Stories from Friday, March 10, 2017

Years of hard work have paid off for Cornersville multi-sport athlete Madison Hopkins when the shortstop signed with Motlow State Community College to continue a long line of Lady Dawg softball standouts to make the jump to the college ranks. Hopkins, a three-year starter for the softball team and basketball standout, decided to become a Lady Buck after a visit to the Lynchburg based college despite interest from several other schools. "When I visited Motlow in the fall it just felt right," Hopkins said. "I had a few other schools interested, so I knew I still had some major decisions to make, but I knew Motlow was in my top two schools."

A strong line of storms swept through Marshall Country overnight, leaving, in the words of Steve Calahan, “widespread damage.” Calahan, the Director of the Marshall County Office of Emergency Management, briefed the media on the aftermath of the storm Friday morning...

Game Wardens The Old Man moved the sapling ever so slowly with the back side of his hand. The deer were in plain view now, moving steadily away along the edge of the clearing. The two fawns followed closely behind the larger deer, and although they were no more than forty yards, the Old Man could detect no sound. ...