Stories from Tuesday, May 23, 2006

A man of many hats is moving on. Jon Bloom has resigned from his post as athletic director, head boys basketball coach and head lacrosse coach at Webb. The constructor of the Feet lacrosse program is departing Bell Buckle to attempt to perform the same task at Baylor in Chattanooga...

Shelbyville Central outfielder Blair Haskins has signed a letter of intent to play baseball for Motlow State Community College. Haskins was one of seven seniors who helped lead the Golden Eagles to regular season and District 8-AAA tournament championships this past season...

MOORE COUNTY -- Motlow State Community College broke ground Monday morning for a new 31,000-square-foot library which university officials said will combine the best in traditional library services with the latest in new technology. Dr. Art Walker, who will retire at the end of June as Motlow's president, said the library is "the cornerstone of student learning" at any college and that the new Motlow facility will serve that function well...

Bedford County's court system has outgrown the county courthouse, according to General Sessions Judge Charles Rich and Circuit Court Clerk Thomas Smith, who appeared Monday before Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and county property committee...

Bedford County Chancellor J.B. Cox has been asked by Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler to find a judge to preside over the state's case against a woman who's pleaded guilty of defrauding TennCare to get pain pills. Renee Nellie Arriaga, 28, was before Judge Crigler on April 17, having previously pleaded guilty of obtaining prescription drugs by misrepresentation last summer and fall as she used her cousin's TennCare card to obtain Lortabs from Eckerd's pharmacy...

Horse sales at Sand Creek Farm like those scheduled this Fun Show weekend will continue after the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration this summer because they're conducted by Sand Creek Sales Inc. Owned by Robert F. Kilgore and Neal A. Holland Jr., instead of Billy Gray, Sand Creek Sales is unaffected by an administrative law court judge's order issued last month against Gray and the farm property he sold, although Gray continues to control the dormant business named Sand Creek Farm Inc.. ...

"Do not steal. Do not be mean." The messages on signs in a Sunday School classroom at First Assembly of God, North Main Street, were ignored by a thief or thieves who stole money collected by a youth group while ransacking the church overnight Thursday...

Funeral services for Thomas Kelly Snell, 89, of Shelbyville will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Ray Hartman and Dr. Lloyd Doyle officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.