Stories from Friday, April 4, 2014

By Jessica Moore Staff Writer A Marshall County jury returned a mixed verdict at the end of a two-day trial this week. Michael P. Heiser, 42, of Spring Place Road, was found guilty of sexual battery without consent, guilty of sexual battery by physical or mental incapacity or helplessness, and guilty of simple possession. The jury found him not guilty of introduction of contraband into a penal institution and not guilty of attempted introduction of contraband into a penal institution...

By Karen Hall Editor If you were in the Berlin area Saturday morning, you probably saw something that's very unusual in Marshall County: hundreds of competitive cyclists. For the fifth year, the "Hell of the South" bicycle race started and finished at the Berlin Volunteer Fire Department...

By Karen Hall Editor They may have read about it in the Tribune, but the County Commission's education committee members got their first official look at the report on school roofs when they met Tuesday. Director of Schools Jackie Abernathy, Deputy Director Jacob Sorrells, and four members of the school board were there, along with Kevin Turner of Stephen Ward & Associates who walked all over all the roofs and prepared the report...

By Karen Hall Editor After having to raise the rates last year, the City of Lewisburg asked the University of Tennessee's Municipal Technical Advisory Service to conduct an assessment of the Water and Wastewater Department, to determine if everything was being done as effectively and as cheaply as possible. A study of the rates is also underway, and should be ready in less than 45 days...

Raquel E. Corkern, 70, of Petersburg, passed away Monday, March 31, 2014, at her residence. She was born on Nov. 9, 1943, in Roatan, Honduras, to the late Earl and Ernestina Ferrera Gordon. Mrs. Corkern was employed by Sir's Fabrics and was a member of Lone Oak Church of Christ...

Megan Noelle McNutt, daughter of Ben and Virginia McNutt, was stillborn Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Maury Regional Medical Center. Preceded in death by her paternal great-grandparents, Wade and Lynda McNutt, she is survived by her parents, Ben and Virginia McNutt, sister, Caroline McNutt, paternal grandparents, Chris and Karen McNutt, paternal great-grandparents, Valton and Angie Martin, and uncle, Ryan McNutt, all of Lewisburg...

Tennessee state law requires that all dogs and cats older than six months be vaccinated against the rabies virus. During the month of April, participating local veterinarians will offer the rabies shot at the discounted price of $9 per animal. For each pet vaccinated, the owner will receive a certificate of vaccination and a 2014 tag...

n Monday, the Cornersville Middle School Lady Bulldogs (16-4) showed some signs of rust from a 10-day layoff, as they saw their 13-game winning streak come to an end with a 4-2 home loss at the hands of the South Giles Lady Eagles. Having defeated South Giles 3-1 in their previous encounter on March 11, the Lady Bulldogs appeared to be in good shape early on in Monday's contest and jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Cornersville, however, saw their offense sputter after that point while the Lady Eagles outscored them 4-0 over the final six frames to earn a split of the regular season series.

The Forrest Middle School Rockets snatched victory from the jaws of defeat on Monday night when they went on the road and defeated the Cornersville Middle School Bulldogs 4-3 in eight innings. Aided by a dominant pitching performance from starting hurler Graham Duke, the Bulldogs held a 2-1 lead through the first six innings of play.

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs' showdown with defending Class A state champ Richland turned out to be a mismatch, as the Lady Raiders rolled to a 10-0 victory in five innings on Monday night at CHS. Despite losing All-State shortstop Merri Anne Patterson to graduation, Richland (8-1, 4-1 District) showed that they still have plenty of thump in their lineup and pounded out 13 hits against Cornersville starting pitcher Taylor Wolaver to go along with one walk and one Lady Bulldog error.

After an exciting 2-1 extra-inning win in Cornersville on Monday, the FMS Rockets completed the regular season sweep over the Bulldogs with a 13-1 five-inning, run-rule win in Chapel Hill on Wednesday night. "Cornersville is a talented team and they are very well-coached," said FMS head Coach Bart Joyce. "I am very happy with the way we played the past two days and this time of the season is when you want to be hitting on all cylinders, going into the tournament in a week."

After defeating Christ Presbyterian 3-2 the previous evening, the Marshall County Tigers were unable to complete the sweep of the Lions, as they dropped a 5-4 decision to CPA on Tuesday night at home. Marshall County (10-3, 2-2 District) appeared to be in good shape after building a 4-2 lead through the first five innings of play.

The FMS Lady Rockets moved one win closer to the number one seed in the upcoming Big South Conference Tournament with a solid 8-1 win over Community Middle School, completing the season sweep over the Viqueens. "It was good, we were a little slow, starting offensively, but we have been off for a week too and once we got going they made some runs happen," said FMS head coach Daniella Hooper. "Even though we didn't hit the ball, we were scrappy a few innings and that was good, putting pressure on the defense."

The LMS Tigerettes came to Chapel Hill with a purpose Wednesday night as they started strong and finished stronger in a 12-7 win that sent the Lady Rockets from a first place tie all the way to third place in the conference standings. The tiebreaker was total runs scored throughout the season and Cornersville came out on top, while LMS is in second place.

The Marshall County Tigerettes got that winning feeling back on Tuesday afternoon, as they snapped a five-game losing streak by throttling the Christ Presbyterian Academy Lady Lions 11-0 at home in five innings to pick up their first District win of the year.

The Moore County Raiderettes outplayed Forrest in every phase of the game Thursday night at the Field of Dreams in Chapel Hill, earning an 8-1 win to sweep the regular season series between the top two teams in District 9-A.