Stories from Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Funeral services for Charles Edward Lowe, 73, of Shelbyville, who died Sunday at Bedford County Nursing Home, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Kenneth Smith and Lawson Howard officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery....

Michael Woodard, 52, of Shelbyville died Saturday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Robert McClain as eulogist and the Rev. Albert Lanier officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery....

A motorcycle rider discovered deer are out in full force Monday night when he struck a 7-point buck near Shelbyville. Charles Little, 59, Highway 82 South, was flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville by LifeFlight helicopter after the accident, which occurred about 6:30 p.m. on State Highway 82 just south of Shelbyville...

Yells for help led to police finding marijuana and a man being arrested on drug charges early Monday. Police were dispatched to Lafayette Street shortly after 12:30 a.m. after a resident reported hearing a woman yelling. Officer Darrell Birdsong said a woman coming from the back yard of the Will Cook home refused to stop before going inside...

The newly-organized Shelbyville Main Street program has worked with area businesses to produce holiday gift certificates. The certificates are available in $10, $15, $20 and $25 denominations and are redeemable at a wide variety of local merchants as listed below...

For the past several years Shelbyville and Tullahoma have dominated District 8-AAA girls soccer, one winning regular season championships and the other taking district tournament titles. This intense rivalry has become one of the best in Tennessee. Both have quality coaches that respect the other's program but, between the lines, there is no love lost between the teams...

Martha Louise Isom, 66, of Chapel Hill died Monday at Marshall Medical Center in Lewisburg. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gowen-Smith Chapel. A native of Shelbyville, she was the daughter of Charles and Amanda Walls Potts...

Funeral arrangements for Gene Griffin of Unionville, who died this morning at Bedford County Medical Center, are incomplete and will be announced by Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill.

A total of a quarter of a million people were asked last month to voluntarily cut back on their water usage. But without significant rainfall, mandatory restrictions could be coming our way by the end of the year. "This is a fairly historic drought," Randall Braker, general manager for the Duck River Utility Commission (DRUC) said Monday, possibly approaching the 100 year drought level, he said...

Area utility officials received word Tuesday from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) that an agreement has been reached over the reduction of the flow of water from Normandy Reservoir. Officials had been waiting for issues between the federal utility and environmentalists to be ironed out before the reduction could occur...

Funeral services for Julia Hackett, 94, of Clinton, Miss., who died Monday at Trinity Mission Health & Rehab in Clinton, Miss., will be 3 p.m. Wednesday at Siwell Road Church of Christ. Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday at Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle...