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Louise Williams
(Obituary ~ 01/20/07)
Funeral services for Louise Williams, 89, of Shelbyville, who died Friday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at Galilee Primitive Baptist Church, where she was a member, with the Rev. Robert Stevenson officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation with the family will begin noon Tuesday at the church.
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Jayne Sledge
(Obituary ~ 01/20/07)
Jayne Sledge, 67, of Manchester, the mother of Kenneth Odom of Shelbyville, died Thursday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Manchester Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Hurricane Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-9 p.m. Sunday...
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Mildred P. Pressgrove
(Obituary ~ 01/20/07)
Mildred P. Pressgrove, 85, of Shelbyville died suddenly Friday at Bedford County Medical Center. Graveside services will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at Pressgrove Cemetery with Michael Hix officiating. Visitation with the family will be 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home...
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Cameras suggested again for sheriff's cars (Local News ~ 01/20/07)
Video cameras in patrol cars driven by Bedford County sheriff's deputies were suggested last year and deferred by then-Sheriff Clay Parker, but Thursday night the idea resurfaced to a warm welcome. "We talked about putting cameras in the cars," commissioner Bobby Fox said at the Bedford County Board of Commissioners' law enforcement and workhouse committee meeting... -
Video cameras go back in time (Local News ~ 01/20/07)
BRENTWOOD -- Digital video cameras in police cars here have a feature that's sort of like the time travel aspect of the recent movie "Deja Vu." Instead of starting a recording when the officer presses a button to simultaneously activate the car's blue lights and the camera, as many older analog models did, a digital unit records constantly. It keeps the past three minutes of recordings in its memory before recording over them... -
The circus is coming (Local News ~ 01/20/07)
The Greatest Show on Earth is on its way to Shelbyville -- and the clowns were in town to talk about it. Dave and Cherie Gregg, Good Will Ambassadors for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, visited last week to promote the Gold Tour of the circus, which will be at Calsonic Arena for five shows Feb. 23-25... -
Tracy to chair Transportation committee (Local News ~ 01/20/07)
State Sen. Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville) has been appointed chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee by Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey (R-Blountville). "This is a great honor and a great opportunity for the citizens of Bedford, Moore and Rutherford Counties," said Tracy in a news release. "I appreciate the confidence that Lt. Gov. Ramsey has shown me by appointing me to serve as a committee chairman."... -
Eagleville hands Vikings loss (High School Sports ~ 01/20/07)
EAGLEVILLE -- Eagleville entered Friday night's District 9-A competition against Community ranked No. 10 in the state in the latest AP poll and solidified position with a workmanlike 60-47 home win behind Aaron Alldaffer's 18-point night. Community (6-10, 2-4 9-A) played the Eagles tough and led 13-10 after one frame as all five starters got on the scoreboard early... -
'D' meets -- and allegedly robs -- chat acquaintance (Local News ~ 01/20/07)
A chat line friend proved not so friendly when visiting a Shelbyville woman early Friday. The man, known only as "D" to Charlotte Ridley, left her Landers Street apartment with quite a few "souvenirs," police said. Ridley said she left "D" in the apartment and returned at 3:25 a.m. ... -
Viqueens edge Eagleville by 1 (High School Sports ~ 01/20/07)
Eagleville's T'Anna Overton and Community sophomore Jessica Thompson put on a top notch scoring display Friday night with Overton winning the duel for top honors, but it was Thompson's team that got the win by a 49-48 margin in a key District 9-A match... -
Eagles stop 'Cats, await critical matchup (High School Sports ~ 01/20/07)
Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles rolled past visiting Lawrence County 56-42 Friday night to remain unbeaten in District 8-AAA play. The Eagles (15-5, 8-0 district) will now turn their attention toward Franklin County when the top two teams in the district square off in Winchester Tuesday night... -
Eaglettes handed first district loss (High School Sports ~ 01/20/07)
"Eyes on the Prize." Those words are posted in the Shelbyville Golden Eaglettes' locker room as a reminder of the team's ultimate goal, a 13th state championship. Their eyes were distracted as Shelbyville was blindsided on its home court Friday night in a 54-50 District 8-AAA loss to Lawrence County... -
Laydeeeeeees and gentlemen! Children of all ages!
(Column ~ 01/20/07)
When Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey decided to start a single-ring "hometown edition" of its circus in 2004, Shelbyville was only the second stop on the tour. I attended with my family -- parents, two of my siblings, nieces and nephews -- and we had a terrific time. ...
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