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Dog allegedly finds marijuana in car after search refused (05/08/08)
Marijuana was allegedly detected in a vehicle after the driver refused to allow a police search Tuesday night, officers say. Officer Waymond Boyd said he stopped James Burnett Sanders Jr., 22, April Lane, for speeding on South Cannon Boulevard and noticed a "cigar" on the rear seat...

Pepperdine in Jarrell's future (05/09/08)
Shelbyville Central senior Alex Jarrell is the perfect example of a student-athlete. The Class of 2008's valedictorian recently signed a letter of intent to continue her education as well as her basketball career at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif...

Couple raises autistic grandson (05/08/08)
Life changed considerably for Ed and Tina Ruth when Ed's job brought him from Lebanon to Shelbyville. They had barely settled into their new home when their 5-year-old granddaughter, Eileen, came to live with them a month later. Soon Eileen was joined by her brother, Aidan, 8, who had been diagnosed with autism...

Apologetic subject faces drug charges (05/13/08)
Marijuana was confiscated Friday night from a speeding driver on Wartrace Pike, Shelbyville police said. A car driven by Richard Shelton Hathaway, 33, Melody Drive, was allegedly clocked at 80 mph in a 55 mph zone by Officer David Curley. Hathaway, 33, Melody Drive, allegedly had a ball of tin foil containing marijuana and two Xanax tablets in his pocket, Curley said...

S. Brittain soccer field proposal scrapped (05/10/08)
The idea to use property behind homes on South Brittain Street for soccer fields was scrapped after residents of that neighborhood showed up in force at Thursday night's Shelbyville city council meeting. A motion had been placed on the agenda last week to authorize Mayor Wallace Cartwright to contact the Shelbyville Power System Board to determine if they would lease property south of the water plant to the city for use as a soccer complex...

Crash into utility pole leaves two pinned in car (05/06/08)
Two persons were pinned in a vehicle after it struck a utility pole Friday night on West Jackson Street, Shelbyville police say. Tija Marie Murphy, 19, Moulder Road, the driver, and Joshua Wayne Clanton, 24, Meadowlark Drive, were extricated by Shelbyville Fire Department personnel after the accident, which was reported at 10:30 p.m...

Foster mother accused of statutory rape (05/03/08)
A Shelbyville foster mother has been indicted by the Bedford County grand jury for allegedly having sex with a foster child she had access to. Alea Rhea Rippy, 25, has been charged with eight counts of statutory rape by an authority figure, according to true bills issued by the grand jury on April 21...

Cascade follows Central for Calsonic Arena graduation (05/13/08)
Graduates of Central High School and Cascade High School will have something in common this weekend: they'll be walking across the same stage, though not at the same time. Last year, Central moved its graduation exercises to Calsonic Arena on the Celebration grounds, and this year, Cascade followed suit...

New ambulance station may go unstaffed (05/13/08)
The alternative austerity budget proposals being asked for by county officials, if adopted, could mean that a brand new BCEMS station now under construction in Airport Industrial Park, behind the new Heritage Medical Center, would go unstaffed. BCEMS board member Whitney Neeley, at the board's regular monthly meeting Monday night, said that the budget would be a step backwards from BCEMS's efforts to reduce response time in rapidly-growing or heavily-populated rural areas...