Stories from Monday, February 5, 2007

Funeral services for Mary Louise Harvey, 57, of Shelbyville, who died Sunday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Robert Steverson will officiate and burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 1 p.m. until service time.

Cherrie Northcutt McMahan, 48, of McMinnville, sister of Marsha Lynn Jones of Bell Buckle, died Sunday at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga after a short illness. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Woodbury Funeral Home with Steve Rose officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant View Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 2-9 p.m. Tuesday.

New rules and regulations for Bedford County Animal Control are to be presented to the county commissioners' Law Enforcement Committee 10 days from tonight. And that's just a couple days after Shelbyville's City Council confronts the same question. Both city and county governments are trying to decide what to do about vicious dogs...

Professional golfer Tiger Woods once said, "In order to get better you must first get worse." Throughout the decades of professional competition of the walking horse industry, much the same can be said. In 20-year cycles, according to Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration CEO Ron Thomas, the industry has often gotten worse before getting better...

CHAPEL HILL -- A Murfreesboro man wants planning commissioners here to recommend changing three acres between Town Hall and the Marshall County Farmers Co-op from a residential classification to a business zone. In another example of growth in north Marshall County, Lewisburg-based Realtor David Jent and two partners have submitted to the commission a document to transfer a sewage pumping station in exchange for a guarantee that 94 lots at Stoney Brook will have sewer service...

A Shelbyville man pleaded guilty of burglary Thursday when he was handed a four-year sentence mainly because he told on himself and someone else told police. That's the gist of Judge Lee Russell's ruling and what Assistant District Attorney Mike Randles said the state would prove had there been a trial for Justin Carl Vincent, 20, of Gant Road...

Planning continues for the observance of Bedford County's 200th birthday, and a bicentennial web site has been posted at www.bedfordtn200.org with information about upcoming events and memorabilia. The bicentennial planning committee met this morning at Shelbyville & Bedford County Chamber of Commerce...

MUFFREESBORO -- Shelbyville Central returned to the court after a week off and claimed a 74-43 victory on the road against Blackman's Lady Blaze in a non-district matchup Saturday night. The Golden Eaglettes (23-4) look to clinch at least a share of the District 8-AAA regular season title when they travel to Columbia on Tuesday night at 6:30...

MURFREESBORO -- There's always a lesson to be learned from every loss. Such is the case for Shelbyville Central (18-6) after feeling the effects of a 3-pointer at the buzzer in a 48-47 loss at Blackman on Saturday night, their first after 11 straight wins...

Cascade defeated visiting Webb 64-40 behind Cory Phillips' 14 points and 11 more from Caleb Davis on Saturday night. The Champions led 12-6 after one quarter, then took control of the game in the second period by outscoring the Feet 17-6. The offense of both squads heated up in the third frame with Cascade taking a 49-30 advantage to begin the final stanza...

Harris Middle's Eaglettes closed out the regular season with a 37-31 win over visiting Franklin County South on Saturday afternoon in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup. It was a big win in a number of ways. The Eaglettes (9-8, 6-8 CTC) enter the conference tournament with a little momentum, winning three of their last four games. The win also makes up for a 37-26 loss earlier in the season at South...

Stephanie Michelle Cunningham Dudley, 21, of Flat Creek died suddenly Saturday at Bedford County Medical Center. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Reedus Baugher officiating. Burial will follow at Maxwell Cemetery in Rover...

Funeral arrangements for William Morton Hill, 89, of Shelbyville are incomplete and will be announced by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Mr. Hill died today at Alvin C. York VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro.