Stories from Friday, June 17, 2005

Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to fund the $15,000 cost overrun at the new Tennessee Rehabilitation Center and to accept an extended warranty on its concrete slab rather than insist on replacing it. The county is building a new facility for TRC on Railroad Avenue. The State of Tennessee will lease the facility from the county; the lease payments are designed to repay the county for the original agreed-upon budget of the project in 10 years...

Bedford County Medical Center trustees met for the last time Thursday night, because two days earlier Bedford County commissioners voted to sell the hospital, its clinic in Wartrace and home heath service to a Brentwood-based hospital holding and management company...

Shelbyville's city manager expressed confusion and concern over a vote Tuesday night by the Bedford County Board of Commissioners that would impose a building inspection fee on all houses, even those within incorporated cities and towns. City Manager Ed Craig expressed his concern during a budget workshop of the Shelbyville City Council Thursday night...

A cellular phone car charger and container of prescription drugs were taken between Monday night and Wednesday afternoon from a car on College Street in Wartrace. The items belonged to Jimmy A. Hull of Port Richey, Fla., according to a Bedford County Sheriff's Department report...

Approval was given Tuesday for a four-inch water line for property outside the Bell Buckle city limits that some fear could be turned into a development. The approval for the line is to be subject to an engineer's examination of what kind of water pressure would be required for fire service. If the pressure is found to be too low, the matter could come back to the town council with a request for a six-inch line...

The town council of Bell Buckle approved a Corrective Action Plan (CAP) Tuesday night in response to a state order targeting the town's ailing sewer system. The order from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) ordered the small community to correct continuing bypass problems which allowed untreated wastewater to flow into Bell Buckle Creek...

The 10th Annual RC-Moon Pie 10 Mile Race will get going on Saturday morning at 7 as part of the 11th Annual RC-Moon Pie Festival in Bell Buckle. Race coordinators are already looking at a record number of participants as over 600 have already signed up. The 2004 total was 563...

Graveside services for the infant daughter of Josh and Heather Montgomery of Auburn, Ky., were held Thursday at Cave Springs Cemetery in Auburn. Survivorrs include Sherry Montgomery of Shelbyville, the child's grandmother.

Funeral services for Cody Dewayne Davis will be held at noon Saturday at Bright Temple Church of God in Christ with Elder Willie L. Rippy officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. H. Preston Scales & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...