Stories from Friday, October 28, 2005

So many times in our lives we only get one chance to make things right. The window of opportunity opens and shuts faster than the speed of light. Looking back on things, I know there are definitely more than a few things I would have done differently...

A four-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon at the busy North Main Street-Colloredo Boulevard intersection left one man dead, another seriously injured and an allegedly-drunken Shelbyville man charged with vehicular homicide. Wesley A. Phipps, 24, County Line Road, died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center shortly after arrival by LifeFlight helicopter, VUMC spokesman Jerry Jones said...

It's a matchup between a pair of teams with no playoff implications when Shelbyville Central closes out a very disappointing season at home tonight at 7 against Region 5-4A foe Lawrence County. Golden Eagle seniors will be honored in Senior Night festivities starting at 6:45...

A Unionville mother and father are complaining about the paddling of their 14-year-old son, allegedly by Community High School's assistant principal, and they've taken their concerns to the superintendent of schools, the sheriff's department and have released their boy's medical records showing bruises and swelling at his tailbone...

A man charged with DUI after a Sunday afternoon traffic accident allegedly offered to pay a witness $100 to remove a cooler from his vehicle, police say. The witness -- Judge Charles Rich -- explained to driver Jason Dee Walter Glascoe, 27, Frank Martin Road, that "as an employee of the judicial system he couldn't do that," Officer Fred Harvey of the Shelbyville Police Department said...

A $77,976 U.S. Department of Homeland Security grant will enable Volunteer Fire Services, Inc. to purchase firefighting equipment, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon announced Thursday. U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist also praised the grant...

Miss Evalina Eslick, 78, of Shelbyville died Thursday at Bedford County Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Ron Chilton officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.