Stories from Friday, November 3, 2006

Funeral services for John William Ewing, 80, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at the Alvin C. York Veterans Administration Medical Center in Murfreesboro, will be noon Monday at Bird Street Church of Christ. Ora Walls will officiate. Burial with full military honors will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Belfast. Visitation with the family will be 5-8 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel, which is in charge of arrangements, and 11 a.m. until service time Monday at the church.

Active arrest warrants? No. Bong? Yes. A man who told police he was wanted in Ohio was arrested early Thursday after allegedly speaking in a "loud, vulgar" manner to a Shelbyville police officer. Computer checks showed William F. Rumfola, 20, of Bedford Manor Apartments was not wanted, Officer Jody Shelton said...

The Rover man who was severely injured in a crash a few blocks from his home on Tuesday is recovering from his injuries at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, according to his daughter. Andree Voss of Chapel Hill reported Thursday afternoon that Frank Voss, 63 of Pierce Place suffered 10 broken ribs, an injury that causes pain every time he takes a breath...

Andy Downs might have been raised in Shelbyville, his father's hometown, had things turned out differently for the only Tennessee pilot killed in a hijacking. "My father's hometown has a special place in my heart," Downs told a packed luncheon crowd at the Shelbyville Rotary Club meeting yesterday in the American Legion Hall...

A Community High School student has set down a burden he says had weighed heavy on his heart since last year, when his father accused the school's vice principal of child abuse during the boy's paddling. "He said he was going to sue the school and I was, like, 'No, let's don't,' because I knew what the bruise was from, but he said, 'We'll get money out of this,'" said Samuel Lee "Leroy" Manus, 15, son of Freddy Manus, an inmate at Rutherford County Jail...

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee Regulatory Authority (TRA) directors ruled Thursday that Texas-based Atmos Energy Corp. must reduce its rates by $6.07 million for about 123,000 natural gas customers across Tennessee. The ruling translates into an average annual savings of $20...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' budget and finance committee recommended Thursday night that the county place itself under the state's 1981 financial management plan, but tried to assure school and highway officials that transitioning to such a system will be a slow and careful process...

Ryan N. Dean, 15, of Jonesboro, Ind., grandson of Joseph and Sarah Dean of Shelbyville, died Tuesday at his home. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Brookhaven Wesleyan Church in Marion, Ind., with Adam McGhee and the Rev. Bob Van Cise officiating. Burial will follow at Park Cemetery in Fairmount, Ind...

CHAPEL HILL -- Cascade Middle rallied from three points down to take a 20-19 lead with 2:54 to play in the third quarter of their season opener after a pair of free throws from Michael Molder. Forrest Middle defended their home turf and countered with a 19-3 run to close out the game for a 38-23 win on Thursday night...

Community Junior High continues to impress as they defeated Webb Middle 50-12 in Bell Buckle on Thursday night. The Viqueens (2-1) opened the game by scoring the first 17 points with a smothering press the Lady Feet couldn't handle. "Give Community credit," Lady Feet coach Rick Dycus said. "We have had very little opportunity to practice and we were just not ready to handle a team as good as this one...

Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer says his Vols need to stay "focused, hungry and humble" heading into Saturday's Southeastern Conference matchup against 13th-ranked LSU. UT is ranked eighth in the polls but is smack in the middle of a challenging stretch of games...