Stories from Tuesday, June 6, 2006

Former University of Tennessee pitcher Luke Hochevar was selected with the first pick overall by the Kansas City Royals in the Major League Baseball free agent draft. Hochevar went to the Los Angeles Dodgers at No. 40 a year ago but the two were unable to finalize a deal. ...

Funeral services for Earl Huffman Stephenson, 90, of Shelbyville, who died Monday at Bedford County Nursing Home, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Jim Tedder officiating. Burial will follow at Wheel Cemetery.

Funeral services for Lawrence Raymond Trust, 78, of Shelbyville, who died today at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Mark Pierce will officiate and burial with full military honors will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens...

Monday's weekly cattle auction in the stockyard near Unionville was a lot like others recently, but long-time observers have noticed rising land prices because of development and foresee more ranch homes and fewer ranches. "It's making the runs of cattle smaller," says Wayne Wilson, one of the cattlemen among the buyers and sellers at the Mid-South Livestock Center on U.S. 41-A. "I'd say the livestock business will be a thing of the past in about 15 years in this area."...

Bedford County must get a handle on growth and make sure that all rural construction is going through the proper permit process before it can decide a proper rate for the adequate facilities tax, say members of the county commission's budget and finance committee...

Armed with complaints of failing pumps, dirty well water with "black worm-looking things in it," and no water about 225 days a year, Bedford County officials have a federal grant of $340,000 to try to bring water to people who have been requesting it...

With each day, minute and second that passes by, memories compile and the future becomes present. For a parent, that time accelerates more often than not as children go from kindergarten one day to graduation the next. Every moment becomes more and more precious...

Shelbyville's 19-under American Legion Post 23 team ventured east to play in a tournament over the weekend. They won two games but ran into some trouble with the T.C. Heat. Post 23's two losses to the Heat were by a total of three runs. Shelbyville 4, M&M 0: Brady Goodman put forth a star effort on the mound for Post 23 by no-hitting the Raiders. He struck out six and allowed but one walk on Saturday at Motlow State...

It's been said that law officers are never really off-duty. Two discovered that to be true following incidents over the weekend. Off-duty police officer Waymond Boyd was walking through the parking lot of Bedford Manor apartments, Barksdale Lane, when Tom Luke Arnold allegedly asked if he had crack cocaine to sell...

A passenger in a car stopped for a traffic violation on Castle Street suffered a slight cut when wrestled to the ground after allegedly threatening deputies early Monday, police said. Pascual Hernandez, 39, Castle Street, had been told by Officer Rod Stacy of the Shelbyville Police Department not to move. Bedford County deputies Nikia Elliott and Kevin Roddy began removing Hernandez from the car, according to police...

James White, 98, of Wheel died Tuesday at his home following an extended illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill.

Ruth Eleanor Pinkston, 85, of Shelbyville died Sunday at Bedford County Medical Center. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Gary Bell officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.