Stories from Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Malcolm Ray Ward, 85, of Bell Buckle died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. Funeral services 1 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Rev. Lanita Monroe and Rev. Bobby McGee officiating. Burial, with military honors, in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation begins at 10 a.m.

Howard E. “Pappy” Perry, Sr., 83, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, January 9, 2018. Memorial service 2 p.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel, Jonathan Curry officiating. Visitation 4-7 p.m. Thursday.

Lee R. Miller, 70, of Wartrace died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Funeral services 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home, pastor Ryan Miller officiating. Burial, with military honors, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Saturday.

Frederica Gottlob Morgan Edwards, 96, of Wartrace died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 after an extended illness. At her request, there will be no services. Arrangements: Bill Head Funeral Homes and Crematory, Duluth, Georgia

Wildland firefighters walk to classes Tuesday at the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Academy. They were participating in the annual Tennessee-Kentucky Wildland Fire Academy. Robin P. Bible, one of the wildland academy organizers, talks about training classes.Firefighter managers from around the nation toured the state's fire academy Tuesday to get a sense for the facility's ability to accommodate their training needs...

The following are four city departments' goals for 2018....

Two homes were burglarized in rural areas of Bedford County on Monday. A suspect drove away from one in the victim's pickup truck, according to the Bedford County Sheriff's Office. The red 1991 Chevrolet 1500 was taken from a home on Wartrace-Bell Buckle Road on Monday night. That truck was reported seen in Shelbyville around midday Tuesday, police said...

A Shelbyville man was found shot to death at a Winchester city park Monday afternoon. Harvey Dwayne Harper, 41, of Shoma Drive was found dead in his vehicle in Oak Park around 4 p.m., Winchester police chief Ritchie Lewis said. Harper appeared to have been shot several times with a pistol when found by an officer. Harper had apparently been in the park most of the day...

Three men forced their way into a Shelbyville home and took $2,000 while holding the occupants at gunpoint Monday, police said, An acquaintance who wanted anonymity told officers the men kicked the door of a home at Circle O Trailer Park, Railroad Avenue, Police talked to three men at the home, who said they hadn't wanted to report the incident and were "uncooperative" with investigators...

The Webb School 2017-2018 Follin Speaker Series will welcome Jason Michaels, motivational speaker and award-winning sleight-of-hand artist, on Jan. 23. The 2:20 p.m. presentation will be in the Follin Chapel. The event is free and open to the public...

November: Friends and Family FCE Club met Nov. 2, immediately following the FCE County-Wide Meeting. This was a combined meeting with Heart of the Home FCE Club. The presentation at the county-wide meeting, "Flavors of the Holidays," was given by Extension Agent Whitney Danhof. Prepared foods were served to the FCE members in attendance...

Shawn Rueff has joined Dennis Young Insurance Agency as a fully licensed agent. "We are fortunate to have an experienced business leader with a MBA to join the agency in full capacity to write all types of insurance and especially to manage our exclusive Chamber of Commerce Guaranteed Issue Life Plan Benefit to all employees of Bedford County Chamber members," Dennis Young Sr. ...

William Stone Ralston, a member of Boy Scout Troop 699, was awarded his Eagle Scout designation on Dec. 30. Ralston’s Eagle Scout project was building an outhouse on Leatherwood Island on Tims Ford Lake. Previously, there had been no facilities on the five islands where camping is allowed at Tims Ford State Park. In addition to the outhouse, Ralston cleaned the island and built a fire pit. (Submitted photo)

BELL BUCKLE — Ezell-Harding was no match for the Webb School’s sheer physicality on Tuesday night. The Feet used a 7-0 run in the first quarter to pull away from the visiting Eagles and never allowed a comeback effort in a 57-26 Feet victory. Webb’s suffocating defense gave the Eagles issues even working the ball across half-court from the opening tip-off...

LEWISBURG — The Community Viqueens trailed for most of the game, but took the lead in the fourth quarter and used a late basket by Kailyn Farrell to defeat the Marshall County Tigerettes 43-42 in their Class 2A district debut Tuesday night. The Viqueens used a trey by Haley Reed to take a 3-0 lead in the first minute, but their lead was short-lived as the Tigerettes went ahead and led 11-5 after the first quarter...

LEWISBURG — The Community Vikings erased an 18-point halftime deficit to take a fourth quarter lead, but could not hold on as the Marshall County Tigers defeated the Vikings 78-72 in a D12-AA game Tuesday night. Despite five players fouling out, the Vikings fought tooth and nail with the Tigers to the finish...

After Moore County’s Clay Burnett hit a 3-pointer with less than a minute to go in regulation, all hope seemed lost for the Cascade Champions to find a way to eke out a win. Despite trimming the Raiders’ lead to just a single possession with eight seconds left, Cascade took the tough-luck loss, 50-45 against Moore County on Tuesday...

The Moore County Raiderettes showed absolutely no mercy on Tuesday night at Cascade. The Raiderettes got their offense rolling early and never let off the throttle in an 88-30 blowout win over the Lady Champions. Moore County unleashed its ranged attack early and never called the dogs off, as the Raiderettes connected on 15 treys in the contest, including nine in the first half...