Stories from Sunday, July 27, 2008

When Shirley Solomon found a message on her phone to call the Times-Gazette, she was puzzled. "I figured it was either about my subscription or the $500 gas card," she said. "I didn't expect to win. I really didn't think it could be the gas, but I knew it wasn't time to renew my subscription."...

Gov. Phil Bredesen visited Wartrace on Friday to announce a $43,440 grant for revitalization of the town, including victorian street lights, benches, trash receptacles and sidewalk repair. "This is precisely the kind of place people think of when you say Tennessee," said Bredesen, during a ceremony held in the shadow of the town's iconic wellhouse. "People are always looking for ways to connect to the past."...

The incumbent candidates for the state legislative seats representing Bedford County are unopposed in their party primaries, and can look ahead to the general election in November. The challengers in both seats must first get through the primary election next month...

When the Rev. Dick Driscoll went on a three-month sabbatical, St. William Catholic Church was assigned a temporary replacement from out of town. Way out of town. The Rev. Emmanual Conduah of Ghana, in West Africa, arrived in Shelbyville several weeks ago for his first visit to the U.S...