Stories from Tuesday, October 11, 2005

John Cullom Floyd Jr., 73, of Lascassas, a former Shelbyville resident, died Tuesday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at First Presbyterian Church in Shelbyville with the Rev. Stephen Caine officiating. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Webb fell in round robin play of the Division II-A state tournament to Immaculate Conception 25-15, 25-12, 25-14 and defeated Bishop Byrne 25-9, 25-7, 25-18 on Friday night at the Barton Center in Bell Buckle to set up the brackets for the single elimination portion of the tourney on Saturday...

TULLAHOMA -- The stage is set for the District 8-AAA title bout that everyone's been waiting for. Shelbyville Central dispatched Lincoln County 5-1 in the tournament semifinals at Tullahoma East Middle School on Monday night. Prior to the Golden Eaglette victory, Tullahoma defeated Columbia Central 6-2...

WINCHESTER -- Some things never change. For the third year in a row, Harris Middle won the Central Tennessee Conference tournament championship. The Eaglettes rolled past Franklin County North 5-0 Monday night to claim the title and improve record to 14-1-1 overall, 9-0-1 in the CTC...

A man who led police on a chase across northern Shelbyville didn't have to travel far to jail. The suspect -- William David Shaeur, 18, Shaw Road -- blew both tires on the car he was driving and came to a halt in the parking lot of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department after eluding officers for several miles Monday night...

Jury selection was to begin this morning for the trial of two men charged with burglary attempted robbery and false imprisonment at a Wartrace-area home on June 5. With indictments issued July 18, the case is against Maurice Lenord, 36, of Tullahoma, who's represented by Public Defender Michael Collins, and Kenneth Shondale Mason, 30, of Deery Street, who's attorney is Richard Dugger...

United Way of Bedford County announced a $310,000 goal for the fall fund-raising campaign and presented awards for the 2004 campaign during a kickoff breakfast held this morning at Bedford County Agriculture and Education Center. The goal was set before the impact of Hurricane Katrina, and 2005 campaign chairman Scott Cocanougher said donors, who have been so generous in helping the hurricane-hit regions, must not forget local needs...

A house fire forced a Unionville family to move in with in-laws who consoled their grandchildren as their modular home burned and volunteer firefighters knocked down the blaze. "Mama, the door is melting," Stephanie Cates screamed to her mother, Shirley King, after going to the door of her house just off Old Pencil Mill Road. Both women explained their discovery of the fire that way...

Bedford County Emergency Medical Services, already hit by high diesel prices, is making preparations for what would happen in the event of a crisis in the availability of fuel. "Fuel has been disrupted a few times in the past month or two," said BCEMS Director Chad Graham. The service normally buys its fuel from the fleet fuel program Pacific Pride...

It has been voted the number one Art and Craft Show in the state by the readers of Tennessee Magazine and it kicks off this coming weekend. The 29th Annual Webb School Art and Craft Show will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m....