Stories from Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Funeral services for Gwendolyn Phillips, 66, of Nashville, who died Sunday at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Living Word International Church, 5100 Wyoming Ave. in Nashville. Elder Grant Stevenson will be the eulogist and burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery in Shelbyville. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements...

A Bedford County jury returned guilty verdicts in 22 minutes Monday against a man who'd confessed to police he'd been dealing cocaine, didn't testify for himself and then blamed the jury for ruining his life. "You're in contempt of court," Judge Robert Crigler told Julius Cameron Hill, 22, as defense attorney Michael Collins advised his client to stop making inflammatory remarks to jurors who'd started to walk out of the courtroom...

Bedford County Emergency Medical Services made its projected revenue for the 2005-2006 fiscal year which ended June 30, with $47,000 to spare, and stayed within its budgeted expenses by $13,000, BCEMS Director Chad Graham reported Monday night to the ambulance service's board...

James D. "Bo" Wilson has announced his candidacy for re-election to a fifth district seat on Bedford County Board of Commissioners in the Aug. 3 general election. Wilson currently serves on the commission's budget and finance committee. He is a former chair of the courthouse and county property committee...

Eugene Nichols has announced his candidacy for a Fourth District seat on Bedford County Board of Commissioners in the Aug. 3 general election. A lifelong resident of Bedford County, he is currently employed as deputy director of Bedford County Emergency Management Agency. ...

Lelan "Jay" Milam of Rover has announced his candidacy for a third district seat on Bedford County Board of Commissioners in the Aug. 3 general election. Milam served for 24 years in the U.S. Air Force before retiring and was owner and practitioner at the Eagleville Clinic for 21 years. ...

LAVERGNE -- After two weeks off from Roy Hobbs Adult Baseball League action, the Shelbyville Sox got back to their winning ways by shutting down the Nashville Reds 6-0 in the nightcap of a doubleheader on Sunday. Joe Long hurled his second shutout of the season for Shelbyville (6-8-1). The southpaw struck out 11 and didn't walk a batter in seven innings of work while scattering seven hits...

Two safes containing a total of over $100 were stolen overnight Saturday from Pope's Cafe on the Shelbyville square. Owner Russell Smith told police he entered the restaurant at 5:40 p.m. Sunday and noticed items on the floor. "He looked for the front register, and the register was missing," Officer Jody Shelton said. "He then went to look for the second register and it was missing also."...

James R. Russell, 74, of Shelbyville died Monday at his home. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Murfreesboro Funeral Home and 1 p.m. Thursday at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery with Bryan Nerren officiating.

Bedford County Mayor Jimmy Woodson is organizing a conference between state and county officials to resolve a salary issue raised at the sheriff's department over paid time off, and discussion on the topic has re-opened consideration on central accounting for most of the county departments...