Stories from Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Funeral services for Agnes Eloise Neill Thompson, 70, of Murfreesboro, formerly of Shelbyville, will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Kenneth Neill officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. today. Mrs. Thompson died suddenly Sunday night at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro.

Tommie Ruth Slatter, 63, of Shelbyville died this morning at Bedford County Medical Center after an extended illness. Arrangements will be announced by Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

American Constructors Inc. and its sub-contractors are making good progress and are generally ahead of schedule on the expansion and renovation of Central High School -- but there's a lot of work to be done to get the existing SCHS building back into shape before school starts in early August...

School may be out right now, but that doesn't mean you can't "Stuff the School Bus" in the meantime. "Stuff the School Bus" is a new initiative for the 2007 school year. United Way of Bedford County is partnering with Wal-Mart and the Bedford County School system to collect and distribute school supplies to needy children in the county...

If someone in the area has been polluting Tennessee waters, by next week, you'll be seeing their names on the Internet. That's because the State Department of Environment and Conservation [TDEC] will begin listing companies and individuals violating the Clean Water Act starting Sunday ....

Marijuana was allegedly found in two vehicles Sunday by Shelbyville police. Tammy Lynn Nelson, 25, Halls Mill Road, told Officer Waymond Boyd the substance he found in a purse on the floorboard was hers. Nelson was charged with possession of a schedule VI drug and was being held Monday on $1,500 bond at Bedford County Jail...

New subdivision regulations for Shelbyville should begin to be examined in August by the city's planning commission, although the process for the changes will be done a piece at a time. Planning and Codes Director Kip Green said the first regulations to be examined are intended to make future developments more attractive by requiring green space and amenities such as sidewalks...

The Shelbyville Senior American Legion team ran into a tough pool of opponents in the Shelbyville Invitational over the weekend. On Sunday, tournament runner-up Indian River (Fla.) took a commanding 5-0 lead in the third inning and cruised to a 10-2 win. Tim Jobe provided the big knock in the frame with a home run to left center. Hunter Wynn, Britt Martin, Tyler Brown and Greg Mawrer all added singles...

A memorial service for Gabriel Cole Henderson, six-day-old son of Cory and Dawn Kimbrough Henderson of Shelbyville, will be held 5 p.m. Saturday at Wartrace Baptist Church. The infant died Sunday at the T.C. Thompson Hospital at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga...