Stories from Friday, July 19, 2013

The Middle Tennessee Mudcats' summer season came to a close Monday via a 3-1 loss to Spring Hill in the first round of the Middle Tennessee High School Baseball League Tournament at BGA. The Mudcats (14-17) looked good at the outset of the contest, scoring a first inning run as Caleb Keller led off with a base on balls before Ryan Yelensky banged a base hit to the right side on a perfect hit and run to put runners on the corners.

After splitting a pair of games against Shelbyville Post 23 in the Tullahoma Classic over the weekend, the Marshall County Dusters (17-12) lost the rubber match on Tuesday night when they dropped a hard fought 8-7 decision at Joe George Field. Playing nine innings instead of the usual seven, the Dusters trailed 7-3 through the first four and a half frames before tallying two runs in the bottom of the fifth to narrow the gap to 7-5.

Brownie Hewitt Scoggins, 91, died on Tuesday, July 16, 2013. She was the daughter of John Payton Hewitt and Clabie Wilkes Hewitt of the Robertson Fork Community in Giles County. She was a graduate of Jones High School in Lynnville and Nashville Business College. Brownie retired in 1989 after working for 41 years, mostly with the state of Tennessee. Brownie was a member of Cornersville Baptist Church, Pulaski Order of the Eastern Star, and Lynnville American Legion...

By Jessica Moore Staff Writer You may have noticed the many people walking through Lewisburg, beginning July 11. In my curiosity I found a walker on Nashville Highway, and began to walk with her. Her name is Marcia and this is what she said. . . The runners are in a competition called The Last Annual Vol State Road Race; only it's not a race, and it definitely won't be the last one. ...

From Staff Reports NASHVILLE -- The eighth annual Tennessee Sales Tax Holiday is set to begin on Friday, Aug. 2, at 12:01 a.m. and will end Sunday, Aug. 4 at 11:59 p.m. State Senator Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville), who co-sponsored the 2005 law anticipates another successful year for shoppers, especially parents who are getting students ready to go back to school...

Wife stabbed 50 or 60 times, jury hears By Kelsey Keny Tribune Intern After two days of jury selection, opening statements were made Wednesday for the trial of Kenneth Colvett. Colvett is pleading not guilty to the first-degree murder of his wife of almost three years, Bessie Kay Redd Clark Colvett...