Stories from Friday, August 5, 2005

NASHVILLE -- Third down. Four yards to go. Your team has to have a first down. Your playmaker is getting jammed and double-teamed. The back has to pick up the blitz. A slant route that's been there all day is cut off. Where do you go with the ball to move the chains and maintain possession?...

The 20-year-old woman charged with murdering her newborn son on Feb. 2 pleaded guilty Thursday of negligent homicide, a charge reduced from reckless homicide. Bedford County Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell sentenced Maria Felix Morales to two years in jail in accordance with state sentencing guidelines adopted by the General Assembly 15 years ago...

Bedford County Medical Center has asked the state to reconsider its decision to let a Shelbyville ear, nose and throat doctor expand usage of his clinic on Colloredo Boulevard. The Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency voted 6-1 on June 22 to grant Dr. Domenic Canonico a new certificate of need so he may use the second operating room at his Center for ENT, Laser and Cosmetic Surgery...

Shelbyville's City Council will hold a public hearing and a final reading Thursday, Aug. 11, for the fiscal year 2006 budget. The sixth draft of the budget has a deficit of $495,569, city manager Ed Craig said. Currently, the unappropriated cash revenue is listed as $10,690,759, with cash expenses for the city at $11,186,328...

An injury apparently wasn't enough to stop the ongoing wave of thefts from Bedford County construction sites. Blood was found where someone unsuccessfully attempted to drill the tongue lock off an equipment trailer overnight Sunday at a home in the new Nestledown subdivision off State Highway 82 east of Bell Buckle...

Bedford County's Solid Waste Authority will take bids for a compactor for the Unionville area next month. Fiinal cost could run in the neighborhood of $35-40,000 when the project was completely finished, Road Superintendent Stanley Smotherman said...