Stories from Monday, December 8, 2008

NASHVILLE -- Remember the days when teachers assigned research papers and there were several steps to reaching the final draft? Well, the Tennessee Titans finished up their works cited page by taking down the Cleveland Browns 28-9 to clinch the AFC South Division title on Sunday...

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The Spring Fun Show will return to its original venue, the outdoor arena on the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration grounds, in 2009 after having been held in nearby Calsonic Arena for 18 years. The 39th annual Fun Show will begin its three-night run on May 21, 2009. The event will take place, rain or shine, in the outdoor arena...

Two men were sentenced to jail time Thursday after pleading guilty to soliciting a 13-year-old girl on the Internet who was actually a Shelbyville police officer posing as a child. 45-year-old Hoppy Joe Brown of Savannah, Tenn., will serve 9 months after pleading guilty to several charges in relation to the electronic sting...

Although officials said in October that Middle Tennessee State University's proposed satellite in Shelbyville would be considered by the Tennessee Board of Regents this month, there was nothing mentioned about the project at last week's meeting. The project wasn't on the agenda and didn't come up for discussion Thursday, according to TBR spokeswoman Mary Morgan...

The Walking Horse Trainers' Association has extended its agreement to hold the annual National Walking Horse Trainers' Show in Calsonic Arena, rejecting proposals to move the event elsewhere. WHTA and the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration announced the renewal, which has a term of 10 years, over the weekend...

Funeral services for Charles Raymond Smith Jr., 69, of Shelbyville, who died Saturday at Bedford County Nursing Home, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Arnold King and Jeff Faulk will officiate and burial will follow in Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Unionville...

Funeral arrangements for Bessie M. Stone, 76, of Shelbyville, who died Sunday at Heritage Medical Center, are incomplete and will be announced by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. She was a former resident of Indiana.