Stories from Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Cascade Elementary recently held its first annual “Back to School Bingo for Books” in an effort to celebrate literacy. Approximately 200 parents and students enjoyed the bingo competition and won books. (Submitted photos)

A tentative agreement between Bedford County and the City of Shelbyville will result in the county taking over animal control operations for the city. The city's animal control costs will be cut in half, and the county will get access to badly-needed vehicles without having to buy new ones, said officials...

Tim Pruitt touches up the paint job on the Celebration Souvenir and Gift Shop. Pruitt has worked in the Celebration maintenance department for 7 1/2 years. (T-G Photo by Terence Corrigan)

With the release of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's annual report, "2017 Crime in Tennessee," it appears that the change in the system used by the Bedford County Sheriff's Department to report crime has leveled out the fluctuations from year to year in the reported crime rate...

Barry Bennett, supervisor of student services for Bedford County School System, updated school board members Tuesday night on attendance policy changes. The new attendance policy went into effect this year. It is a policy to help parents identify how to best keep students in school, said Bennett...

The Fairview FCE Club met Aug. 15 at the UT/TSU Extension Office in Shelbyville. President Pat Hastings read the Household Hint and asked Susie Armstrong to read the Call to Order. Hastings gave a devotion titled "Step by Step." Marilyn Lewis presented the educational lesson on alternative eating patterns...

Auto Collection, 319 Madison St., was given the First Community Bank Brighten Your Corner Award by the Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee. From left are Nancy Caldwell Ayers and Sara Wood of the beautification committee; Jaime Arias and Luz Peña of Auto Collection; and Nancy Jensen and Andrea Sublett of First Community Bank, which sponsors the award. (T-G Photo by John I. Carney)

The Shelbyville Central golf team picked up impressive wins over District 8-AAA foe Columbia along with Marshall County on Tuesday afternoon in a nine-hole match at River Bend County Club. The Eagles carded a team score of 169 while Marshall County netted a 204 followed by Columbia at 230...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Viqueens and Eagleville Lady Eagles scored the same number of points in their District 6-A volleyball match Tuesday night. But the Lady Eagles made the big shots in the three sets that went down to the wire as the Viqueens fell in four sets...

The Shelbyville Central Golden Eaglette soccer team edged visiting Franklin County 2-1 in a District 8-AAA match on Tuesday night. After playing to a 1-1 tie in the first half, the Eaglettes (2-0-1, 1-0-1) scored the lone goal in the second half to secure the victory...

It was a very successful night for Shelbyville Central’s volleyball team as the Golden Eaglettes claimed their first win of the season with a 3-2 victory over visiting Franklin County in a District 8-AAA matchup on Tuesday. After falling 25-21 and 27-25 in the first two sets, the Eaglettes rallied to take the final three sets by scores of 25-8, 25-23 and 15-6...

CHAPEL HILL — The Cascade Lady Champions opened District 6-A play on Tuesday afternoon with a bang. Cascade (1-0, 1-0) got six second-half goals and blasted the Forrest Lady Rockets to claim the 6-A opener, 7-0. “I’m really proud of how our girls played today. We looked great from back to front. We possessed the ball well the whole game and really played our game,” Coach Zack Spears said...

SMITHVILLE — A night after claiming their first win of the season, the Community Viqueens followed with a 2-1 non-district victory at Dekalb County. Community fell behind early in the contest, allowing the first goal of the game to the Lady Tigers barely 11 minutes into the contest...

COLUMBIA — The Community golf squad notched a solid team win on Tuesday afternoon against Columbia Academy, and they got a little help from an unexpected player. Since Columbia Academy doesn’t have a girls golf team, Viqueen senior Hannah Goodwin was allowed to combine her score with the Vikings’, which helped lock down the 177-184 team win...

FAYETTEVILLE — The Community Middle Viqueen volleyball squad notched their fourth-straight win to open the 2018 season with a 2-0 win at Fayetteville. The Viqueens posted a 25-10 Set 1 score and followed with a 25-12 Set 2 score to wrap up the win. M.J. Simmons recorded a pair of aces and two kills, while Haley Mitchell added four aces...