Stories from Sunday, May 22, 2005

Ever noticed when little kids are too scared to step to the forefront and take charge, they always push their bigger, older comrades in front of them? Well the handprints of young men from Wartrace and Bell Buckle paint the backs of Chris Graham and Joseph Floyd...

Former NASA astronaut Dr. Rhea Seddon is coming to Shelbyville next month. The Murfreesboro native is scheduled to speak only to the medical staff at Bedford County Medical Center on June 9. Seddon will speak about how her experience in the space program has been applied to health care, according to Dr. Bill Russell, chief of staff at BCMC...

Two serious accidents -- one serious in terms of injury, another in damage -- kept officers busy Friday afternoon and evening. *The most serious sent a Shelbyville teenager to a Nashville hospital by helicopter. William Edward Anderson III, 14, Sycamore Drive, was crossing North Main Street on foot from West Highland Street when he was struck by a car driven by Joshua Randall Henderson, 19, Statesville, N.C...

It's traffic counting time again in Bedford County; state transportation workers are placing and relocating traffic roll counters to see where streets are congested and where vehicles roll freely. Tennessee Department of Transportation prefers to look at long-term trends, not year-to-year fluctuations, but area residents could be tempted to draw conclusions about feeling stuck in traffic...