Stories from Thursday, November 1, 2007

Almerette Hill Kelly, 84, of Wartrace died Wednesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Wallace Rowland and the Rev. Donnie Jones officiating. Burial will follow at Hollywood Cemetery in Wartrace...

An officer who requested to search a vehicle she stopped for allegedly running a stop sign was rewarded with a marijuana find. Officer Tracey Nelson placed K-9 Remy into a car driven by Ashlee Robyn Lyon, 20, Bryant Street, early Tuesday night on North Brittain Street. Remy sniffed Lyon's purse, where Nelson said she found two "roaches" and a pipe, and under the passenger side seat, where approximately 1.71 grams of marijuana was found in a plastic bag...

To bring another city into their joint effort to conserve water in the face of continued drought, Duck River Agency officials were scheduled to meet with Spring Hill leaders this morning. It's a result of discussions at Henry Horton State Park last Thursday when directors of the Shelbyville-based five-county agency noted the fast-growing Maury County city isn't a member of the agency created to protect water quality and supply...

Bedford County officials say they were mystified by figures released this week by a state agency regarding local infrastructure. That's because the numbers, released Monday by the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR), were found to be in error when the T-G began asking local officials about them...

Funeral services for Dorothy Henley Walters, 86, of Shelbyville, who died this morning at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Assembly of God. The Rev. Glenn Forsee will officiate and burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery...

The true test of a championship-caliber ball team is not how they stand after making a run at a title, but rather how they rise after being knocked down and faced with adversity. Ninth-ranked Cascade took a blow to the head last week in their contention for an undefeated season and Region 5-A championship thanks to a 36-6 home loss to fourth-ranked Jo Byrns...

The game has slowed down for the Community Vikings but the season has not. The youngsters have shown in their last four games that they can compete on the varsity level and there is a definite upswing in the way that they are taking care of their business this week in preparation for their last Region 5-A game at Eagleville (1-8, 1-7 5-A) on Friday night...

Funeral services for Margaret Elliott, 65, of Decherd, who died Wednesday at Southern Tennessee Medical Center in Winchester, will be 3 p.m. Friday at Watson-North Funeral Home in Winchester. Howard Riddle and John Partin will officiate and burial will follow in Mt. Garner Cemetery...

Steve Mallard of Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville says that many databases and programs are being affected because they haven't been updated to reflect the new schedule for Daylight-Saving Time. Starting this year, Daylight Saving Time began earlier than in the past, and it will end this weekend, later than in the past. Some computer systems have not been updated to reflect this, and some software publishers haven't attempted to "push" patches or updates out to their customers...