Stories from Monday, October 13, 2008

ATHENS, Ga. -- Starting the Southeastern Conference season with three straight losses wasn't exactly what Tennessee had in mind. No one predicted back in the preseason that the Volunteers would not be getting a single vote for the Top 25, carry a record of 2-4 and be looking up at in-state rival Vanderbilt six games into the schedule...

A proposed spending and hiring freeze will be discussed at Shelbyville's next study session, after a city councilman attempted to have the item put on the agenda of Thursday's night's meeting. Lee Roy Cunningham made the proposal to add the item to the agenda at the beginning of Thursday's regular meeting, but other members of the council wanted more time to study the idea before taking any action...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a three-part series about the challenges facing Argie Cooper Public Library. Today's story focuses on the library's present situation. Tuesday's story will focus on plans for the library's future. In 1965, Bedford County's library consisted of 6,300 books stuffed into a space of just 350 square feet in the basement of the courthouse. ...

Just because you grow up in horse country doesn't mean you grow up around horses. Even some of the students in 4-H, with its long agricultural history, might not know a hock from a fetlock or a bay from a buckskin. With that in mind, Regan Aymett, a 4-H advisor with the UT Agricultural Extension office, agreed to change the meeting venue from the classroom to the barn...

The Tailgate Party and Pep Rally planned by the promotions committee of Main Street Shelbyville, a proposed Tennessee Main Street Community, has been moved from Thursday to the following Thursday, Oct. 23. "There were away games the first weekend," said Calvin Cannon, chairman of the committee. "We wanted everyone to be able to come."...