Stories from Wednesday, December 6, 2017

The Lady Bulldogs entered Friday night’s game against Zion Christian with only one loss on the season and most Cornersville (7-1) fans expected win number seven to come relatively easy against the Eagles. The Eagles finished last season 0-21 including a 48-point loss to the Lady Bulldogs in Cornersville and a 44-point loss at home to the Lady Bulldogs in which the maroon and white opened up a 46-8 halftime lead resulting in a running clock the entire second half.

The Cornersville boys entered Friday night’s matchup versus Zion Christian Academy with just one win in its first three games, but stepped on the court with an entirely different lineup in the fourth game of the season. In just over 24 hours after playing for the Class 1A football championship in Cookeville, six players dressed out with the basketball team that made major contributions on the hardwood last season.

Rev. Lawrence Henry Kelley, 102, of Crossville, TN, died on Dec. 4, 2017, at his residence. He was born in West Virginia. Rev. Kelley was a pastor for most of his life, ministering at many churches in the western United States and throughout Middle Tennessee. He was also a veteran of the United States Navy...

Thomas Sewell Cathey, 91, of Lewisburg, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, at NHC Lewisburg. Mr. Cathey was a native of Marshall County and was the son of the late Thomas Leonard and Rhoda Sewell Cathey. He served in the Army in World War II as a tech sergeant with the 805th field artillery battalion. ...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a teenage girl who has always heard and seen on TV and in movies that there’s pressure from guys to have sex. That may be true, but I feel there is also pressure from society. I never thought I would feel like that when I got to high school, but now I do. It hurts, and I am writing this for all the girls who feel the same way I do about it. I have been struggling with it for a few days, and it is messing with me a lot...

Last year, I expressed serious reservations about the proposed AT&T-Time Warner merger. I argued, at the time, that allowing this merger will have important implications for a free press and American democracy for many years to come. I reasoned that by approving the merger, more media concentration would follow and the liberal media would gain an even bigger foothold on what Americans see and hear on television...

SAN FRANCISCO - Too often in America we are reactive rather than proactive in addressing the nation’s problems. With each bit of breaking news it seems that calm, considered debate is replaced by a flood of tweets and a wave of emotions. So it is with the case of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, the undocumented immigrant acquitted here of murder and involuntary manslaughter in the 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle...

Ah, the giving season is upon us - the best time of the year to be an American. According to Giving USA 2017: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2016, American giving rose to $390 billion last year - a 3 percent increase over the prior year...

Greetings to everyone from the banks of Robertson Fork Creek, home of the historic, proud, southern town of Lynnville, Tennessee, founded in 1807. There have been a lot of things going on in Lynnville for Christmas since the end of November. All of these activities help bring the community together and this is great. There are still several activities left for people to attend...

• The South Central Tennessee Advisory Council on Aging and Disability will conduct its quarterly business meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017, at 10 a.m. at the South Central Tennessee Dev. District, 101 Sam Watkins Blvd., Mt. Pleasant, TN 38474. • Marshall County Republican Party Events: Meet & Greet at Shoney’s, Wednesday, Dec. ...

• At the Marshall County Memorial Library: Dec. 7, Family Storytime in Lewisburg at 9:30; Dec. 8, Family Storytime in Chapel Hill at 10 a.m. and Friends of the Library book sale in Lewisburg; Dec. 9, Crochet Club at 10 a.m., Friends of the Library book sale; Dec. 11, Friends of the Library meeting at 5:30-all are welcome...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An analysis has found that substance abuse annually costs Tennessee over $2 billion, with most of the cost attributed to lost income from people who have fallen out of the labor market. At $1.29 billion, the lost income from having an estimated 31,000 people, or 1 percent of the workforce, out of jobs accounts for the largest component, The Tennessean reported ...

On Nov. 16, Lewisburg Police responded to an unwanted person complaint on 5th Avenue North. The resident said that Heather Moore had been at the home the previous evening, accusing him of stealing her medication. At that time he had called officers who spoke with Moore before taking her to a friend’s house for the night...

Last weekend, Southern Innovative Paranormal invited the community to join the ghost hunting team and assist in exploring Marshall County's very own Henry Horton State Park. After hearing countless stories about paranormal activity, SIP decided to visit and conduct a professional ghost hunt...