Stories from Friday, December 15, 2006

MURFREESBORO -- The Motor City Bowl bound Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders will return to the practice field on Friday to begin preparations for the program's first postseason football game in the I-A era. The Blue Raiders have been off recently due to final exams...

An allegedly drunken man spotted by police riding a bicycle in the middle of East Depot Street early Thursday night is accused of trying to hide marijuana while being booked into Bedford County Jail. Ricky Lee Mallard, 43, South Maple Street, was trying to keep his shoes away from officers, Officer Jody Shelton said...

State Sen. Jim Tracy, in a speech to the Shelbyville Rotary Club, said plans are still on track for the northeastern bypass around Shelbyville, and he hopes construction contracts will be let in 2007. "The bypass, as far as we can tell, is still on go," said Tracy...

More charges are pending against the paramedic in Bedford County who last spring faced nearly 200 allegations of molestation but saw them reduced to seven by a judge and the grand jury. "The investigation is on-going," District Attorney Chuck Crawford said about the state's case against Edward Raven Odom, 30, who remains in the Bedford County Jail charged with child rape and statutory rape...

Bedford County Utility District commissioners on Thursday told a Wartrace contractor to proceed on a $249,000 pipeline so water may be extended to nearly 100 people living west of Shelbyville. A pre-construction conference with the low bidder, Hawkins & Price Construction of Wartrace, will be conducted shortly after the first of the year, according to Buddy Koonce, BCUD's consulting engineer...

A member of the county's Solid Waste Authority says he believes that a recording of a 2004 state hearing has been erased that concerned a leak at the Quail Hollow Landfill. Last month, Bill Lewis, the newest member of the authority, asked what happened to the minutes of a hearing held by the state over a leak at the landfill nearly three years ago...

Funeral arrangements for Mary Ruth Adcock, 88, of Wartrace, who died this morning at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center, are incomplete and will be announced by Hillcrest Funeral Home.

Funeral services for Don Edward Wilhoite, 56, formerly of Shelbyville, who died Monday in Kentucky, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Larry Brittain will officiate and burial with full military honors will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 1 p.m. Saturday until service time.

Liberty Middle utilized a suffocating press to go on a 13-1 run in the first quarter and never looked back in a 52-29 win over visiting Webb Middle on Thursday evening. The Lady Patriots (4-10) turned a 12-point lead into a 38-4 advantage at the half by outscoring their guests 22-0 in the second stanza. Erin Reeves did most of the damage with 12 of her game-high 14 points coming in the frame...

WINCHESTER -- Same story, different game. Once again, Harris Middle had entirely too many turnovers and fell behind early only to settle down and play better over the last three quarters. The slow start can be credited to the Eagles' 41-33 loss to host Franklin County South in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup Thursday night...

Shelbyville Central's junior varsity Eaglettes rolled to an easy 42-26 wn over Tullahoma on Thursday night at SCHS Gym. The Eaglettes (5-1) were never challanged and posted leads of 16-6 at the end of the first quarter, 29-9 at the half and 36-17 after three periods...