Stories from Monday, October 29, 2007

Traffic and safety problems in front of Cascade School should be drastically reduced due to the addition of a new lane leading onto the grounds. And Bedford County School Superintendent Ed Gray says it's all thanks to the efforts of State Sen. Jim Tracy and officials with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), who rushed the project through...

KNOXVILLE -- The surreal wasn't reserved for Halloween this year. Spectators of Tennessee's thrilling 27-24 overtime triumph over South Carolina at Neyland Stadium were treated to a mixed bag of tricks and treats on Saturday night. It began when the Volunteers (5-3, 3-2 SEC) blew a 21-point lead at halftime, watched South Carolina grab a 24-21 advantage with 1:11 left in regulation, and faced the prospect of marching downfield after struggling to move the ball at all in the second half...

A 20-year prison sentence was handed down last week for a Shelbyville drug addict nicknamed "Thousand" who was convicted by a Bedford County jury for crack cocaine sales. "Being an addict -- sometimes we don't think about the consequences," Derrick Brandon "Thousand" Wells, 36, of Frank Martin Road said in a statement found in his court file after his Aug. 6 trial...

A Wartrace man indicted last week by the Bedford County grand jury on vehicular homicide charges shouldn't be incarcerated, according to the victim's father and stepmother. Tewaan and Tommy Tucker of Wartrace say they "terribly miss" Daniel Tucker, who died June 30 in a crash near Fairfield, but David Jordan Cataldo should face "a large amount of public service work" instead of jail...

Funeral services for Homer J. Jakes, 93, of Shelbyville, who died Sunday, will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Hugh Fulford, Geoff Giesemann and Russ Countess officiating. Burial, with military honors, will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Tuesday.

Bedford County schools are educating parents about steps to take to prevent an infection of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), also known as staph, following recent cases reported in Tennessee schools. Schools around the county have been hit with the drug-resistant bacterium, with recent infections in this state involving a Dickson County High School student and at a Rutherford County kindergarten...

It's something Tennessee Titans fans have grown accustomed to. A low-scoring game dominated by the defense, backed by a sufficient run-oriented offense and a consistent field goal kicker. Like it or not, that's Tennessee Titan football. The biggest difference thus far this year is they're winning...