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Fann steps down as Community coach (High School Sports ~ 05/11/06)
Community High head football coach Bart Fann submitted his resignation on Wednesday and will leave the school effective immediately. The Viking program will begin the search for their third head coach in a year in a process that was essentially underway before Fann made his decision to pursue other interests... -
Metro isn't the answer, council told (Local News ~ 05/11/06)
Don Darden of the University of Tennessee's Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS) told Shelbyville City Council members on Tuesday that consolidated city-county government, called metropolitan or metro government, is not the windfall that some people assume... -
State asks for Holton execution date (Local News ~ 05/11/06)
Tennessee's attorney general on Wednesday asked the state supreme court to set an execution date for a Shelbyville man who is convicted in the November 1997 shooting deaths of his three sons and stepdaughter. The request came within a week of an opinion by the justices who said a state-paid law office created to represent death-row inmates can't speak up for Daryl Keith Holton because Holton hasn't agreed to such representation... -
DC-3 brings back memories for Farrar (Local News ~ 05/11/06)
The restored DC-3 parked at Shelbyville Municipal Airport this week attracted a number of curious visitors even before the scheduled touring time, including a couple of men with memories of their own about these planes that transformed air travel. They were strong, stable and relatively easy to fly, according to Ike Farrar, 87, of Flat Creek, who's flown 1,000 hours in a DC-3. ... -
At least 1 rabid skunk captured in Wartrace (Local News ~ 05/11/06)
Tests for rabies of a skunk killed on Jernigan Lane in Wartrace Saturday have proved positive and is implied for another skunk killed on the Wartrace square during Saturday morning's Strolling Jim, according to Wartrace Police Chief Billy Smith. "The skunk on Jernigan Lane was chasing a dog in a dog pen, and test results on that skunk show that he was rabid," said Smith. The health department indicated both skunks were rabid, Smith said... -
Work tools stolen from truck parked at construction site (Local News ~ 05/11/06)
Over $2,300 worth of work tools were stolen from a truck left overnight Monday at a home under construction on Nestledown Road east of Bell Buckle. Billy Don McAlister of Wartrace said two saws and two nailers were among items taken, according to a Bedford County Sheriff's Department report...
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