Stories from Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Harris Middle coach Jim Dougherty and his team of coaches have prepared their football players for some tough competition this year. It's time for the preseason work and successful scrimmage time to finally pay off as they head to the gridiron tonight at Tullahoma Middle at 6:30...

Kristen Brothers and Courtney Williams combined for four goals and goalkeeper Megan Sager swatted away nine shot attempts to lead the Community Junior Viqueens to a 4-0 home win over cross-county rival Harris Monday afternoon. Community (3-0) pleased the large home crowd early in the opening minutes when Brothers sent one into the corner past Eaglette goalie Stephanie Hernandez off a feed from Kali Sitz...

Funeral services for Annie L. Sumners Bryant, 81, of Shelbyville, who died Monday at Skyline Madison Inpatient Unit in Madison following a long illness, will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Raymond Ragsdale will officiate and burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation with the family will be from 5 to 9 p.m. today.

In 2006, Tennessee voters approved an amendment to the state constitution allowing local governments -- if they chose to do so -- to enact a property tax freeze which would protect senior citizens with below-average incomes from increases in their property tax bills...

EDITOR'S NOTE -- As United Way of Bedford County prepares to kick off its fall fundraising campaign, the Times-Gazette will present a weekly spotlight on the local health and human service agencies it supports. Pam Birtcil sat in her office Monday afternoon with a large poster board stretched across her desk. On the poster board read several different informational and inspirational bits and pieces of information about the agency which she's become so passionate about...

If you are looking for a bargain, Wartrace will be the place to be on Friday and Saturday as the community kicks off its annual Town Wide Yard Sale. It's the 13th year for the sale, which is scheduled to coincide with the first weekend of the National Walking Horse Celebration...

A Fayetteville man died when his sport utility vehicle plunged off State Highway 130 West's narrow shoulder and overturned into a deep ditch about a mile north of Pleasant Grove around 2:45 p.m. Monday. James Scott Fee, 47, was apparently killed instantly when he was thrown out of the large, late-model Toyota Sequoia, which landed atop him, State Trooper Jackie Smith said...

Gladys W. Nichols, 73, of Gallatin, died Friday. Funeral services were held Monday at Family Heritage Funeral Home in Gallatin with Ferrell Haile officiating. Burial followed at Willow Mount Cemetery.

Michael Lamb, 41, of Rover, died Monday in Nashville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, with the Rev. Bobby Maxwell officiating. Burial will follow at Cothran Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

The Shelbyville man accused of first degree murder in Williamson County has been captured. Timothy William Sparrow, 24, was taken into custody in Tullahoma early this afternoon after Bedford County authorities were notified of his location by a telephoned tip, Sheriff Randall Boyce said...