Stories from Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Pure Stock 1. Dylan McCrary 2. Clint Carter 3. Dillion Daniels 4. Zach Taylor 5. Chris Ruth 6. Dewayne Hicks 7. Travis Newberry 8. Ryan Moran 9. Jamie Ballard 10. Josh Bondurant (DNS)

Former Forrest great Shelby Stinnett opened up her head coaching career with the Lady Rockets in style as the two-time state champions posted a perfect 4-0 record Friday and Saturday at the Firehouse Subs Tournament at Bobby Brewer Park in Lawrenceburg. “It feels pretty good, I thought the girls came out here with good energy and we told pitching that if we can hold teams down to two runs or less, we will give you five runs a game,” Stinnett said. “I like having a tournament like this to open the season because you get to play different teams and you get to see what you got. You also get to see different pitching styles and it’s not people you see every day, so you just get to come out and play ball.”

It was cold, it was long, but it was a district win. The Cornersville Bulldogs moved to 4-0 on the season and 1-0 in District 8-A play with a 17-7 six inning, run-rule win over Moore County Monday night at Frog Bottom. “I told the guys it wasn’t the prettiest win, but we got the job done and we are 1-0 and all of our goals are in front of us,” Cornersville coach Ben Putnam said. “We pitched good enough, we fielded good enough, but the one thing I thought we did the whole game was we swung the bat pretty good and coming in to the season, that was my biggest concern.”

Mrs. Louise Hargrove, 95, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Monday, March 18, 2019, in Lewisburg, TN. She was a native of Chapel Hill, TN, and a daughter of the late John Porter and Lela Mai Newcomb Ragsdale. Mrs. Hargrove was a member of Smyrna Baptist Church. ...

The Westhills Citizens of the Week for March 8 are Thomas Liles and Jaxon Rogers. Both of these honest gentleman showed great character by returning money that was dropped in the hallway. True character is defined by what you do when no one is watching. Way to go gentleman! Westhills is proud of you!...

The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of First Commerce Bancorp, Inc. was held at 10 a.m. on Feb. 26, 2019, at the main office of First Commerce Bank located at 500 North Ellington Parkway, Lewisburg, Tennessee. Chairman of the Board Bill Marsh reported to the shareholders that First Commerce Bank had net earnings in 2018 of $5,284,673...

“The Grimm, The Golden, and the Glad” was the topic of the recent Lewisburg Study Club meeting held at the Marshall County Memorial Library. Hostesses Beth Hudgin, Sherry Adams, Karen McNutt, and Judy Luna created a beautiful environment for the chosen presentation. ...