Stories from Thursday, February 1, 2007

LEWISBURG -- Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler on Wednesday handed down another prison sentence for a Marshall County man caught in an undercover drug operation in the Wheel community in Bedford County. Chaddrick Lyttle, 23, of Lewisburg was taken into custody as a result of an investigation by the 17th Judicial District's Drug Task Force on Dec. 14, 2004, when Jikinte LaShane Morris, 27, also of Lewisburg, participated in the sale of crack cocaine for $300 to a confidential informant...

LEWISBURG -- A Shelbyville-based bail bondsman has not violated a state law against unprofessional conduct because the signs at his recently-opened office next to the Marshall County Jail are advertising, not solicitations. That's the ruling from Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler who denied a motion from Assistant District Attorney General Eddie Barnard on Wednesday when the prosecutor cited a law defining unprofessional conduct by bail bondsmen as soliciting business directly or indirectly, by active or passive means.. ...

Things really seemed to be going great for Shelbyville Central basketball senior Kayla Bryant. The Eaglettes were coming off a very successful year with a runner-up finish in the state championship game. Bryant had just signed to further her education and basketball career at Lambuth University in Jackson and was looking forward to her senior season and the opportunity to help lead the Eaglettes back to the state championship...

As a witness of Hurricane Katrina's wrath, New Orleans resident Dr. Douglas Brinkley shared stories of that storm, political failures and heroic rescues with Webb School students earlier this week. Brinkley has recorded those experiences in a new book, "The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast."...

Shelbyville's city council will hold a special meeting on Feb. 13 to once again take up the issue of animal control, specifically what to do about vicious dogs. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the courtroom of the city hall annex. City Manager Ed Craig said that he felt the council wasn't anywhere near a pit bull ban, which had been one option discussed but instead to place restrictions on dogs "after they become bad."...

If your father was an animal trainer and your mother was an aerialist, which circus specialty would you choose? Sylvia Zerbini decided to have it both ways. Zerbini, who will visit Shelbyville later this month as part of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Gold Unit circus, created her own act, one which combines her love of horses with her abilities as a trapeze artist. She works with the horses on the ground while swooping back and forth into the air...

A Shelbyville Power Co. meter stolen from a North Main Street location was allegedly found on a Cottonwood Drive home, police say. The meter was confirmed as stolen by a power company representative, Officer Linda Adams said. Nicole Leigh Hays, 25, a resident of the home, was not charged in connection with the meter but does face charges of possession of a schedule VI drug (marijuana), child abuse/neglect/endangerment and introducing contraband into a penal institution. ...

Funeral services for Mildred Lucille Wade, 79, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center, will be 1 p.m. Friday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Robert Byrd officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon Friday.