Stories from Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Funeral services for Shirley Jean Moorehead, 57, of Fayetteville, who died Monday at Metro / Meharry General Hospital in Nashville, will be noon Friday at Gallant Funeral Home in Fayetteville. Burial will follow in Pleasant View Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be one hour prior to the service...

Shelbyville Senior American Legion took two of their first three games in the state tournament at Columbia State last weekend before Columbia Post 19 ended their season with a 14-4 win. Singles by Drew Turner and Ben Jones to go along with a double from Chad Hunter sparked a three-run Post 23 rally in the second inning...

Harris Middle School has made the state's list of schools needing improvement, announced Monday, after failing to meet its adequate yearly progress (AYP) goals for two years. Harris Middle includes grades 6, 7 and 8. The school moved into a new facility on Learning Way in 2005. It was given a status of "School Improvement 1," which means it has failed to meet its AYP goals for two years. It must meet the goals for two years in order to come off School Improvement 1 status...

Being a role-model matters to Dee McCullough, particularly now that he is the new principal at Thomas Intermediate School. "You've got to be a role-model as a teacher, especially in today's society," McCullough said. "There are so many kids in our school that come from broken homes, and they need not only a good male role-model, but they need us to be a good positive influence."...

The National Weather Service has issued an advisory as a heat wave is expected to send temperatures to near 100 degrees over much of middle Tennessee this week. Afternoon heat index readings are expected to range between 100 and 105 over the next few days, and very well many go higher than that by the middle or late this week...

A total of six bridges in Bedford County have been classified as "structurally deficient" by the Tennessee Department of Transportation. (TDOT) TDOT states that while they track deficiencies in state bridges, the list released "by no means indicates a safety issue with the bridges."...

Two bystanders were slightly wounded Saturday night after gunfire broke out during an outdoor argument at King Arthur Trailer Court. Deflected bullets from a gun allegedly aimed at the ground hit Earl Taylor in the shin and grazed the back of Kendrick Johnson, police said. Both were treated at Bedford County Medical Center...

Shelbyville Police Chief Austin Swing was honored last week as Middle Tennessee Division Chief of the Year by the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police (TACP). The group held its 37th annual conference in Memphis. Swing is a past board member for the association and is active on its finance oversight committee. ...