Stories from Saturday, October 15, 2005

A Bedford County jury on Friday convicted a Lewisburg man on charges alleging the sale and delivery of 2.3 grams of crack cocaine. Deliberations took about an hour, but that includes a second viewing of about 15 minutes of digital video shot from a camera hidden in a Wheel community man's kitchen where he bought the cocaine as an informant for the 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force...

A steering committee with volunteers and members of the Argie Cooper Public Library has decided to raise $12,000 by the end of the year so Bedford County may participate in the Imagination Library. Created by country music superstar Dolly Parton in her home town of Sevierville, the program has been taken state-wide by Gov. Phil Bredesen who's created the Governor's Books From Birth Foundation which has been appropriated $2 million by the state Legislature...

Aside from issues involving road improvements and a possible fee to pay for them, the Shelbyville City Council took a number of other actions Thursday evening. The city council approved an agreement between Judy Tillett Young, Nancy Jo Glover Young, Gerald Tillett and his wife Betty A. Tillett and the city of Shelbyville to transfer six acres located on Riverview Drive to the city, which is considered the keystone to Phase III of the Shelbyville Greenway...

e Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC). The mayors of Shelbyville and Wartrace met recently with local Hispanic business people and the state executive director of TSBDC, Gregory Sedrick. The focus of the meeting was to inform the Hispanic community about small business development and training that is available free of charge...

CENTERVILLE -- It's the time of the season when teams hope to be making a run for the state playoffs, but at this point Shelbyville Central would just settle for a victory. The Golden Eagles remain winless after a disappointing 20-6 loss at Hickman County in a Region 5-4A matchup Friday night...

McEWEN -- Something had to give. Cascade and McEwen squared off in a Region 5-1A matchup on Friday night with huge state playoff implications attached. Both teams carried 2-2 region records into the contest and face the same opponents the final two games of the regular season...