Stories from Saturday, March 29, 2008

Richard K. Talley, 40, of Nashville, formerly of Shelbyville, died Tuesday. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be noon-1:30 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Here's a bit of rambling to wrangle your reading. Remember the line about the vice presidency not being worth a bucket of warm spit? It's from John Nance Garner, who was FDR's vice president -- twice. Garner's observation comes to mind as the GOP has a presumptive nominee for president and the Dems are still slugging it out...

Bedford County's unemployment rate rose 0.3 percent in February to 5.7 percent, according to figures released by Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The county reportedly had a labor force of 22,990, with 21,680 working and a total of 1,310 out of work. The rate was 1.4 percent higher than this time last year, when the unemployment rate was 4.3 percent...

Bell Buckle's board of Mayor and Aldermen met for a brief special called meeting Friday to hire a municipal judge and a new city attorney. The board voted to hire Bill Haywood, who serves as Chapel Hill's municipal judge and city attorney for Lewisburg, as judge for the small village at a cost of $300 per session...

An aircraft constructed at Shelbyville's Jabiru USA facility has set a coast-to-coast speed record for a piston engine landplane that weights a ton or less. Retired Navy pilot Earl Ferguson of Atlanta claimed the record, which was approved by the National Aeronautic Association this month. ...

A thief took the grand tour of rural convenience stores west of Shelbyville overnight Wednesday, getting away with merchandise from two locations. Deputies responded following a alarm about 11:30 p.m. to find glass broken in the drive-through window, through which the market was apparently entered, a report by Cpl. Kent Jacobs said...

Sammy Bryant and Zeke Grissom combined for 10 strikeouts and allowed just three hits to lead the Community Junior High Vikings to an 8-6 win over Riverside Christian Academy under threatening skies Friday night in Unionville. "We got a well pitched game from both Zeke and Sammy tonight," Viking coach Mark Neill said. "They came through for us and gave our team a big boost at a much needed time."...

Coming off of their gut-wrenching upset of Blackman, Cascade was destined for a letdown against Harriman on the second day of action in the Warrior Spring Classic. Only three batters into Friday night's soggy contest, the Blue Devils were already out in front 2-0 and it looked like bad news was on the horizon for the Champions...

A cold and rainy night wasn't near enough to slow down the Shelbyville Golden Eagle baseball team Friday night. Despite tough weather conditions that included a 30-minute rain delay, Shelbyville exploded for a 16-run rally with no outs in the second inning and then easily rolled to a 22-2 victory over visiting Harriman on the second day of the Warrior Classic...

Shelbyville Municipal Planning Commission got its first look at a preliminary version of the city's urban growth plan Thursday night. Charles Goforth of the design firm Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon (BWSC) briefed the commission on how the city should plan for its growth over the next 20 years...