Stories from Monday, December 10, 2007

Edward Glover, 91, of Pulaski died Sunday there at Meadowbrook Nursing Home. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Carr & Erwin Funeral Home in Pulaski with burial to follow in Shores Memory Gardens. Visitation with the family will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday...

Stella Wilson, 86, of Shelbyville died Sunday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Scales & Sons Funeral Home, Murfreesboro.

LEWISBURG -- Cascade continues to take on all comers regardless of stature but fell 55-23 to Marshall County in the Night of Stars Tip-Off Classic on Saturday night in the Tigers Den. Playing without the services of coach Chad Spencer, who will miss two games after being tossed from a game on Friday night for daring to step out of the coaches box to check on an injured player, the Orange and Black put up a valiant effort, but were teamed against a bigger, faster roster that returned most of a roster that finished runner-up in Class AA last season.. ...

NASHVILLE (AP) -- Gov. Phil Bredesen says full implementation of the state's retooled education funding formula may take longer than expected because of a tightening economy, but he still plans to put new funds into it. The governor said he initially intended for improvements to the Basic Education Program to be in place within three years. A key provision of the overhaul changes how the state calculates local governments' ability to fund their share of the formula...

Volunteers and authorites in Murfreesboro are continuing the search for a woman who vanished Thursday afternoon while Christmas shopping. Marsilene Smith, the 68-year-old mother of Leann Barnes of Shelbyville, was last seen shopping at K-Mart or Old Time Pottery on Thursday afternoon, but was reported missing by her husband Glover Smith after she did not return home after dark...

A Shelbyville man was killed early Sunday when an out-of-control SUV driven by a 13-year-old boy slid in front of his vehicle on Interstate 24 near Murfreesboro. Earl James Draine, 43, of Shelbyville died at the scene, according to investigators. Latosha Draine and Trenton Locke, both of Shelbyville, and a third unidentified passenger were taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. The survivors were listed in critical condition, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol...

Funeral services, with full Naval honors, for Sylvester "Bud" Sasnett, 84, of Shelbyville, who died Sunday at Boulevard Terrace in Murfreesboro, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Bob Bush will officiate. Sasnett's remains will be cremated according to his own request...

Because of Tennessee's desire to have an impact on the presidential nomination process, its presidential primary will be held Feb. 5. But as the presidential primary moves earlier, it takes the party primaries for local county-wide offices with it, meaning the primary for local offices will be six months before the general election and seven months before candidates take office. ...

Graveside services for Robert Anthony "Rob" Jarrell II, 17, of Unionville, who died Sunday, will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Cothran Cemetery. Jimmy Tedder will officiate. Visitation with the family will be 2-8 p.m. Tuesday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill, which is in charge of arrangements...

NASHVILLE -- Some teams simply know how to win. Check out the communication on the sidelines and while players return to the huddle when the New England Patriots are losing in the second half of games. Are they whining? Do they toss helmets? Are coaches getting an ear full of trash talk from any egotistical superstars?...