Stories from Monday, September 22, 2008

Bedford County Board of Zoning Appeals, meeting Thursday night, granted a special exception to allow Erick Waldron to add a firing range to his existing gunsmith business at 795 Fosterville Road near the county's northern border. Waldron said the range will be used for handgun safety training and permit classes...

A state criminal appeals court has reversed one drug conviction of a Shelbyville man and remanded the case for a new trial. The man lost his appeal on four other simultaneous convictions for the same charge. In February 2007, Jovan Xavier Moore was convicted of five counts of selling .5 grams or more of cocaine and was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment by Judge Robert Crigler in April of that year...

The state Legislature's Government Operations Committee has asked the state to restore cuts in ambulance fees paid to local governments; those cuts could cost Bedford County as much as $45,000 per year. Bedford County Emergency Medical Services Director Chad Graham attended the meeting Wednesday. Tennessee Ambulance Service Association, which represented the concerns of ambulance services, had asked to be on the committee's agenda to discuss the change...

Everything old will be new again. At least, it will be at Bell Buckle's old fire hall. Right now, the gutted building, which used to be a Carnation dairy plant, looks anything but new, with walls torn out and cables sharing space with old rebar and other rubble. Fire Chief Ronnie Lokey looks over the clutter and de-construction and sees something else...

Webb placed 21st in the Silver Division of the Tennessee Classic at Steeplechase on Saturday morning. Station Camp, Ensworth and Webb-Knoxville held down the top three placings, respectively. Jeff Musick clocked a time of 16 minutes, 46 seconds to finish first individually for a fourth-place Lipscomb bunch...

After a slow start to their weekend, Community's volleyball team defeated visiting Van Buren County 25-17, 25-13, 25-10 early Saturday afternoon. Viqueen senior Amy Nesius led the charge with 14 service points, eight aces and six kills. Kassidy Lane notched 12 service points and five kills. Lauren Freeman totaled 15 service points and seven aces. Georgia Ralston killed six balls...

KNOXVILLE -- Somebody needs to tune up Rocky Top. There's a note or two off that's making the fight song sound a little sour. Point fingers wherever you want and toss out all the 'What ifs' but at the end of the day the Tennessee Volunteers are unranked, carrying a record of 1-2 and hearing boos in Neyland Stadium...

NASHVILLE -- There's no doubt who is the new leader of the Tennessee Titan offense. It's out with the "Young" and in with the "old." With third-year quarterback Vince Young out rehabilitating an injured knee, among other things, 14-year veteran Kerry Collins is now in control under center...