Stories from Saturday, November 5, 2005

MONTEAGLE -- Three Bedford County National Guard members returned home last week from duty in Iraq; two were welcomed by families Friday as they got off a bus in Monteagle; the other had been back since Wednesday due to having been part of an advance team...

A Thomas Intermediate School student's mother has complained that her son was put on "latrine duty" and is suffering "chemical bronchitis" as a result of discipline for an incident at the school. Kimme' Jennings of Shapard Drive complained to Bedford County Schools Superintendent Ed Gray and to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on behalf of her 11-year-old son, A.J...

A Vietnam veteran offered to swap his Purple Heart medal for front row tickets to tonight's Dwight Yoakam concert at the Ryman Auditorium for his wife. But when Yoakam's manager found out about it, the country star was notified and tickets were provided....

Memo to pot smokers: Here's how not to avoid police detection. 1. Don't almost ram the rear of a police car. 2. Don't throw bags of marijuana out a vehicle's window in view of an off-duty police officer. 3. Don't do the shuffle if marijuana's in your shoe...