Stories from Thursday, August 10, 2006

From franchise headquarters to women's dress shoppes, Shelbyville's public square continues to develop toward the uptown place the merchants' Our Town group has envisioned over the years. Some of the changes are as obvious as the new signs on the east side announcing the Purple Turtle Children's Boutique that Laura Bennett has moved from Tullahoma. Others are as invisible as Little Caesar's office plan...

A statewide issue revealed during legislative hearings on a Tennessee Walking Horse controversy early this year has resulted in a series of public hearings across the state. The University of Tennessee will be receiving public comment one week from tonight at its Spring Hill Experiment Station where the issue will be the availability of large animal veterinarians...

Elliott Arter Bowman, 67, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday at Emerald Hodgson Hospital in Sewanee. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Drew Hayes officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery.

Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer said Wednesday his Vols need to advance past what they have accomplished thus far in a half-dozen 2006 practices. He made his statements following UT's 2 1/2-hour practice on a warm, muggy afternoon at Lindsey Nelson Stadium...

Marine Lance Corporal Brian Dearing of Shelbyville is nearing completion of his duties in Al Asad, Iraq, after being deployed there in February. Dearing, 21, graduated from Shelbyville Central in 2003 and was a two-year special teams player of the year as a kicker for coach Whit Taylor's Golden Eagles. He also played four years of soccer under coach Neal Gordon. He has not ruled out a return to sports after his five-year tour of duty in the Marine Corps...