Stories from Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Funeral services for Juliette Stokes Turrentine, 98, of Pleasant Grove, who died Monday at Bedford County Nursing Home, will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church. The Rev. Jim Sorrells will officiate and burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens....

Accolades continue to roll in for Cascade's MoMo Stewart. The senior-to-be was recently named to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association All-State team as an infielder after hitting .448 with four home runs, 26 RBIs and 41 stolen bases. He was an intricate part of the Champions making the school's first-ever trip to the TSSAA state tournament and boasting a record of 31-10...

Susan Hancock, executive director of Fayetteville Main Street, told a group of local merchants, officials and preservationists that Shelbyville would have a good shot at making a Main Street program work -- but it would take a commitment of money and manpower...

The U.S. House of Representatives approved federal funding to help Middle Tennessee State University boost its science education and aerospace efforts by completing its new observatory and conducting research to better train air traffic controllers and pilots, announced U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon...

Getting an energy policy in place "that is right" regardless of the impact climate change has is a goal that Sen. Bob Corker expressed upon returning from a trip to Greenland this past weekend. But while they viewed glaciers and ice sheets that make up 10 percent of the world's fresh water, nothing he saw surprised him, saying instead it was the scientists that were the most informative...

Jury selection is scheduled to begin again this morning for a Shelbyville man being tried on a charge that alleges he bribed a witness to stay away from the Bedford County Courthouse when he was to be on trial for theft. Originally, Mark Anthony Buntley, 20, was to have been tried on Jan. 9 for taking electronic games from a resident of the trailer park where he was a handyman last year, but it's alleged that he, with another man, successfully persuaded a woman to stay away...

NASHVILLE -- The Duck River figures prominently in a new documentary about Tennessee's waterways which will be aired this weekend on Nashville Public Television (WNPT-TV Channel 8). "Beautiful Tennessee: Our Scenic Waterways" was screened for the media and other invited guests Monday night at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville. ...

A memorial service will be held at a later date for Dorothy Jean Fox, 73, of Shelbyville, who died Sunday at her home. The body was cremated in accordance with the wishes of the deceased. Gowen-Smith Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Kate Mosley Brown, 92, of Shelbyville, who died Monday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Robert McClean will officiate and burial will follow in Mt. Ararat Cemetery....