Stories from Saturday, March 10, 2007

Melba Lucille Stump, 45, of Lascassas died Saturday. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel in Smyrna with Marshall Guplin officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday.

Bedford County's Solid Waste Authority accepted a bid Thursday for a roll-off truck for the department. The bid from Cumberland International was accepted for a cost of $104,491, but is subject to availability. If the desired model is not available, then a similar model can be obtained for $2,000 more...

With warmer weather on the horizon Shelbyville Central's spring sports schedule takes the spotlight this week. It has become the busiest time of the year in the athletic department with five different sports playing in the spring. Eagle soccer...

A five-run second inning gave Liberty Middle an early lead they held for the duration of their 15-5 run-ruled victory over visiting Moore County Middle on Friday night. The victory is the second for the Patriots in as many games of existence and their first conference win...

Travis Madget and Jared Carkuff both appeared as magicians at "Show and Tell" day at Cascade Middle as each scored a hat trick in the Champions' 7-1 win over visiting Highland Rim Middle on Friday. Ryan Purdom held down the goalkeeping duties in the first half before Alex Ervin took over in the nets after intermission. Jamie Williams added the other score for Cascade (2-2)...

A Shelbyville police officer said he was forced to use a Taser on a woman to break up a fight early Friday. Nadifo Hetchussen Gedi, 21, of Davis Estates Apartments, Anthony Lane, was charged with assault after allegedly attacking Barwago Liban, 25, of a different building in the same complex at 3:09 a.m...

Bedford County lawmen confiscated illegal drugs with a street value of $24,000, $20,000 cash, and four vehicles during a drug raid at a house trailer near the Shelbyville airport on Tuesday. "This was a substantial seizure of cocaine and marijuana as well as suspected illegal drugs," Sheriff Randall Boyce said...

A settlement has been reached in a TennCare fraud case brought against a Shelbyville couple by the state inspector general's office, according to court records and attorneys in the case. Barbara J. and David Michael Westmoreland of Robinson Lane were indicted Jan. 22 on two counts of TennCare fraud and one count of theft for allegedly receiving medical assistance benefits they weren't entitled to since as early as Jan. 6, 2000...

NASHVILLE (AP) -- If a local or state official in Tennessee refuses to release a public document, the only recourse is to file an expensive civil lawsuit. But there are some efforts to change that this year. Gov. Phil Bredesen has said he will put money in the budget to create an open records ombudsman, someone to help people who are refused access to public records...

Mark Stauffer has been playing music since he was old enough to hold an instrument. First it was the cornet and the trumpet, and then in the fifth grade he played the French horn for a year. "When I was in the sixth grade, my father told me the band didn't have a tuba player, and he said 'Go play tuba,'" Stauffer said, remembering how he first got started playing the large brass instrument at his father's prompting...

Frustrated rescue workers were unable to revive 19-year-old Adam Cody Ogles of Shelbyville as he died at the scene shortly after being thrown from his car Friday night on Stanley Boulevard. Ogles lost control of his Pontiac Grand Prix about 8:40 p.m. while driving southbound, Lt. Trey Clanton, accident investigator for the Shelbyville Police Department, said...

Graveside services for Adam Cody Ogles, 19, of Shelbyville, who died Friday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Ogles Cemetery in Coffee County. The Rev. Bobby McGee will officiate. Visitation with the family will be 4-9 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home, which is in charge of arrangements...