Stories from Tuesday, March 27, 2018

There’s nothing cuter than kids and when we get a photo like this one taken by Heather Marie Trombley we want to share it with our readers. Enjoying a spring day in Bell Buckle are (left to right) Clarabelle Holman, Chevy Parks, Winter Holman and Olivia Parks. Heather submitted this photo on the Times-Gazette website.

Henry Jones Jr., 87, of Murfreesboro died Monday, March 26, 2018. Funeral services 11 a.m. Monday, April 2 at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Rev. Jacob Armstrong officiating. Burial at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Sunday.

My beautiful daughter soaking up Spring

Best friends enjoying a beautiful Spring day together in Bell Buckle.

Shelbyville Central’s Golden Eagles have a new head basketball coach. Andrew Hicks was named to the position Tuesday afternoon by Central principal Tim Harwell. Hicks spent the last five years as the head boys’ coach at Lexington in West Tennessee. He had a 74-50 combined record at Lexington and reached the region tournament each year. ...

Freedom lasted five minutes for a man who ran from Bedford County Workhouse on Tuesday. His run may have cost him almost another year behind bars, Julius Dominique Guinn, 32, was captured along West Jackson Street approximately five minutes after he bolted through a door at approximately 3:15 p.m., the Bedford County Sheriff's Office said. He was less than a block from the workhouse when found...

It was a game that Shelbyville Central let slip away. After trailing 4-0, the Eaglettes battled back to take a 6-4 lead but gave up a pair of runs in the top of the seventh frame to even the score at 6-all before Tullahoma scored the only run in the eighth inning to secure the District 8-AAA victory on Monday evening...

A new state bill is being presented as an attempt to help rural hospitals in Tennessee, but it's not yet clear whether it would have any impact on Shelbyville. The Tennessee Rural Hospital Transformation Act of 2018 is sponsored by State Sen. Bo Watson (R-Hixson) and State Rep. Kelly Keisling (R-Byrdstown), would help struggling hospitals develop economic plans to ensure they are financially viable and continue to provide needed healthcare services...

Brandon Bassham has seen positives from his team in recent losses. His team has delivered quality pitching and connected on timely hitting, but miscues in the field have proven costly. That same story was again the issue on Monday night when Cascade (4-5) hosted the Middle Tennessee Monarchs in an 8-5 loss...

MURFREESBORO — Like so many area softball teams, the Cascade Lady Champions have had a busy weekend of games, playing in the Riverdale Warrior Classic. Cascade played a pair of games on Saturday and resumed play on Monday night. So far, Cascade (5-1) has managed a 2-1 record in the tournament...

MURFREESBORO — It wasn’t quite the outcome the Community Vikings wanted in their inaugural game in the AA ranks, but the Vikings fought to the wire before being edged by the Murfreesboro Central Magnet Tigers 3-2 in a District 12-AA matchup Monday. It was a pitching duel between Jared Maupin of the Vikings and Patrick Norman of the Tigers in a game that took under two hours to play...

On June 20, 1782 Congress adopted the Great Seal of the United States, permanently fixing the Bald Eagle on our nation's emblem. The bald eagle was known at the time as the American Eagle....

Birthday celebrations at two Shelbyville bars ended up with an unintended drive into Duck River for a Shelbyville man early Friday, police said. Officer Nathan Everhart found an SUV driven by Richard Allen Kendall III, 24, of Riverview Drive in the water at Fisherman's Park...

Youth from First Presbyterian Church and Edgemont Baptist churches gathered on March 18 to prepare spring break food boxes for students who are food-insecure. The program is called the BackPack Program, and it feeds students during breaks. Usually, these students are able to have breakfast and lunch at school, and the schools furnish a food package for the weekend. ...

A Shelbyville farmer has placed second in Tennessee in a category of the 2018 National Corn Yield Contest. The national contest, sponsored annually by the National Corn Growers Association, recognizes farmers from across the country for their efforts...

Community Clinic of Shelbyville and Bedford County will host a free legal clinic April 21 for Bedford County residents. The clinic board is concerned about individuals having a legal document for medical decisions. If individuals need legal assistance with a living will, will or durable power of attorney, they may leave a message at 931-684-6772 asking for an appointment. Twenty-minute appointment times are scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon on April 21...

Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville recently announced the Fall 2017 Dean's List. More than 600 traditional and non-traditional students were named to the list. The University congratulates the students on this achievement. The following local students have been named to Trevecca's Fall 2017 Dean's List:...

Yoram Bauman, who bills himself as "the world's first and only stand-up economist," will speak at The Webb School April 10 as part of its Follin Speaker Series. Bauman performs regularly at colleges and corporate events, sharing the stage with everyone from the late Robin Williams to Paul Krugman. He has appeared in TIME Magazine and on PBS and NPR, and is the co-author of "The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change" and the two-volume "Cartoon Introduction to Economics."...

Town and Country Garden Club held its March meeting at River Bend Country Club with Barbara Blanton and Naomi Luna serving as hostesses. The program on selection and care of roses was presented by Lorraine Sutton of M and L Greenhouse....