Stories from Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Evelyn Dawn Powers, 10 months, died Monday evening at Tennova Healthcare-Shelbyville. A private family service will be held. Arrangements: Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Infant Renli Joelle Reynolds died suddenly Monday evening at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital, Murfreesboro. Private services will be held at a later date. Arrangements: Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Like everyone on Bell Buckle Park Board, new member Anna Allison cares deeply about the care and keeping of the town park. Unlike the rest of the board, Allison is still in high school -- she's age 15. The Webb School sophomore joined the board about two weeks ago in the hopes of getting more young people involved with the park...

According to Angela Rasnick of First Choice Pregnancy Counseling Center, 45 percent of all U.S. pregnancies and 56 percent of all Tennessee pregnancies are unplanned. "We exist to equip and empower these families to be able to care for the babies while they are in the womb and after they are born," she said...

Chad Graham won Tuesday’s Republican primary for Bedford County mayor, defeating Chuck Heflin by a margin of 1,419 to 845 and carrying all 11 precincts. Graham, a former director of Bedford County Emergency Medical Services, will be the GOP nominee and will face former Duck River Electric Membership Corp. executive Randy Carroll, incumbent County Mayor Eugene Ray and radio station owner Rusty Reed, all of whom are running as independents, in the August general election...

No card numbers were obtained from an ATM at Heritage South Community Credit Union, North Main Street, after a skimmer device was installed, Shelbyville police said. Credit union employees noticed an error message of a hardware failure within the machine after it stopped working, the report said. A technician discovered the skimmer while attempting to restart the ATM, in the drive-through area behind the main building...

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director William Barnes, in the Marshall/Bedford/Moore County FSA office, reminded producers on Tuesday that filing accurate and timely reports for all crops and land uses, including failed acreage, can prevent the potential loss of FSA program benefits...

On April 14, Cascade FFA competed in the Middle Tennessee FFA regional livestock evaluation and the Nursery/Landscape contest at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville. The Livestock team consisting of Brigette Swafford, Tristan Crick, Emma Alexander, and Hunter Williams placed 5th out of 29 teams and missed a trip to the state contest by four points. Brigette was the high individual of the contest and Tristan Crick was thirteenth. Cascade has had the high individual for two years in row...

Martin Jones plays The Doctor and Marie Trotter plays Lenya in a scene from Neil Simon’s “Fools,” which will be presented Friday and Saturday, and May 11-13, at The Fly Arts Center on South Main Street. The comedy is set in a small Ukranian village where a curse makes all of the residents stupid. Show times are 7 p.m. for Friday and Saturday performances, 2 p.m. for the Sunday, May 13, matinee. For tickets, go to http://flyartscenter.tix.com. (Submitted photo)

Joe Hudson’s Collision Center, 1019 Colloredo Blvd., held an open house and Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting on Thursday. Manager Justin Litchford held the ceremonial scissors, while Chamber CEO Allen Pitner presented the first-dollar-of-profit plaque. (Submitted photos)

Howard Lovvorn was honored April 24 by Big G Express for 15 years of service to the company. From left are Chris Kelley, operations manager; Terry Conquest, director of driver recruiting and services; Lovvorn; and Tim Tipps, vice president for maintenance. (Submitted photo)

Big G Express has named Greg Thompson, its former vice president of operations, as executive vice president. “Greg began his career at Big G in 1999 and his previous successful management positions within Big G Express, Big G Warehouse, Big G Logistics, Ike Transportation and Big G Solutions bring the expertise and commitment we need to secure the future success for all our employee owners,” said Randy Vernon, president. Thompson will be responsible for the safe, efficient and profitable day-to-day operations of all Big G companies. (Submitted photo)

UNIONVILLE — Seniors Jared Maupin and Cameron Pinkston came up big on Senior Night Tuesday as the Community Vikings used strong pitching, a stingy defense, and clutch hitting to defeat the Eagleville Eagles 7-5. Maupin had two doubles and an RBI and picked up the save while Pinkston had a double and three RBIs to lead the Vikings...

Normally, players are lucky to get a win on their senior night. Winning two is almost unheard of. But Cascade did just that. Cascade (18-8-1, 9-0) won a pair in a doubleheader to close the regular season district slate on Tuesday to send Lady Champion seniors Abi Jones and Jacie Williams off on their senior night...

After falling in a 2-0 hole, the Cascade Champions battled back and forced a 2-2 draw against visiting Nolensville on Tuesday afternoon in non-district play. Nolensville got on the board first in the 10th minute and then doubled its lead in the 20th minute on a header to the back of the net...

HUNTLAND — An evenly-matched game saw the Huntland Lady Hornets sting the Community Viqueens with a walk off RBI double in the bottom of the seventh inning in a 7-6 loss. Community out-hit the Lady Hornets 10-9, but committed three errors in the field that led to the loss...

Betty Iwasik, 75, of Unionville died Friday, April 27, 2018 at her home. Celebration of Life 1 p.m. Saturday, May 5 at Amazing Grace Community Church, Unionville, Mike Hannah officiating. A fellowship meal will follow at the church. Arrangements: Lawrence Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Chapel Hill.