Stories from Friday, August 10, 2018

Mildred Maxwell Williams, 95, of Shelbyville died Thursday, August 9, 2018 at The Heart Remembers. Funeral services 4 p.m. Sunday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home, Bill Doak officiating. Visitation begins at 2 p.m.

Harry Raymond Blanchard, 90, of Wartrace died August 6, 2018, at NHC-Tullahoma. No public services will be held. He is survived by the Cataldo family and the Fuss family, both of Wartrace. Arrangements: Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

NOLENSVILLE — The Cascade Champions got one final tune up before the kick-off of the 2018 season in the Williamson County Jamboree on Thursday night. Thursday’s exhibition game featured teams of all classifications in one-half of game-simulated football...

UNIONVILLE — The Cascade Middle Champions erased a halftime deficit with two third quarter touchdowns and preserved their lead with a long game-ending possession to defeat the Community Vikings 30-28 in the Duck River Valley Conference opener for both teams Thursday night...

It was a solid preseason effort by the Cascade Lady Champion soccer squad on Thursday. Cascade hosted Marshall County and scored early and often in the 7-0 tune up game. Kylie Calvert didn’t waste any time putting Cascade on the board. She scored in the third minute, with freshman Elli Chumley addding a second goal from the PK spot in the 10th minute...

Bedford County Election Commission certified the results of the Aug. 2 primary and general elections on Thursday morning; a few vote totals were slightly increased due to provisional ballots which were not part of the election night totals, but no outcomes were affected...

Shelbyville Mayor Wallace Cartwright will be applying for a state grant to fund construction of a multi-use path connecting H.V. Griffin Park to the city sidewalk system. Council members approved the resolution during their regular monthly meeting Thursday night at Shelbyville Police Department's courtroom. The 2018 multimodal access grant application is through the State of Tennessee and Tennessee Department of Transportation...

The middle school head and the director of international programs at The Webb School shared the 2017-2018 grant from the Jon Frere Fund for Faculty Development. Tabetha Sullens of McMinnville used a portion of the grant in her work toward earning a doctorate in education at Vanderbilt University. ...

An intruder at his estranged wife's Temple Ford Road home was being held Thursday on three counts each of aggravated assault and aggravated burglary, Jacob William Kilpatrick. 28, was arrested Wednesday, the Bedford County Sheriff's Office said. Kilpatrick allegedly showed up uninvited July 22 and shoved the woman to enter the home as she stood outside, the BCSO said. ...

To the Editor: If you want to look at how unhinged the left has become, look no further than TNDP's spokesman Mark Brown's twitter account. He's called the President things grossly unfit for print and attacks Republicans via twitter basically every hour...