Stories from Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Two convenience stores and an individual were held up by armed robbers in Shelbyville over the weekend. Both of the stores were located within a two-mile area of Madison Street. The subject fit a somewhat-similar description, and used what appeared to be a covered weapon, in each case...

Tennessee's newest Supreme Court justice, sworn in Monday, will be among those setting an execution date for a man who killed a Shelbyville woman. That's because a federal court has cleared the path toward execution of the man who murdered a former Shelbyville Times-Gazette reporter. At the time of her death, she was the niece of the police chief here...

Seven years in prison was the sentence handed down Monday in Bedford County Circuit Court for a man convicted of theft and trying to strangle a woman as she was ending their relationship and kicking him out of her home in February 2004. Judge Robert Crigler sentenced John Robert Perkins, 37, to six years for theft of a car and other belongings of Meridith Taylor Troxler of Old Unionville Road. ...

Cascade pulled out a 5-0 victory over Middle Tennessee Christian in their District 11-A/AA regular season finale in Wartrace on Monday afternoon. The Lady Champions, who rebounded from a lopsided road loss to Page last Thursday, improved to 8-4 overall and 4-4 in the district...

Harris Middle took on visiting Smyrna Rock Springs on Friday afternoon in a clash of two talented soccer teams that entered the match with one loss between them. "This was a very intense game between two teams that played some very intense soccer," Eaglette coach Frankie Swing said...

Allen Moore Hudson, 91, of Rover died Monday in Murfreesboro after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Burial, with military honors, will follow at Simpson Cemetery in Rover, of which he was a longtime member of the board of trustees...

Funeral services for Larry Mitchell Durham, 56, of Bell Buckle, who died Sunday at Baptist Hospital in Nashville, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Dean Gipson will officiate and burial with full military honors will follow in Lynchburg Cemetery.