Stories from Thursday, November 2, 2006

How do you follow up an appearance in the biggest football game in school history? Simple. A home playoff game. Ninth-ranked Cascade enters the postseason as the No. 2 seed from Region 5-A. They face Wayne County, who finished third out of Region 6-A, on Friday night...

The arrest of a Christiana-area man has led to the recovery of more than $53,000 worth of personal property, including cattle, guns and four-wheelers, Bedford County Sheriff's officials said Wednesday. James Michael Beddingfield, 29, is in the county jail serving 45 days on a drunken driving charge, but he faces theft charges that are connected to recovery of four-wheelers in four states, Sheriff Randall Boyce said...

Bell Buckle sculptor Russ Faxon has rubbed out a swastika painted on the helmet of a soldier's figure in the statue on Veterans Memorial Plaza in front of the Bedford County Courthouse. "It looked like somebody made a stencil and put it up there and sprayed it," Faxon said Wednesday evening of his examination of the vandalism discovered Tuesday morning. "You could see some spray-over."...

A Microsoft XBox, controller and five XBox games were taken from the home of William C. Rumfola, Bedford Manor Apartments, between 3-6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Rumfola told Shelbyville police he had accidentally left his door unlocked. An employee said a man, woman and child in a blue 1981-86 Chevrolet pickup truck had been behind the building while he was gone briefly Saturday, according to the Bedford County Sheriff's Department...

Bedford County Medical Center has closed on the sale of its new site, on U.S. 231 across from Shelbyville Municipal Airport. The sale closed about two weeks ago, according to hospital CEO William Macri. "We're real excited about it," said Macri. He said a formal groundbreaking will be held in spring 2007 with the new $35 million facility, which is licensed for 60 beds, expected to open in late summer 2008. ...

Lexington, Tenn.-based FirstBank, the largest independently-owned bank in the state, will take over the operations of AmSouth Bank in Shelbyville, Fayetteville, Woodbury and four other Tennessee cities in a deal announced on Wednesday. FirstBank owner and chairman Jim Ayers and CEO Doug Cruickshanks visited the Shelbyville branch this morning. ...

Funeral services for Billy Wayne "Red" Capley, 65, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at his home after an extended illness, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Rob McKamey officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens...