Stories from Tuesday, March 1, 2005

Funeral services for Lera Hazelwood Tucker, 79, of Manchester, who died Friday at her home, were held Monday at Gilmore Funeral Home in Manchester. Johnny Burgess officiated and burial followed in Oakwood Cemetery.

Funeral services for Robert Orr, 68, of Lewisburg, who died Sunday at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at London Funeral Home in Lewisburg. Burial will follow in Temple Cemetery.

Graveside services for Purmie Ashby Sumners, 96, of Fayetteville, who died Sunday in Lewisburg after an extended illness, will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Old Orchard Cemetery in Petersburg. The Rev. Timothy Wright will officiate.

Bell Buckle's new Planning Commission has recommended to the town's board that the town hire an independent state planner to develop a comprehensive land use plan. The new members of the commission presided over a much calmer and orderly meeting Tuesday. While the small town hall was packed, the gathered crowd was not as upset and there were no shouting matches that marked the last meeting of the Bell Buckle town council in February...

One of the nation's largest convenience store chains has agreed to take sexually-explicit magazines out of its Shelbyville locations -- and the private citizen who worked for eight years to achieve this goal says it's an example of what prayer, persistence and a positive attitude can do...

Brad Kirby woke up Friday night to quickly realize the armed, threatening man standing over him was no nightmare. Reality intruded even more when the man ordered him to the floor, struck him in the head with a pry bar and took his money. Kirby, 34, told police the intruder, carrying a small handgun and the bar, entered his living quarters at Taking the Plunge Farm, Union Street, shortly after 7 p.m...

SPARTA -- Be careful who you welcome back to your gym. The outcome might not be what you anticipate. The atmosphere at White County was electrifying Monday night. Fans entered the doors and filled the stands more than an hour before the Region 4-AAA Tournament opening round game between the Warriorettes and visiting Shelbyville Golden Eaglettes...

EAGLEVILLE -- It didn't take long to see how each team would have to play their strengths in order to walk away with a win on Monday night in the first round of the Region 6-A Tournament at Eagleville High School Cascade, the top seed out of District 11, had to be successful with their extreme size advantage...

Many of the students at Cascade Elementary School dressed up Monday as famous African Americans to recognize Black History Month which ended that day. And at least one brought to the school his creation of a new musical style, apparently inspired by the character he portrayed in costume and music -- bluesman Muddy Waters...