game Thursday night. With Stratton Lovvorn knocking down two treys, the Vikings went on a 7-0 run and led 10-5 after one quarter...