Stories from Tuesday, July 26, 2005

LA VERGNE -- Every dog has its day. Only good dogs have two. Jon Martin may have filled his quota between his performance on the plate and on the mound for the Shelbyville Sox on Sunday afternoon. Martin, a former Community star, sent two balls sailing over the left field fence and bounced one more over for good measure to lead his team in the hitting department...

It's a red, white, blue, orange, green and neon-colored county fair this year in Shelbyville. "It's Fair time in Bedford County," Bedford County Fair president Judy Gambill announced in true Tennessee form at the opening ceremonies for the eighth annual county fair Monday. "Thank you all for coming out."...

Scuffling suspects were subdued with a taser gun and shackles in weekend incidents involving Shelbyville police. * The taser gun was used to calm Thomas Allen Burgess, 22, outside his home at Circle O Trailer Park, Railroad Avenue, early Sunday morning, police said...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and county property committee, meeting Monday night, said "Not so fast" to the budget and finance committee's proposal to sell the Medical Arts Building and four parcels of land adjoining Bedford County Medical Center...

Two wrongful death suits have been filed in Bedford County Circuit Court claiming damages totaling $6.75 million for the deaths of two elementary school girls who died in the head-on crash of two pickup trucks on Fairfield Pike last month. The June 22 crash claimed the lives of Savannah Nicole Freeman, 10, and Mona Lisa Driver, 12. ...

The Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors is visiting the George Dickel Distillery Visitors Center today. Chamber President Walt Wood does not anticipate community leaders' examination of the tourist attraction to include consumption of the famous beverage...

Zachery Tyler Boyce, 2 1/2 months, son of Jamie Ross Boyce I and Brandy Nichole Sweeney Boyce of Unionville, died Sunday at Bedford County Medical Center. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Reedus Baugher officiating. Burial will follow at Simpson Cemetery...

Funeral services for Herman Wilson Sims, 77, of Shelbyville, who died Saturday at his home after an extended illness, will be noon Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Herbert L. Stewart officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will follow at the Merrell Family Cemetery...

Mrs. Laura "Nell" Smith Troxler, 70, of Shelbyville, died Monday. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Paul Lucas officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.