Automotive

GM revival at Spring Hill to boost area (11/22/11)
General Motors Co. announced on Monday that it will begin producing the Chevrolet Equinox, a midsized SUV, at its Spring Hill plant next year and that the facility will be a flexible manufacturing center which can be easily and quickly adapted to produce top-selling vehicles and take loads from other GM plants...

Quake shakes up CKNA production (04/14/11)
Japan's March 11 earthquake has forced adjustments at Nissan parts supplier CalsonicKansei North America, which has plants in Shelbyville and Lewisburg. Workers will soon be supplying parts for five more vehicles....

Source: GM to produce engines at Spring Hill plant (09/14/10)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- A source familiar with the decision says General Motors is recalling about 400 idled union workers to its Spring Hill plant in Tennessee to build a four-cylinder engine. An official briefed about the new jobs who declined to be identified because an official announcement is pending provided the count to The Associated Press on Tuesday...

New industry likes TTC's efforts (09/02/10)
A new industry, or an existing industry looking to expand, needs workers, and that's why the recruitment process often includes information about local opportunities for workforce training. When SMW Automotive announced last week that it would open in the former Summit Polymers building and bring 170 jobs to Shelbyville, the news release issued by the state specifically quoted an SMW executive praising the role played by Tennessee Technology Center and its industrial programs...

New industry announced for Summit building (08/26/10)
State economic development officials announced this morning that SMW Automotive, a supplier of brake and chassis components for companies like Nissan and Volkswagen, will open a production facility this fall in the former Summit Polymers location in Airport Industrial Park. The project represents a $26 million capital investment by SMW and is expected to create 170 jobs over the next five years....

GM to kill Saturn brand after Penske deal falls apart (10/01/09)
DETROIT (AP) -- For those who expected General Motors' once-funky Saturn brand to live on with a new owner, there has been a sad twist. Saturn, once billed as a different kind of car company, appears as dead as Pontiac and Oldsmobile. At the brand's 350 remaining dealers around the country, there were high hopes that a deal would be announced for GM to sell the brand to former race car driver and auto industry magnate Roger Penske...

Man struck, killed in front yard (04/28/08)
A Unionville-area man is dead, struck by a vehicle while standing in his front yard Monday, and the man accused of causing the wreck is spending the night in Bedford County Jail. Robert "Bobby" Brown, 69, U.S. 41-A North, Unionville, died a few minutes after the mid-afternoon accident. A LifeFlight helicopter was en route to Bedford County Medical Center but Brown was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital...

Head-on crash takes life (04/28/08)
A head-on collision on a narrow, rural road left a Bedford County man dead and another seriously injured Monday morning. William Howard Cooper, 81, Possom Trot Road, died about 9:15 a.m. at the scene on Sandusky Road shortly after the impact drove the passenger side of the truck in which he was riding into a guard rail....

Thief enters home, departs with $8 (04/28/08)
A home on Kingdom Road in northern Bedford County was entered while the occupants were in bed early Friday morning. Only $8 was taken from one room, according to a report filed by Cpl. Kent Jacobs of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department. The screen was torn from a front window to gain entry...

Unionville man dies following three-vehicle crash (04/26/08)
A Unionville man died Friday following a three-vehicle crash at a dangerous Shelbyville intersection. Allen Haynes, 71, of U.S. 41-A North, was pronounced dead on arrival at Bedford County Medical Center, Maj. Jan Phillips of the Shelbyville Police Department said...

Tyson CEO says ethanol will lead to higher food costs (03/27/08)
When Dick Bond says that the price of food will soon go up due to increased ethanol production, you'd best listen to him. He should know: he's the president and CEO of Tyson Foods. Bond paid a rare visit to the Shelbyville poultry complex Wednesday to tour the facility and meet with plant management as well as officials from around Bedford County...

Marijuana discovered during traffic stop (03/21/08)
The driver of a car initially stopped due to a defective taillight was charged with possession of marijuana after a vehicle search Wednesday night. Michelle Lynn Andrus, 21, Shelbyville Mills Road, was stopped by Officer David Curley in the parking lot of a Madison Street bar, As a computer check showed her license had been revoked for DUI, Andrus allegedly told a waitress who was checking on the commotion that she would "have to be arrested for DUI."...

Trucker charged in serious wreck (03/20/08)
The truck driver accused of causing an eight-vehicle pileup March 12 on Madison Street has been charged with reckless endangerment. Teresa K. McInnis, 46, of Morrison was arrested after arriving at Shelbyville police headquarters Tuesday to pick up a copy of the accident report...

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