Stories from Wednesday, October 5, 2005

School system officials spent two hours laying out the need and rationale for a 10-year school building program during a joint meeting Tuesday night between the school board and county commissioners. At the end of it all, commissioners said they fully understand the need for new classrooms; the problem is how to pay for them, especially since voters rejected a county wheel tax earlier this year...

A second reading of an ordinance that would impose a motor vehicle registration fee on Shelbyville residents to pay for the widening of North Main Street and other future road projects will include a sunset provision and fines and court costs for those who fail to register...

Thomas Hawkins of the Lewisburg Printing Company announced Tuesday the sale of the Lewisburg Tribune and the Marshall Gazette to Rust Publishing Central TN LLC, publishers of the Shelbyville Times-Gazette that runs six days a week, Sunday through Friday. Hugh Jones will also become publisher and part owner of the Tribune and Gazette...

On a night full of homecoming festivities, Harris Middle defeated Tullahoma 30-20 Tuesday night at Eagle Stadium to close out the regular season. The win boosted the Eagles to 7-1 overall and a perfect 6-0 record in the Central Tennessee Conference...

A Shelbyville mother has been sentenced to 48 hours in jail following her guilty plea to a charge of child neglect stemming from an incident last month when the child wandered off as the mother slept. "I searched with her for 30 minutes until I found her residence and had to rouse her mother," Shelbyville Police Officer Bill Logue wrote in the arrest warrant for Crystal Gail Farrar, 27, of the King Arthur Trailer Park...

A librarian and a social counselor have teamed up to get books in homes for children in Bedford County. "I contacted the Dollywood Foundation to see how we could get this started here," said Tera Davis, who runs the HUGS (Help Us Grow Successfully) Program at the Bedford County Health Department...

A thief with thoughts of winning big took 60 Vegas Windfall lottery tickets from Beech Grove Market and Grill, Highway 64 East, sometime Sunday. The tickets were activated during the day Sunday, according to statements made by Tennessee Lottery officials to a store employee...