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Eaglettes blanked by Lawrence County (High School Sports ~ 04/06/18)
Lawrence County’s Maci Birdyshaw pitched a perfect game in a 8-0 win over host Shelbyville Central’s Golden Eaglettes in a District 8AAA matchup on Thursday evening. Birdyshaw set down 21 straight batters, fanning 11. The game remained scoreless through four innings before the Lady Wildcats plated a run in the fifth, pushed across five in the sixth and added two more in the seventh... -
Vikings shut out Rockets (High School Sports ~ 04/06/18)
UNIONVILLE – After battling to a scoreless halftime tie, the Community Vikings scored three second half goals to defeat the Forrest Rockets 3-0 in a District 6-A soccer match Thursday night. “In the first half, we did a really good job of possessing the ball and had a lot of shot opportunities, but we didn’t put many of them on goal,” Coach Mark Neill of the Vikings said... -
Friends of Scouts eat, raise funds (Local News ~ 04/06/18)
There's no "Stand-up comedy" merit badge in Boy Scouts, but if there was, newly minted Eagle Scout Gavin McCurry would have earned it Thursday at the Elk River District Bedford County Good Scout Award Luncheon. Gavin, a Scout with Troop 307 in Wartrace, was chosen to present "A Story of Scouting," the tale of his journey to earn the rank of Eagle Scout... -
Scoring surge too late for Viqueens (High School Sports ~ 04/06/18)
UNIONVILLE – The Community Viqueen bats came alive in the final two innings, but it was too little, too late as the Murfreesboro Central Magnet Lady Tigers avenged a loss earlier in the week and defeated the Viqueens 11-4 in a District 12-AA softball game Thursday night... -
Champs stay unbeaten in district but fall to Lancaster (High School Sports ~ 04/06/18)
The Cascade Champions battled back to tie the game, but the Lancaster Christian Knights scored a run in the bottom of the seventh to edge the Champions 5-4 in a non-district baseball tilt Thursday night. After the Champions went ahead with a run in the top of the first, the Knights used three runs in the bottom of the first and one in the fourth to take a 4-1 lead... -
Republican hopefuls gather (Local News ~ 04/06/18)
U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, left, speaks with Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration CEO Mike and Karen Inman prior to Thursday's program. DesJarlais said during the program that a bill which walking horse industry proponents said would devastate performance horse competition was "gone."... -
Bypass extension in works
(Local News ~ 04/06/18)
The state's annual three-year transportation program, released Thursday by Gov. Bill Haslam and state Transportation Commissioner John Schroer, includes right-of-way acquisition for the next phase of the Shelbyville bypass in the state's 2021 fiscal year...
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Eagles, Lincoln Count battle to soccer tie
(High School Sports ~ 04/06/18)
Shelbyville Central’s Golden Eagle soccer team and Lincoln County played to a scoreless tie in a District 8AAA match on Thursday night. The Eagles (4-1-2, 3-0-1 8AAA) return to action on Tuesday at Coffee County in a district clash at 7 p.m.
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Helen Corinna Boyce Crowell (Obituary ~ 04/06/18)
Funeral services for Helen Corinna Boyce Crowell, 86, of Unionville will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Gowen-Smith Chapel, pastor Bobby Maxwell officiating. Burial in Crowell Cemetery, Unionville. Visitation begins at 1 p.m.