Stories from Thursday, March 7, 2019

Most of the current Tigerettes’ team was not even in kindergarten the last time Marshall County won a state tournament game, but they made a big leap towards a hardcourt higher education on Wednesday as took down DeKalb County 34-31 in the first round of the Class 2A BlueCross Basketball Championships at the Charles M. Murphy Athletic Center on the campus of MTSU in Murfreesboro.

Margaret “Peggy” Martha Vince Ortt, 100, passed away on Feb. 28, 2019, at The Gardens, Poplar Estates in Columbia, TN. A funeral service was held on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. at Heritage Funeral Home with Father Tom Weise officiating. Burial was held Thursday at 11 a.m. at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery in Pegram, TN. A visitation was also held Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the funeral home. Heritage Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements...