Stories from Thursday, December 27, 2007

Bedford County resident, journalist, and Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet Veita Jo Hampton joined forces with California photographer Scott Clarkson, a former student at a school where she formerly taught, to create "Windows to Vietnam -- A Journey in Pictures and Verse."...

A celebration of life memorial service for Victoria Edith Cook, 90, of Rover will be held New Year's Eve at the Walking Horse Hotel in Wartrace. The gathering and live music will begin at 8 p.m....

Imagine you and your family suddenly being deposited into a totally alien society, with a completely different language spoken and customs so foreign that some might be considered offensive. Yet the only way one can adapt is to learn the native tongue and ways of the people who already live there...

As with any mass migration of people throughout history, folks go where they can find their fortunes and a place to raise their families. So when the State Department began to place thousands of Somali refugees in cities and towns across the country over the past several years, they moved to towns where the best opportunities existed...

From now until New Year's Eve, the Times-Gazette is looking back at 2007 by counting down the top 10 news stories of the year as voted by a panel of T-G staffers. Here are the stories revealed so far: 10) Standardized School Attire proposed...

Eight guns were confiscated from an intoxicated man who allegedly raised a gun toward officers and pulled the trigger Monday night. James Melvin Adams, 53, faces multiple charges stemming from an argument with his wife at their Cloverdale Road home, Shelbyville police said...

Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles return to the hardwood after a long break when they compete in the inaugural Venture Express Great 8 Holiday Tournament hosted by Riverdale High in Murfreesboro. The three-day event starts today. The Eagles (10-2) play in the third game of the day against talented Memphis Central (6-2) at 7...

Funeral services for Larry Wayne Buchanan, 58, of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of Shelbyville, who died Sunday in Cleveland, will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Shelbyville. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery...