Stories from Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Kathleen Bolin Hittson, 89, of Shelbyville died Monday at Bedford County Nursing Home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Bobby McGee officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Wednesday.

One man, Chad Smotherman, was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center by LifeFlight Saturday night after being struck by a race car and then assaulted at Duck River Speedway, 1100 Haskins Chapel Road, according to law enforcement officers and reports...

It's that time of year again, when neighboring Manchester temporarily becoming Tennessee's sixth most populated city. The 2008 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival kicks off this weekend and, with nearly 80,000 people coming to the Coffee County area, the Tennessee Department of Transportation and Tennessee Highway Patrol are getting ready...

ARNOLD AFB -- Following a major shake-up at the top levels of the Air Force, area leaders were eager to hear reassuring news from Sen. Bob Corker about the status of the Common Battlefield Airman Training (CBAT) facility, and other concerns. They got it...

Bedford County Board of Education reviewed preliminary budget figures Monday evening, and the school system -- like other government agencies -- is bracing for a drop in sales tax revenue and sharply higher energy costs in the new fiscal year. "It's a pinch," said member Ron Adcock...

An escapee from Bedford County Workhouse was captured a few hours after his disappearance Wednesday, according to investigators. David Nowlin, 25, of Shelbyville, disappeared from the Lane Parkway facility about 3 p.m., said Chief Deputy David Williams Jr. of Bedford County Sheriff's Department...

Police say they found marijuana in a truck after its driver was stopped for an alleged light law violation Saturday. Brian Steven Wilson, 18, Myers Street, the driver, and Paul Dusty Tucker, 26, Troupe Road, were both charged after a small bag of marijuana was confiscated from under the front seat and two marijuana cigarettes were discovered in a tackle box on the seat, Officer David Curley said...