Stories from Wednesday, March 6, 2013

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Emergency crews were put though their paces here Thursday during a drill based on the scenario of a gas leak fueling a fire that broke containers, mixed chemicals and caused an explosion. Another drill - one with a scenario like what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last December - is proposed for July at a Marshall County school, officials said...

By Karen Hall Staff Writer Lewisburg's spec building in the I-65 Commerce Park has at last found a buyer. The 63,000 square foot industrial building has stood empty since it was constructed in early 2009. Continuing to refer to the buyers as "Project Now," Director of Economic Development Greg Lowe told members of the Industrial Development Board Monday a letter of intent to purchase the building for $1 million is being prepared...

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer Approximately 130 families received groceries Saturday from Second Harvest Food Bank in Lewisburg where volunteers from several churches helped those in need. "It's probably close to a year since we've had one," volunteer coordinator Gayle Cook said Monday. "Previously, we had three to four a year. Then, funding through the state dried up."...

Arrested and charged with driving under the influence Charlie A. Williams, 26, Yell Road. Held until a judge can set bond. Additional charges: leaving the scene of an accident, failure to give immediate notice of an accident, and violation of an order of protection. This is allegedly Williams' third DUI...

Maude Batten Hubbard, 97, of Hixson, formerly of Nashville, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, in Hixson. Mrs. Hubbard was born in Bedford County and was a daughter of the late David Alexander and Ethel Carlton Crowell. She was a homemaker and a member of Haywood Hills Baptist Church in Nashville...

Lorene Scott, 67, of the Laws Hill Community of Marshall County, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, in Lewisburg. Mrs. Scott was born in Maury County, and was a daughter of the late Nat Baxter and Minnie Evie Brady Phillips. She was a loving mother and homemaker and was a member of Community Ministry of Chapel Hill...

Edwin Foster "Buddy" Whorley, 86, of Lewisburg, died Saturday, March 2, 2013, at NHC Lewisburg. Mr. Whorley was a native of Marshall County, and he was the son of the late Robert Alpine and Ola Mae Foster Whorley. He was retired from ICP, was a farmer, and was a member of the Westvue Church of Christ. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Korean War, where he received a Purple Heart...

Deloris Holland Beckham, 86, died on Friday, March 1, 2013, at Maury Regional Medical Center. She was born in Diana on July 29, 1926, a daughter of the late Lewis and Velma Whitworth Holley. Mrs. Beckham was retired from First National Bank. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Howard Ray Holland, and brother, Carl Holley...

Tommy Newcomb, 60, of the Farmington Community of Marshall County, died Tuesday morning, March 5, 2013, in Lewisburg. Mr. Newcomb was born in Marshall County and was employed with Heavy Metals of Lewisburg, formerly Design Conveyor Systems of Lewisburg. He was a member of Farmington Baptist Church and loved playing baseball when younger, and later, coaching in the Marshall County Little League Association...

The FMS Rockets are not used to losing, not having lost a game since E.O. Coffman beat them last year, but on Thursday, the Generals routed Forrest 12-0 in a five-inning, run-rule win in Spring Hill. Forrest managed just two hits in the ballgame on a double by Dylan Eady in the second inning and a single by Jaylen Smith in the third. Marshall McKee was the only other Forrest base runner when he walked with two outs in the first inning.

On Monday, the Forrest Middle School Lady Rockets ran their record to 2-0 on the young season when they defeated the Cornersville Lady Bulldogs 8-1 on the road in the first game of a doubleheader. Aided by a four-run first inning, Forrest held a 4-1 lead through the first four frames before crossing home plate four more times in the top of the fifth to claim their second straight win over the Lady Bulldogs (2-2).

On Thursday night, the Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs ran their record to 2-1 on the season by pounding the E.A. Cox Lady Cougars 12-2 at home in six innings. After overcoming an early one-run deficit, the Lady Bulldogs held a 4-2 lead through the first four and a half innings of play before crossing home plate eight times over the next two frames to claim the mercy rule shortened victory.

It was snowy and frigid, but the show went on Friday night and the LMS Tigers persevered, icing the Spring Hill Generals 7-5 in their season opener at the Jonathan D. Hollingsworth Memorial Field in Lewisburg. First year LMS head coach Frank Musgrave said after the game, "We started out good at 1-0, but they got ahead of us there and we got a little worried about, but we than we started to swinging the bat a little bit better, got some guys on base and really had some guys come through for us."

After squeezing out a 7-5 win over Spring Hill in their season-opener, the LMS Tigers had a much easier time against Whitthorne on Monday, blanking their namesakes 10-0 in a five-inning run rule win. "We got off to a good start tonight, we started swinging the bats in the first inning and it makes it a lot easier when you get eight runs in the first," said LMS head coach Frank Musgrave.

The Forrest Middle School Lady Rockets (3-0) completed the sweep of a doubleheader against the Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs (2-3) on Monday night by defeating CMS 10-0 on the road in the second game.. Bolstered by a five-run fourth inning, the Lady Rockets finished with nine hits and two walks against CMS starting pitcher Mikaela King to go along with two Cornersville errors.