Stories from Friday, December 28, 2007

Funeral services for Melody L. Womack, 53, of Smyrna, who died Friday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Doug Finney will officiate and burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery....

Funeral services for Emory Hitt Jr., 83, of Normandy, who died Thursday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma, will be 11 a.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Monnie Caine officiating. Burial will follow at Leming Cemetery in Normandy. Visitation with the family will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday.

"They are a hard people to deal with." That's what Larry Lowman, chief administrator for Bedford County Sheriff's Department, had to say when asked about interactions between local Somali refugees and law enforcement. But while Lowman said that the many cultural differences cause problems for his department, they are far more concerned about the introduction of Somali gangs and drugs to Bedford County...

MURFREESBORO -- After a 12-day layoff one might think that Shelbyville Central would have been full of energy and ready to hit the court with a lot of effort, but it was the exact opposite. For the second straight game, the lack of effort by the Golden Eagles has coach Kevin Thomas looking for some answers after a disappointing 65-52 loss to Memphis Central in the Venture Express Holiday Tournament at Riverdale High on Thursday night...

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...

Three persons who denied they were lost were rescued from a cave near Raus early today. Jeremy Leverette, 20, and Tonya Davis, 19, both of Park Trail Apartments, Green Lane, and Brad Pierce, 28, of Camden were found in the cave off John Brinkley Road at 1:30 a.m. by Joanna Valesquez and Brian Bruce of Bedford County Emergency Management Agency's cave rescue team...

Shelbyville is just one of several cities across the country which have found themselves with new neighbors from a culture as different from theirs as night and day. But as one examines how other communities have reacted to large numbers of Somali refugees moving in, it is obvious that Shelbyville has adjusted far better than other towns and cities in America...

Elder Ron Adams is a passionate man. He's passionate about God, passionate about his family, passionate about the Bible, passionate about his church, and passionate about seeing churches in Bedford County unite and work together to serve Jesus Christ...

Another Shelbyville resident has become the victim of an Internet scam in which money was sent to England, police say. Joan Fleming told police she lost $7,800 after receiving an e-mail in late November asking her to be a United States financial representative and help individuals outside the country consolidate and transfer funds...

Funeral services for William Kay Freeman, 73, of Shelbyville, who died Wednesday, will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Scotty Sorrells will officiate and burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery....

Funeral arrangements for Garrett Johnson, 76, of Unionville, who died Thursday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, are incomplete and will be announced by Scales & Sons Funeral Home in Murfreesboro.

Sammie Dean Wright Sanders, 89, of Shelbyville died Thursday at Bedford County Medical Center. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy Gray officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Saturday...