Stories from Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Persistence paid off for Lewisburg police officers on Sept. 5, leading to serious charges for a local man. Officer Gaylon Thomason responded to a 911 hang up call from Old Columbia Road. At the scene, he encountered Keith Pearson who informed Thomason that there were no issues at the home...

Amanda Belle Hargrove, age 90, of Lewisburg, died Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, in Southern Tennessee Regional Hospital in Pulaski, TN. Mrs. Hargrove was a native of Maury County, TN, born Jan. 25, 1927, daughter of the late William and Mary Elizabeth Haskins Wiley. She was retired from Cosmolab, Inc. and was a member of the Yell Church of Christ...

Mrs. Sara H. McCroskey, age 75, passed away Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. She is survived by her husband, Howard McCroskey; godson, Michael Hardin; sisters, Martha Cooper, Elizabeth Dalton and Mattie (Joe) Peacock; one brother, James Hardin; along with a host of other relatives and friends...

Mrs. Lucille Sorrells, age 91, of the Rover Community of Bedford County, died Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017, at her home in Rover. Family members will receive friends on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Lawrence Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, from the chapel of Lawrence Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Sorrells and Rev. Scotty Sorrells officiating. Burial will follow in Simpson Cemetery in the Rover Community...

Duck River Raceway Results Saturday, September 9 Pure Pony 1. Rusty West 2. John Bowling 3. James Woodard 4. Travis Yoes 5. Scott West 6. David Wallace 7. Justin Farless 8. Tommy Bond Jr. 9. Mike Gaines 10. Dakota Adair Pure Street 1. Jimmy Whaley 2. John Whaley...

The Forrest Rockets (1-3, 1-1) needed a win in a big way and they got it Friday night, shutting out Summertown 49-0 on Homecoming at Murrey E. Holton Field in Chapel Hill. “Hopefully it’s the shot in the arm we needed to start digging out of this hole in the region race,” Forrest coach Brent Johns said. “The team handled all the distractions extremely well. It was a great week.”

Looking at the Bulldogs 2017 schedule, Friday night’s matchup versus Grace Christian-Franklin (1-2, 0-1) was a game that stood out as a potential upset, since Cornersville won a close contest by a mere touchdown last year at Franklin. Friday night’s contest had no such drama as the Bulldogs (3-1, 2-0) scored 28 points after falling behind 8-6 in the first quarter to pick up a huge 39-15 region 5-1A win.

The Lewisburg Middle School Tigers have been on the brink of a breakout season in 2017 with both of its losses by a combined 4 points. The Tigers road to redemption didn’t get any easier as LMS welcomed undefeated and conference leader Dickson County to Preston Hopkins Field in Lewisburg on Thursday night. The upset looked to be complete when the Tigers roared back to take a 30-22 lead with one minute left in the third quarter, but Dickson scored two unanswered fourth-quarter touchdowns to leave Marshall County with the 38-30 win and stay atop the standings.