Stories from Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Columbia American Legion Post 19 bounced out of the dugout and snatched a 9-0 advantage by the end of two innings and cruised to a 12-2 win over Shelbyville American Legion Post 23 on Monday. A pair of walks and Blake Rogers' single led to Columbia opening up a 2-0 upper hand in the first frame off Shelbyville starting pitcher Hunter Bates...

The Bedford County grand jury indicted seven persons on 30 charges at its June session Monday. According to records provided by Bedford County Circuit Court, those indicted were: Thomas Allen Burgess, 24, possession of a schedule VI drug for resale...

Guns were stolen overnight Friday from Pawnbrokers of Shelbyville, Thompson Street, police said. The firm's owner told investigators at the time he was unsure how many guns were missing. A former employee is suspected, police were told. The man was described as black and standing about 6 feet tall, police said. The victim told officers other customers addressed the suspect as "Smiley."...

Shelbyville's fire department will soon put a new pumper truck into service, expanding its fleet and possibly lowering insurance rates, the city's fire chief said. Fire Chief John Habel said the new pumper contains some of the latest firefighting innovations, such as extra capacity for foam used to extinguish newer mixtures of fuel containing alcohol...

Duck River Electric Membership Corp. gave U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon and other dignitaries a tour Monday of the new $2 million electric substation near Wartrace. The new substation went online in March, but Monday was its official dedication. "It's an important part of our service to Bedford County," said DREMC general manager Jim Allison...

"Something's rotten in Denmark, But it's worse in Bell Buck-ellll..." So go the lyrics to one of the songs in Bell Buckle's latest creation. There's something rotten in Bell Buckle, all right, but it's not the 13th annual Synchronized Wading planned for the upcoming RC-Moon Pie Festival. ...

After much schedule flopping, the second day of Shelbyville's second team camp is in the books and a trio of local teams knocked out several games. Each varsity team is taking the court an average of three times a day. Community was taken down by East Literature 50-36 in their second game of the morning at Thomas Intermediate School...

Former Shelbyville Central Golden Eaglette and University of Mississippi basketball standout Ashley Johnson has returned to familiar ground this week. Johnson, recently named girls basketball coach at Lebanon High, and her Devilettes are participating in Shelbyville Central's team camp...

Funeral services for Buford L. Moulder, 81, of Shelbyville, who died Monday at Bedford County Medical Center, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Daniel Bates officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held today from 5-9 p.m. at Hillcrest Funeral Home.