Stories from Thursday, July 7, 2005

BENTON -- After falling behind 3-0 in the first inning of the championship game of the 10-under Dizzy Dean state tournament to Hixson Black on Tuesday, Shelbyville answered the bell with five runs on five hits of their own. From there the game was one-sided as 16 hits later, Shelbyville walked away with a 19-4 victory in three innings and the state crown...

State Sen. Jim Tracy has come out in favor of a special legislative session next year to consider ethics issues. Tracy, a Republican from Shelbyville who represents Bedford, Moore and parts of Rutherford counties, sent a letter to Gov. Phil Bredesen agreeing with Bredesen's appointment of an independent ethics advisory panel. The letter to Bredesen also calls for a special session to consider ethics issues...

With a $37,658 contract, a Shelbyville construction contractor is replacing the south and west steps from ground level to the main floor of the Bedford County Courthouse. Work should be completed by Friday night, said Reggie Smith, the contractor who removed sandstone steps from their concrete bases which were exposed during the work...

Residents of the Morton Street, Key Street, Locke Street and Purdy Court areas and Shelbyville police are on the lookout for a man they say has made threatening actions and comments against young girls. The man has been "stalking" girls in the area for approximately three weeks, a grandmother of one of the victims said Wednesday...

Brandi Kaye Martin, 4-day-old daugher of Brandon and Lynna Roller Martin of Shelbyville, died Monday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Wallace Rowland officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens...

A revised fourth draft of Shelbyville's 2005-06 budget and a list of appropriations for non-profit organizations was reviewed by Shelbyville's City Council Tuesday. The revised budget figures have a deficit of $310,993, city manager Ed Craig said. Currently, the unappropriated cash revenue is listed as $10,706,914, with cash expenses for the city at $11,022,907...

Nineteen TennCare enrollees completed and submitted questionnaires at the Department of Human Services in Shelbyville on Wednesday when the office stayed open two hours later than usual to help enrollees provide the state with information so it may determine whether they should continue to receive benefits...

Funeral services for Lela Ann Vincent, 67, who died Tuesday at her home in Shelbyville, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Coffee County Funeral Chapel in Manchester. John D. White Sr. will officiate and burial will follow in Fredonia Cemetery.