Stories from Thursday, January 31, 2008

Funeral services for Thomas H. Maxwell, 92, of Unionville, who died Tuesday in Murfreesboro, will be 11 a.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. The Rev. Eddie Smith will officiate and burial will follow in Unionville Cemetery....

TULLAHOMA (AP) -- A 5-year-old girl is dead as a result of a house fire at her grandparents' house. Her body was found crouched behind a chair after firefighters reached the scene about 5 p.m. Wednesday. Officials said the girl was related to one of the firefighters...

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker has criticized the proposal for the federal government to issue checks to individual taxpayers, saying it's a "political stimulus" instead of, as billed, an economic stimulus package. Corker spoke on the floor of the Senate Wednesday morning and spoke to a conference call with Tennessee reporters Wednesday afternoon....

With her nomination to the McDonald's All-American High School Girls Basketball Team, Shelbyville Central's Alex Jarrell was recently recognized as one of the top prep standouts in the nation. The 6-foot-4 center ranks among the top 1,000 nominees competing to fill one of 24 positions, which will feature an East vs. ...

Police arrested a man who was allegedly carrying a loaded pistol while drunk Tuesday in Wal-Mart. Officers, notified of a man who was "staggering around the store," arrived to find Samuel Prosser, 51, Temple Ford Lane, "smacking" two packages on a counter with his hands, Officer Bruce Davis said...

Here, supplied by Sen. Bob Corker's office, is a transcript of Corker's full remarks to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday: "Mr. President, I rise in morning business today to talk about the so-called economic stimulus package that we'll be dealing with in this body over the next few weeks...

LEWISBURG -- A bronze bust is to be cast of the late Staff Sgt. Marc Golczynski, whose mother teaches science at Forrest High School, and she's said she believes the bust should be displayed in Lewisburg where he was raised and joined the Marine Corps...

A Tullahoma man is dead after his car struck a bridge in Flat Creek this morning. Alfred H. York Jr., 47, was dead at the scene when his Lincoln struck the bridge over Flat Creek near Sally's Market on State Route 82 South about 6:45 a.m. State Trooper Barry Qualls said York was traveling northbound toward Shelbyville when his car ran off the road, hit the end of the bridge and went down an embankment near the bridge...