Stories from Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Funeral services for Terry Wayne Johnson, 48, of Shelbyville, who died Monday at Bedford County Medical Center after a long illness, will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Allen Campbell officiating. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery...

Funeral services for James C. Guinn, 65, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday at his home, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Ron Adams will officiate and burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 5-9 p.m. Friday...

The Democratic presidential nomination his, Barack Obama reached out today to mend fences with his defeated rival as Republican opponent John McCain tried to frame the fall campaign on his own terms. "I think he has exercised very bad judgment on national security issues and others," McCain said...

It's unusually empty these days on River Bend Country Club's greens, as major improvements take place during the heart of golf season. Installation of new grass has necessitated the course's closure for several weeks. Meanwhile, about 15 miles up U.S. 231 North, Blackberry Ridge Golf Course is getting a real workout in its temporary role as Bedford County's only functioning golf course...

Shelbyville's city council will receive several alternative suggestions on how to appoint members to the Power, Water and Sewer Board after several years of confusion over the proper method. Councilman Randy Vernon made the suggestion following controversy over the election of members during the past year...

A slick, steep embankment spelled trouble for a Shelbyville man seriously injured in a tractor accident Tuesday afternoon near Normandy. Johnny Darnell, 41, was in stable condition this morning at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a spokesperson said...

A proposed change to the county zoning resolution might make it easier to locate quarries in rural areas -- but one neighbor of a proposed quarry on Kellertown Road, being developed by the son of a planning commission member, opposed having the project in her neighborhood...

Ronnie Walt Deuermyer, 54, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at his home after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert L. Bush officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens in Tullahoma...

The Flagship Detroit, a restored DC-3 aircraft, is in Shelbyville for a fly-in breakfast this weekend. Local pilot George Dennis is the founder of the non-profit group which controls the aircraft.