Stories from Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The National Guard unit which includes Shelbyville, the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, has been put on alert. According to Sgt. John Garner of the Shelbyville armory, the alert means that the unit is capable to perform its mission and will give them time to train, check their equipment and prepare in case the unit is called for deployment....

NASHVILLE -- Somebody get out the dust rag and make some room in the trophy case. For the first time since 2001, Cascade baseball brought home a Region 5-A championship plaque after downing host Nashville Christian 7-3 on Tuesday night. The victory marked some semblance of revenge. The Eagles ended the Champions' season on the very same diamond in the region semifinals in two years ago and bused out of Wartrace last season with the 5-A title...

Funeral services for Sandra Delffs Gentry, 62, of Unionville, who died Wednesday in Snellville, Ga., after an extended illness, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Lee Gambrell will officiate and burial will follow in Pressgrove Cemetery in Bedford County...

Shelbyville Central's hopes of advancing to the state sectionals and possible first-ever state tournament appearance was put on hold Tuesday evening. The Eagles entered the Region 4-AAA tournament on a high note, coming off a District 8-AAA regular season and tournament championship while posting the most wins (15) in the history of the program...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to put out a request for proposals from parties interested in buying the old Harris Middle School building and from those interested in buying the soon-to-be-vacant Bedford County Medical Center...

When George A. Dickel began making his world famous whisky back in 1870, he used the fresh, clean water that bubbled from Cascade Spring. Nearly 140 years later, the tradition is still very important to the brand name, and should be able to continue, even though the rest of the region may be getting its water from a different source...

Water and sewer tap fees will be going up in Bell Buckle this summer. That town's board voted Tuesday night to raise the rates inside the city from $1,000 to $2,000 and from $1,500 to $2,500 for taps outside the town's limits. Mayor Dennis Webb said the costs would be incurred by new customers, not existing ones, and will assist with higher costs for running the water system. The new rates will be implemented July 1...

A proposal that would require a paper record for voters' ballots in Tennessee has passed the state House, but Bedford County election administrator Summer Leverette is skeptical. The measure sponsored by Rep. Gary Moore, a Joelton Democrat, was approved 88-6 on Tuesday. The companion bill, sponsored by Sen. Joe Haynes, D-Goodlettsville, is scheduled for a full Senate vote on Thursday...

Three Paso Fino horses have been reported stolen from a Normandy Road farm. The horses were described by the owner, a Coffee County resident who leases the land, as white with brown spots, black with two white spots and red. Deputy Benjamin Burris was told Monday by the horses' owner he had driven the area searching for them and found no damaged fences through which they could have escaped...