Stories from Friday, December 8, 2017

Lily, a westie belonging to Rachel Arnold of Shelbyville, poses in front of the Christmas tree. (Submitted photo)

Santa and Mrs. Claus visited Flat Creek Community Center’s monthly meeting on Dec. 2. (Submitted photo)

Joseph Lee Newman, 43, of Shelbyville died suddenly Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 at his home. Funeral service 11 a.m. Monday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home, Jeff Rasnick officiating. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Sunday.

Davorka Whiteside of the Antiques, Art & Collectibles Mall stands with a coat rack on the square Thursday. The mall has placed coats outside for anyone in need to take at no charge. People who have an old coat are invited to hang it up on a rack for someone else. Cliff Hirst (not pictured) said the idea came from a similar giveaway in Tullahoma, but it is also a concept done all over the nation. Whiteside said the coats will be available on the square until Christmas Eve, then they will be donated to First Baptist Church on Depot Street, which will hand them out during its January food giveaway. (T-G Photos by Jason M. Reynolds)

A surveillance camera helped uncover who stole a cellphone from a fellow student's backpack at Cascade High School on Wednesday, a Bedford County Sheriff's Office report said. The student was seen going into a restroom after the phone was reported stolen from a classroom, school resource officer Monte Moore's report said, No other students from that room entered the restroom during the period in question. The phone was found inside a trash can in the restroom...

Gayle Jordan of Murfreesboro is a Democratic candidate for the 14th District State Senate seat in the Jan. 25 Democratic primary. A special general election will be held March 13. State Sen. Jim Tracy resigned the seat in November to accept a position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

It was a low-scoring battle that saw Cascade Middle knock down enough free throws in the fourth quarter to fend off a pesky Community Viqueen squad, 36-26, on Thursday night. Cascade connected on 4 of 5 tries in the final frame to pull away for the 10-point victory over its cross-county rival...

The Community Vikings just couldn’t match Cascade on the offensive end of the court on Thursday night. While it was a close battle in the first half that left Cascade with just a 17-13 lead at the intermission, the Champs were able to put enough work in on the offensive end of the court in the second half to take the 39-27 win...

Former Cascade Champion pitcher Jared Carkuff will be hosting a pitching and catching baseball camp on Saturday, Dec. 16 from 9 a.m. until noon for players ages 9-18. The camp will be held at 212 Lane Parkway in Shelbyville. Cost is $50 for one camper or $90 for two...