Today's News

Kathy Ranard's main concern is keeping Shelby County from becoming too trashy.

She has her work cut out for her, but she is trying to stay ahead of the game with her Litter Abatement Program.

Ranard, the Clean Community coordinator, says that getting local people and organizations to “Adopt a Road” is also helping, as is using inmate labor to help offset the cost of cleaning up trash from roadways.

For the first time since 2006 the SCHS cheerleading squad will be heading back to the state competition.

The girls won the 8th Region small varsity competition Saturday at SCHS, and Coach Heather Fallen said it was a long time coming.

“It’s been a big year for us as far as preparation,” she said. “We’ve been practicing hard since June, and we set some pretty high expectations.”

One of the best things about January is all the good catalogs that come in the mail.

 It is much easier to believe that spring will come again when you have a stack of catalogs that show glossy pictures of fruits, vegetables and flowers.  The extra time spent indoors by the fire also allows us to spend some time plotting and planning what we want to add to the garden in 2009.

Shelby County's Cache Tomlinson came out scorching hot for the Rockets, but Shelby's defense couldn't contain the Dragons (7-9) as the Rockets (7-10) fell, 73-68, on the road Saturday.

Tomlinson, in his third game back from an ankle injury, lit up the Dragons for a season-high seven 3-pointers on his way to 25 points.

"Cache was hot all night, and our offense was good," SCHS Coach Mike Clark said. "But we just didn't get the stops we needed in the third and fourth quarters.