Stories from Thursday, January 18, 2007

Essie B. Redd, 88, of Shelbyville died today at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

NASHVILLE (AP) -- Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey's political action committee avoided campaign contribution limits by giving money to another PAC, which then directed money to key Republican candidates, an Associated Press analysis of campaign finance records has found...

Tennessee's Attorney General has asked the state Supreme Court to set a new execution date for the Shelbyville man who was sentenced to death 7 1/2 years ago for killing his three young sons and their sister. Attorney General Robert Cooper's request was released Wednesday by the state and stems from a federal Appeals Court decision on Jan. 9 clearing Daryl Keith Holton's path to the electric chair, his choice of execution for the 1997 shooting deaths...

Bedford County Emergency Communications District (E-911) board approved the contract Wednesday night for a new system which will provide aerial photography maps to com center dispatchers, allowing them to give even more information to emergency crews...

NASHVILLE -- Expect to see members of the 2006 version of the Cascade football team sporadically popping in and out of local hardware stores in search of nails. Barely less than 20 plaques need to be hung on walls of homes in East Bedford County after the Champion players and coaching staff were commended for their fine performance this past season at the Region 5-A banquet, hosted by Nashville Christian on Monday...

Next Thursday, the Shelbyville Planning Commission will consider the site plan request for work to be done on parts of Shelbyville Central High School. The additions will total 96,538 square feet, containing a new two-story classroom and office building, which is to be placed between the existing building and the gymnasium, becoming the building's new front entrance, facing Learning Way and the Harris Middle School campus...

Bedford County Nursing Home now has a device to help stroke victims regain their ability to swallow and the treatment was demonstrated Wednesday at the county-owned home on Union Street with the first resident to receive the therapy. Electrical stimulation was administered by speech pathologist Rebecca Lancaster from a battery-operated, hand-held Vital Stim machine that sent the current through wires to electrodes held in place on Charles "Nicky" Peacock's skin with custom tape placed on his neck.. ...

A suspect who allegedly refused to comply with orders following a traffic stop led police into a liquor store and attempted to fight off arrest, officers say. Gregory Maurice Marlin, 24, of Shelbyville was stopped on Madison Street at 8:23 p.m. because a headlight on his car was out, officer Waymond Boyd said...

Joyce Joy, 60, of Unionville died Wednesday in Shelbyville. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Burial will follow at Swanson Cemetery in Chapel Hill. Visitation with the family will be noon-8 p.m. Sunday.

Jeffrey Andrew Howell, 25, of Manchester died Tuesday at Alive Hospice in Nashvile after an extended illness. A private family service and burial will be held at a later date. Tullahoma Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Joseph Allen Pitner Sr., 74, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Dr. Lloyd Doyle will officiate, with burial to follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 4-8 p.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.