Stories from Monday, December 19, 2005

Funeral services for Louise Arnold Butts, 98, of Shelbyville, who died Saturday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Bill Cartwright will officiate and burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery...

Bedford County Board of Education approved a calendar for the 2006-2007 school year on Thursday night, with Aug. 4 set as the first day of school for students. Spring break 2007 will be April 2-6, and the last day of school will be May 23, 2007. In other discussion Thursday night:...

Jury selection was to begin this morning in a civil trial stemming from a crash between two trucks in early 2003 on U.S. 41A South at Normandy Road. Jose Ortiz was a driver in training for Werner Enterprises, Omaha, Neb. His instructor was asleep in the cab when the truck they were in "locked up" near the road to Normandy...

Guilty pleas have been accepted from a man charged with DUI after being found sleeping in his parked truck and from a man charged twice with his seventh offense of DUI. Also Friday, Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell sentenced Jamie Roskom, 31, of County Line Road to three years in prison. Roskom was the first person convicted by a Bedford County jury as a sex offender who failed to register his address as required...

A thief may be having a game-filled holiday at someone else's expense. Microsoft XBox and Sony Playstation 2 gaming-entertainment systems were stolen from a Glosson Circle home between Dec. 10 and Thursday, Shelbyville police say. Also taken were 400 PSII games and 10 XBox games...

NASHVILLE -- The Tennessee Titans, riding a two-game win streak, looked to upset one of the top teams in the NFC in their final home game of the season on Sunday. After taking the lead in the third quarter, a pair of failed fourth down conversions proved to be the difference in a 28-24 loss to Seattle at the Coliseum...

The undefeated Shelbyville Central Golden Eagles claimed an opening round 81-38 win over DeKalb County in the Mid-South Classic Saturday night at Upperman High. The Eagles (8-0) return to action at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday against this afternoon's Rossview/Madison Academy winner...

Bedford County's grand jury has endorsed installation of video cameras in patrol cars run by the Sheriff's Department. Beyond issuing indictments against people who are charged with crimes, grand jurors inspect county facilities and make recommendations. That's the case with this month's grand jury report...