Stories from Saturday, January 14, 2006

Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer completed his coaching staff for the 2006 football season Friday by naming Kurt Roper an assistant coach for running backs. Roper, 33, has a history with Tennessee football as both he and his father served on previous UT coaching staffs. Roper returns to Knoxville having spent the 1996-98 seasons as a graduate assistant coach for the Vols. His father, Bobby, coached linebackers under Johnny Majors from 1977-79...

In the highly specific, yet sometimes wide-open world of courts and their documents, a federal court order has been interpreted for a Bedford County woman as not necessarily changing the Feb. 7 execution date for Gregory Thompson. Many Bedford County residents know Thompson confessed to the Jan. ...

Bedford County Medical Center is hosting the grand opening of a new program for those 50 and older - Senior Circle. The ongoing program will be sponsored by BCMC and is available to those in that age bracket to encourage a healthy and active lifestyle by providing programs which promote continued learning, wellness and good health, along with a host of social activities...

The lawyer for a man accused of shooting at a Bedford County deputy asked Friday that his client be granted another preliminary hearing. Judge Robert Crigler denied attorney Ray Fraley's request since Anthony "Tony" Leverette has already been indicted...

Five guns were stolen from two of three northern Bedford County homes burglarized Wednesday. No signs of forced entry were seen, Sgt. Billy Prince of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department said. Three guns -- a Remington 20-gauge automatic shotgun, Stevens 20-gauge pump shotgun and 20-gauge gun of unknown make -- were taken after glass was broken in a door...

Mrs. Ruth Harris Adams, 90, of Shelbyville died Friday at Bedford County Medical Center. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Dr. Lloyd Doyle officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.

Webb nearly pulled off an upset on Friday night against host Eagleville as the Feet outscored the Eagles 49-39 in the second half. Webb closed the gap to five points late in the game before falling 78-70. "We played great in the second half," Feet coach Jon Bloom said. "The third quarter was probably our best quarter of the year."...

Hard feelings, hurt souls and relief were results of a court hearing last week affecting friends and relatives of victims and the defendant in one of the cases involving the 2002 quadruple murders in Bedford County. William Joel "Jo Jo" Haithcote, 31, accepted concurrent 20-year sentences Wednesday for his plea to a pair of charges alleging conspiracy to commit murder by providing the murder weapon to kill Matthew Kelley and Jackie Daryl Addison. ...