Stories from Thursday, January 29, 2004

CHAPEL HILL -- A pair of Bedford County middle school teams squared off against one another in the quarter-finals of the Forrest World Tournament Wednesday night in Chapel Hill. Liberty's Lady Patriots advanced to the semifinals with a 42-38 double overtime win over Cascade's Lady Champions while the Champions of Cascade rolled past the Patriots 49-39 and will move on to the next round...

Over $90,000 was taken in an armed robbery at a Shelbyville convenience store Wednesday night, police said today. Three men entered Discount Food Mart, North Cannon Boulevard, at approximately 10:22 p.m., and asked for change, said Officer Tim Fox. "One of the men pulled a small caliber silver handgun and demanded that the cashier look down and hand over all the money in the store," Fox said. ...

Millions of people around the world now buy and sell through Internet auction sites like eBay, hoping that whoever is on the other end is trustworthy and will send the require merchandise once payment has been made. Two former Shelbyville residents were charged this week with stealing between $10,000 and $60,000 from PayPal, an eBay subsidiary which handles online payments for a wide variety of Internet sites (not just eBay). ...

The Bedford County Board of Education held its monthly meeting Monday amidst School Board Week in Tennessee. Several gifts and a banner were presented by schools and students to the members. John Davis, architect for the new Harris Middle School building, said the planning is on schedule. It is possible the pricing for the project will be the second week of February, he said...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a measure which would make permanent the availability of Chapter 12 bankruptcy protection for farmers, according to a news release from U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon. A 1986 bill which temporarily established the program expired on Jan. 1. The House bill proposes to re-establish it and make it permanent; it now heads to the Senate for consideration...