Stories from Saturday, November 11, 2006

A Shelbyville woman was seriously injured late Friday afternoon when she was apparently struck by her own wrecked car moments after a crash on U.S. 231 North at the Highway 82 intersection in Deason. Jessica L. Lynch, 18, Wildcreek Road, was flown from the scene by LifeFlight helicopter to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. A VUMC spokesperson was unable to comment on Lynch's condition Saturday...

The Shelbyville police officer who shot and killed Fermin Estrada during a backyard barbecue at the victim's home has expressed regret over the shooting eight months ago. "I'm sorry for everything that happened to the Estrada family," Officer James Wilkerson said Friday afternoon, "but it's out of my control."...

Second Lieutenant Anthony Buchanan's job in Iraq may have not involved facing terrorists, but he had a job and did it with commitment. Buchanan's job is public relations and he said that putting a positive face to the ongoing conflict with a pessimistic mainstream media constantly showing the negative side of the story is a daunting challenge...

MURFREESBORO -- Middle Tennessee showed how close they are to becoming a national powerhouse in their season opener at Murphy Center Friday night. The Lady Raiders took No. 1 ranked and defending national champion Maryland to the wire before dropping an 80-76 decision in front of a record crowd of 10,010, including a large contingent from Shelbyville and Bedford County...

Well, the voters wanted change ... and now they're going to get it. Boy, are they ever going to get it. Many pundits have been claiming that folks hit the polls in such massive numbers Tuesday because they were voting against the war in Iraq. However, now the voters will actually find out what it was they were voting FOR and they may be in for a shock. The public should expect a massive shift to the left when it comes to the next term of Congress...

David Allen Brown Sr., 64, of Shelbyville died Friday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Charles Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.