Stories from Thursday, November 6, 2008

Even though I was in the group of people who had been thinking more and more for a long time that Tennessee head coach Phillip Fulmer's era was over, now that it's official, I feel a little bit sad. I'm going to the homecoming game this weekend against Wyoming, and I thought about the fact earlier this morning that it will be coach Fulmer's last homecoming game. At least in Neyland Stadium. Of course, he may coach against UT in a Vol homecoming game in the future...

"Hey ... hey! Are you OK?" It was a little after 9 a.m. Monday when Shelbyville codes official David Langford roused the man from his slumber outside John Norton's law offices on the public square. The slender man called himself Mustoff and said he was from Ethiopia, in town to work for Tyson Foods, which was evident from the rubber boots he wore...

As they do each year in early November, hundreds of local women gathered Monday for Ann Throneberry's traditional presentation of holiday recipes at Duck River Electric Membership Corp. in Shelbyville. But there was something different about this year's program...

Motorists who use North Brittain Street will have to look for another route for the next month or so as workers begin a replacement job. Engineer John Freeman of Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewer said that worker will begin re-laying a sewer line starting beside Dr. Charles Stimpson's veterinary clinic...

EDITOR'S NOTE -- As United Way of Bedford County conducts its fall fundraising campaign, the Times-Gazette is presenting a weekly spotlight on the local health and human service agencies it supports. It's that time again for 4-H lovers in Bedford County -- the kickoff of the school 4-H season where kids can participate in a variety of 4-H events...

You don't have to drive to fancy stores in Murfreesboro or Nashville this year to search for a gift for that person who's so hard to buy for. First Presbyterian Church has a solution to all your shopping woes -- and it's all for a good cause, too, says Melanie Hamilton, organizer of Gifts From The Heart Market...

Debra Ann Story Franklin, 41, of Shelbyville, died suddenly Tuesday at Heritage Medical Center. A private graveside service will be held Friday at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Liberty Middle's girls basketball team is bringing on the double-team this season with four sets of sisters, including three sets of twins. Not only do these sisters have to worry about sharing the bathroom, they also are striving to keep up with their counterparts on the court. Fortunately for their opponents, only one set of the twins, Ashley and Amber Sullivan, are identical...

Over the last several years, I have been able to visit my traveling husband in many different areas of the United States. Because he does environmental work, including emergency response and hazardous waste removal work, I never know where he's going to end up -- sometimes for months at a time -- working...