Stories from Saturday, February 2, 2008

Aubrey Warren "Jim" Greene, 71, of McMinnville died Thursday after an extended illness. Funeral services with military honors will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Clark United Methodist Church, where he was a member, with Robert Utley and George King Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Martin Charge Cemetery in Bethlehem...

Ollie Chester Swim Sr., 83, of Shelbyville died Friday at Bedford County Medical Center. Funeral services will be noon Monday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Jimmy Gray officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Viola. Visitation with the family will be 10 a.m.-noon Monday...

Louise Sutton, 82, of Bedford died Friday following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday.

The desire to win -- or a refusal to lose. No matter how you say it, Shelbyville Central was going to do whatever it took. With a 38-game District 8-AAA win streak on the line, the Eagles fought off a valiant effort by visiting Columbia to claim a 73-71 win in overtime Friday night...

It was 60 years ago Saturday that what I'll call "the great Shelbyville newspaper war" ended. Look at our masthead (actually at the bottom, not head, of page 4; it's a traditional newspaper term) and you'll see the phrase "The Bedford County Times and Shelbyville Gazette, consolidated Feb. 1, 1948."...

This is the text of the speech staff writer Brian Mosely gave during an appearance Thursday at Shelbyville Rotary Club. Thank you very much for inviting me to speak to you today. This is truly an honor. About six months ago, I was approached by a local official with a proposal to write a series of stories about the population of Somalis that have been moving to Shelbyville over the past few years...

Items including a television set, dryer and antiques were stolen sometime before Thursday from the Darryl Trice home, Deery Street, Shelbyville police said. Entry was gained by breaking a window. The following persons were arrested since Thursday by the Shelbyville Police Department, Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force and processed through Bedford County Jail. ...

Local obstetrician Dr. Dennis Wieck loves the joy involved in delivering babies. "People are so happy and upbeat when it comes to having babies; there are just a lot of ups," Wieck said. That's what drew him to obstetrics when he was in medical school...

Who will win? That's the question on the minds of many political watchers as the slate of presidential primaries set for Tuesday draws near. According to Connie Crafton, chair of Bedford County Democratic Party, the political scene in Tennessee and the county has been quiet. She has attended several events where representatives of the two frontrunners of her party were pushing their candidates...

A total of 1,804 people participated in the early vote period for Tuesday's primary elections, including 1,680 in person at the courthouse and another 124 who voted by mail or at nursing homes, according to Bedford County election administrator Summer Leverette...

A Wartrace man is dead and a Tullahoma man in custody following what an investigator calls an "altercation" Friday night in Moore County. Joseph Timothy Floyd, 20, died early Saturday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma of what several friends said was a stab wound to the chest...

Total domination. Immediately after Friday night's opening tipoff you could tell Shelbyville's Golden Eaglettes were ready to play. Senior Sha'Para Johnson stole the tip-off, drove the lane and scored, the Eaglette defense made another steal and Ceny Phelps scored and Shelbyville led 4-0 just 30 seconds into the game...

For much of the middle portion of Cascade's pivotal District 9-A meeting at Community it looked to be business as usual. The Champions hadn't lost to their cross-county rival since the fall of 2003. Ryan Morton's sixth basket of the third quarter came with 22 seconds showing and pushed Cascade ahead 48-36...

Three Lady Feet reached double figures in the scoring column as Webb edged past David Brainerd 50-48. Zola Quao headed up the winners' scoring charge with 17 points. Callie Vaughn followed with 14. Elizabeth Lawrence contributed 12. After trailing 18-9 at the end of the first quarter, the Wildcats carried a 29-28 upper hand into intermission before the Bell Buckle bunch outscored their hosts 9-4 in the third quarter...

In the early going of the Cascade-Community showdown in Unionville on Friday night, it looked like a typical rivalry game between teams with a similar level of talent. After five ties and five lead changes, a 3-pointer by Millie Carter brought the Lady Champions to within a point with 2:30 left in the second quarter...