Stories from Wednesday, April 15, 2015

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer Some 224 bikers from all over the United States and Canada competed in the Hell of the South bicycle race Saturday, held in honor of the late Dr. Laray Rector. After rolling six years in Berlin, Tenn., this was the first year Lewisburg hosted the race. Thad Dehart, co-organizer, was happy with the turnout...

By Ivory Riner Staff Writer The Marshall County Board of Education approved a pilot telemedicine program in the schools for the fall semester of the 2015-16 school year during Monday night's meeting. Telemedicine, also known as telemed, is a new way to provide health care at a distance by using telecommunications and information technologies...

By John I. Carney Staff Writer Lewisburg's Kelsey Keny was a little bit intimidated when, in the middle of her freshman year, she decided to transfer from Belmont University to the much larger University of Tennessee at Knoxville. How would she do on a big campus?...

Aggravated Assault Elaxis Baugh claims that Tabitha L. Brown, 37, threatened her on April 11 with a baseball bat to which were attached what Baugh thought looked like razor blades, according to Officer Lonny Cook's report. Cook obtained a warrant on Brown for aggravated assault...

Brian Keith Dodson, age 45 of Lewisburg, died Friday, April 10, 2015 in Hardin County Medical Center. Mr. Dodson was a native of Marshall County, Tenn., and he was the son of Ronald and Geraldine Dodson of Lewisburg. He was a carpenter and member of the Farmington Baptist Church...

Jacqueline Gwen Pearson, age 49 of Lewisburg, died Monday, April 13, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Pearson was a native of Detroit, Michigan and daughter of Teddy Ray Morgan and Gertrude Athan, both of Lewisburg. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Matthew Pearson, daughter, Brittany Uland, two sisters, Starr Skrowneck all of Lewisburg, and sister Glenda Athan of Detroit, Michigan, and one grandson, Remington Uland...

The Marshall County Tigerettes outhit Giles County 7-6 Thursday night at Reese Hambrick Field in Lewisburg, but just could not push across a run when they needed to in a 2-1 eight-inning loss to the Lady Bobcats. "It's tough loss for us, but we battled the entire time," said Marshall County coach Heather Denton. "Our girls were up and they never gave up, so it was a hard loss."

The Forrest Lady Rockets put an undefeated record on the line at the Raptor Classic in Brentwood last weekend, facing a gauntlet of five 3A teams that have a combined 68-28-1 record. On Friday night at Crockett Park, Forrest opened up against Franklin and came away with a 4-1 win thanks to a nine-hit effort at the plate and a strong performance in the circle by Katie Warrick.

Cannon County (2-5-2) dealt the Marshall County Tigers their fourth straight loss on the pitch when the Lions defeated MCHS 1-0 in Lewisburg on Saturday afternoon. Although the Tigers (3-4) controlled play in the first half, they failed to convert on several scoring chances and were locked in a 0-0 tie with Cannon County at the break.

The Cornersville Lady Bulldogs (5-1, 4-0 District) completed the season sweep of archrival Richland (2-6, 2-5 District) on Thursday afternoon when they defeated the Lady Raiders 10-5 at home. Having crushed Richland 16-0 in their previous encounter on March 26, Cornersville held just a 6-5 lead through the first two and a half innings of Thursday's contest due to some early miscues by its defense.