Stories from Thursday, September 13, 2007

A drug suspect was arrested at gunpoint following a foot chase in H.V. Griffin Park early Tuesday night. Victor Keyonta Taylor, 20, Fairoak Street, allegedly fled while being questioned by city and county officers about drugs allegedly purchased from another person at the park...

County Mayor Eugene Ray was re-elected by acclamation Tuesday night as chair of Bedford County Board of Commissioners, with Commissioner Roger Brothers re-elected by acclamation as chairman pro-tem. Ray held the chairman's post for years while he was a county commissioner, and kept it last year after being elected county mayor. State law permits a county mayor to either chair the county commission or have veto power over the commission's actions, but not both...

Improving Wartrace's water system while keeping their customer's rates low is something that town's council will be looking at in the future. Mayor Don Gallagher calls the idea "a work in progress" but the council hopes to make much needed upgrades to the system that not only supplies water to Wartrace, but also to Bell Buckle and to residents that live in that area of Bedford County...

Sidewalk improvements are on the way for Bell Buckle as that town's Board of Mayor and Aldermen announced a $300,000 grant during a brief meeting Tuesday. The funding is for Phase III of Bell Buckle's comprehensive sidewalk plan provided by the 2007 Tennessee Department of Transportation's [TDOT] Enhancement Program, according to alderwoman Jenny Hunt...

Active and outgoing Catie Carter, the 3-year-old daughter of Conan and Jamie Carter of Wartrace, seems to have recovered from the surgery she had in May at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital to repair a hole in her heart. Just watching Catie today as she runs and plays from room to room, one would never guess that just five months ago she was a very sick little girl...

The Community Vikings have all of two games under their belt in their first varsity season and have been, to this point, learning as they go. The lesson plan gets much more difficult for the young team on Friday as they visit Class 1A's top-ranked team, Jo Byrns, and the Red Devils' always-hostile stadium, also known as The Dungeon...

Cascade enters the second leg of their nine-game stretch of consecutive Region 5-A contests as they host Clarksville Academy at The Stable on Friday night at 7:30. The eighth-ranked Champions (2-0, 1-0) curtailed a trio of fourth-quarter drives to hold on to defeat homestanding McEwen 17-14 last week. The Cougars fell at home to top-ranked Jo Byrns 36-0...

Funeral services for Jeffrey A. Brown, 18, of Manchester, who died Tuesday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma following an automobile accident, will be 10 a.m. Friday at Manchester First United Methodist Church. David Adams, Jay Archer and Bill Mulroy will officiate and burial will follow in Rose Hill Memorial Gardens...

Visitation for Robert Lee Richardson, 51, of Fayetteville, who died Wednesday at Lincoln Medical Center, will be held 10-11 a.m. Friday at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery.

Masonic services for Samuel David Riddle, 49, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be 7 p.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Per his request, his remains were cremated. Visitation with the family will be 6 p.m. Friday until service time...