Stories from Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Edna Jones Shoffner, a longtime health care educator in Bedford County, died in her sleep on Tuesday. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Shofner's Lutheran Chapel. Burial will follow in Shofner Church Cemetery. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements...

Funeral services for Jessie Melvin King, 77, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Donnie Jones will officiate and burial, with full military honors, will be in Cothran Cemetery...

Bedford County schools have had disaster preparedness plans in place for some time, but -- in a process which began last year -- those plans are being rewritten and closely reviewed to make sure that schools are as prepared for disaster as possible...

Community design standards, which could include everything from landscaping requirements for businesses to sidewalk requirements for new subdivisions, were discussed by Shelbyville City Council during a study session Tuesday night. On the table for the council's June meeting is a proposal to hire the engineering firm Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon to draft a community development design standards manual for the city...

Political candidates and their campaign treasurers in Bedford County are being offered a seminar on how to file documents required by Tennessee when someone wants to run for political office. "We're going to conduct the seminar on all the candidates' responsibilities and our responsibilities to the candidates," Bedford County Elections Administrator Anna Clanton announced late last week...

The high lonesome sound of banjos, guitars, fiddles and mandolins will soon ring out from the historic town of Wartrace when the second annual Wartrace MusicFest gets underway Friday and Saturday. In addition to music, this year's festival will feature arts and crafts vendors, food and a special Kid's Zone for the youngsters. ...

Shelbyville police recovered .90 grams of crack cocaine base substance from a car after its driver was stopped for speeding Sunday afternoon. The drug and $1,742 cash were confiscated from Joel A. Alexander, 42, Dover Street, after he was stopped on Depot Street by Officer Jeff Goodrich shortly after 5 p.m...