Stories from Thursday, February 24, 2005

Add No. 11 to the string of Bedford County restaurant burglaries. After a week's worth of break-ins at four Bell Buckle and two Wartrace locations, the action returned to Shelbyville early Tuesday. Several hundred dollars were taken from the office area of Krystal, Madison Street, during pre-dawn hours, according to Shelbyville police...

Mim Eichler Rivas signed copies of "Beautiful Jim Key: The Lost History of a Horse and a Man Who Changed The World" Wednesday evening at Argie Cooper Public Library, telling those in attendance that the book has favorable word of mouth and is featured in the current issue of People magazine...

A group of doctors and other medical professionals at Bedford County Medical Center is being formed to influence the outcome of the hospital's sale, if not participate in the purchase of the county-owned facility, the chief of staff said last night...

United Veterans Council of Bedford County has won its first battle even before it decided to change the time of its Veterans Day Parade. "At its last meeting, the school board set the calendar and Veterans Day is a holiday," County Schools Instruction Supervisor Betty Farrar said today...

Lincoln County was 4-for-4 on free throws in the final minute of overtime and held on for a 54-49 victory over Shelbyville.

Funeral services for Charles Wilburn Oliver, 81, of Shelbyville will be 2 p.m. Friday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Jimmy Tedder and Joe Hudson officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. He died Tuesday at Bedford County Medical Center.

Funeral services for Charles R. Dixon of Tullahoma will be 1 p.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Phillip Davis officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Smyrna. Mr. Dixon, 64, died Tuesday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma.