Stories from Friday, March 21, 2014

By Jessica Moore Staff Writer Thursday morning seniors at Marshall County High School witnessed a mock wreck as part of a safe driving awareness program. The program began at 8:30 and continued on past 10 a.m. Students listened to a guest speaker from the Governor's Safety Office, Tony Burnett Law Enforcement Liason, while he spoke of an incident that happened to a girl he knew that changed her life forever. ...

By Karen Hall Editor Local Republicans heard from two candidates at their monthly meeting Tuesday. First to speak was Public Defender Donna Orr Hargrove, who would like to be re-elected to the position she has held since 1998. Hargrove told the group she is a graduate of David Lipscomb University and the Nashville School of Law, and worked as an assistant public defender for five years before being elected to the top public defender's job in the 17th Judicial District...

By Karen Hall Editor After a two-day jury trial this week, a Lewisburg man was found guilty as charged. Claudale R. "Bone" Armstrong, 33, of Thomas Street, was charged with sale and delivery of crack cocaine on July 19 and Aug. 9, 2011. These were indicted as separate cases, but prosecution and defense agreed they could be consolidated because the crimes included the same confidential informant, happened in the same location and in a similar manner, and were mostly witnessed by the same people...

By Jessica Moore Staff Writer Tuesday evening local disabled veterans met at Shoney's in Lewisburg in hopes of reinstating the local Disabled American Veterans Chapter 108. The DAV is a national organization dedicated to helping our veterans who have been disabled due to service. ...

Three Forrest wrestlers garnered spots on the 2014 Middle Tennessee Coaches Association A-AA Mid-State team.

The Marshall County Tigers (2-1) suffered their first loss of the season on the pitch when they dropped a 4-1 decision to the Shelbyville Golden Eagles (2-1) on Tuesday night at home. Having outscored their two previous opponents by a count of 16-1, the Tigers hung tough with Shelbyville early and battled the Golden Eagles to a 1-1 tie late in the first half.

On Tuesday, the Cornersville Bulldogs completed the season sweep of District 11-A foe Mt. Pleasant when they defeated the Tigers 8-1 on the road. Cornersville (6-0, 4-0 District) held a 2-0 lead through the first three innings of play before plating six runs over the next three frames to open up an 8-0 advantage en route to claiming their fifth straight win over Mt. Pleasant.

The Forrest Lady Rockets, behind a complete game shutout by Sara Jordan and an 11-hit offensive attack run-ruled Community 10-0 in five innings on Wednesday at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill, continuing their unbeaten streak to start the season. "Unionville is much improved and I was pleased with our effort, everybody contributed," said Forrest head coach Becky Cheatham. "When we hit the ball, we usually do well and we hit it tonight."

The Forrest Rockets, coming off a 1-4 start to the season, rode a complete game performance on the mound by Logan Hollingsworth and a clutch squeeze bunt RBI by Jacob Daughrity in the fourth inning to edge Moore County 2-1 in Chapel Hill Tuesday night. Hollingsworth was strong on the hill for the Rockets, giving up a lone run on just two hits, while walking two, striking out three and hitting one Raider hitter in seven innings of work.