Stories from Saturday, August 5, 2006

Curtis Allen Wells, 52, of Longview, died Friday at his home after an extended illness. Memorial services will be 4 p.m. Monday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Jim Tedder officiating.

Funeral services for Irene Snow Odeneal, 85, of Shelbyville, who died Saturday, will be 1 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Jeff Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Mary Judith Frank Reinhart, 65, of Shelbyville died Saturday at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Tim Frank officiating.

Hope Coope Brown, 41, of Mt. Vernon, Ill., brother of Ronald Coope and Jann Bonner of Shelbyville, died July 28 at her home. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Corinthian Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon with the Rev. Ronald Lash officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Gardens. Jackson Funeral Home of Mt. Vernon was in charge of arrangements.

The service area of a Deason trailer dealership was ransacked last week by a thief or thieves who stole a large truck as they left. Select Trailer Co., U.S. 231 North, was entered between 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and 6 a.m. Thursday, Deputy Lindsey Puckett of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department said...

A Wartrace-area man caught a break last week in circuit court where his testimony -- and a promise from his father -- helped a judge decide that a lesser sentence was appropriate. Brian Aaron Dykes, 28, of Union Ridge Road, faced Judge Lee Russell on Thursday when he was to be sentenced for violating the state sexual offender registry law...

High winds Friday afternoon brought relief from last week's heat wave but left a trail of damage behind. Large trees fell as the winds hit parts of southern and central Shelbyville, along with scattered areas of Bedford County, about 2:30 p.m. One tree left Fairfield Pike just south of the duck pond blocked for approximately four hours while city crews removed debris and utility wires were replaced...

A college student from Romania was provided about $3,000 for a working trip to America, but he's discovered the cost of living is more than anticipated and now he's looking for more employment. Vasilie Zmau, 22, is one of more than a dozen students, largely from eastern European countries working in Bedford County through September and, while others came here after having paid $2,500 up-front, Zmau will be repaying $3,000...

Shelbyville has had its share and more of fast food outlets for years. The tradition goes back quite a few years, even when our fast food was from locally owned drive-ins. Several of these restaurants form some of my earliest memories. Imagine yourself driving inbound from the Madison Street-Wartrace Pike intersection. Directly across the road from today's Kangaroo store was:...