Stories from Monday, November 27, 2006

Bedford County recently received a half million dollars that will go toward the rehabilitation of homes and you may qualify for the program. A public meeting is set for Monday, Dec. 4, at 6 p.m. at the Bedford County Courthouse to discuss the $500,000 HOME grant from the Tennessee Housing Development Agency...

A woman extradited from Bedford County's jail to North Carolina may have a case against officials now holding her in a small town just south of Raleigh. That's the opinion of John Norton, the Shelbyville lawyer who represented Margie Darlene Mullins Ledbetter who was held here on an extradition warrant alleging she took and used another woman's credit card...

A long-time Shelbyville lawyer has confirmed that he observed a state investigator interview at least one of the people at a party that ended last March with the fatal shooting of the host. However, Sam Short, who has an office on the east side of Shelbyville's public square, says he's uncertain about whether he would be called as a witness in a $50 million lawsuit against the city, its police department and the officer who says he shot back at Fermin Estrada Sr., 47...

Today is the last day for entries to be accepted for Shelbyville's annual Christmas parade, which will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday. In case of inclement weather, the parade will be held Sunday afternoon. "It's going pretty good," said Michelle Majors of Shelbyville Jaycees, which co-sponsors the parade with the Shelbyville & Bedford County Chamber of Commerce. ...

To say that it was a physical matchup is a huge understatement. It was a game full of contact between a pair of teams that wouldn't fall down. Shelbyville Central (5-0) finally landed the knockout punch with the game knotted at 52-all and 17 seconds left on the clock...

After playing five games in six days, Shelbyville Central rallied in the third quarter to claim a 38-37 win over Knoxville Bearden on Saturday night for third place in the Land-Air Tip-Off Classic in Greeneville. The two teams played to a 7-7 tie at the end of the first quarter before Bearden took a 16-11 lead at the half...

NASHVILLE -- The Tennessee Titans registered one of the biggest comeback wins in franchise history when they scored 24 fourth-quarter points to defeat the defending NFC East champion New York Giants in front of a sold out crowd at LP Field on Sunday night...

Funeral services for James Clay Smith, 68, of Shelbyville, who died Saturday at Bedford County Nursing Home, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Herbert Lee Stewart officiating. Burial will follow at Haley Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 1 p.m. until service time...

Frank Van Dyke Hobbs, 70, of Shelbyville died Friday at Bedford County Medical Center. Funeral services were Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Jack Allen officiating. Burial will be at Forest Park Lawndale in Houston, Texas.

Funeral services for Jackie Eugene Patterson, 55, of Wartrace, who died Saturday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, were scheduled 2 p.m. today at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Forrest Bryan and Ron DeWitt officiating. Burial was to follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.