Stories from Thursday, December 11, 2008

From the National Weather Service: WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT. A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE RAIN TO SLEET & SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE IN S. AND EASTERN MIDDLE TN BEFORE DRIER AIR PUSHES IN. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN SO. MIDDLE TN AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION...

"We're not leaving this room until we find Dr. Bailey a shelter." That's what County Mayor Eugene Ray said last week as Carl Bailey, of Bedford County Emergency Management Agency, and other local leaders gathered at the courthouse to do something about the souls who have no place to go...

Some of the best athletes from across the mid-state were gather inside the Hall of Fame Club at the Calsonic Arena Monday night for the annual Region 5-4A football Banquet. Hillsboro won the region title and went on to claim the state championship on Saturday...

Funeral services for James Robert Baxter, 69, of Unionville, who died Wednesday at Heritage Medical Center, will be 11 a.m. Monday at Jennings & Ayers Funeral Home in Murfreesboro. The Rev. Mike Hannah will officiate and burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens...

Between Cascade Middle and Eagleville Middle, the teams entered Wednesday night's opening round matchup in the World Tournament with a total of eight victories. Seven of those belonged to the Eagles. However, the Champions proved that tough regular season schedules prepare teams for title runs as they upset Eagleville 37-31...

CHAPEL HILL -- Forrest Middle certainly seemed to benefit from having home court advantage in World Tournament action on Wednesday night. They hosted Liberty Middle and dominated en route to a 29-19 win. In the first quarter, Olivia Calvert sank a free throw with 40 seconds on the clock and moved the Lady Patriots to an early 5-4 lead...

One advertiser and one reader have won Christmas Dream Get-Away packages courtesy of the Times-Gazette and Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville. The packages each include a one-night stay for two at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and tickets to entertainment events...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to create a Health Facilities Board, made up of the same members as the local Industrial Development Board, so that Heritage Medical Center can be taken off the county's property tax rolls. Commissioners, County Mayor Eugene Ray and County Attorney John T. ...

For months now, committee members have been striving to raise $20,000 to open a spay-neuter clinic to help with the county's overwhelming stray dog and cat population. Approximately 75 to 80 percent of dogs and cats are euthanized locally as a result of this overpopulation, said Bedford County Animal Control Director Michael Gregory...

A Shelbyville man was injured in a single vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon on Halls Mill Road. 18-year-old Joshua Gobel was transported to Heritage Medical Center after being cut out of his car, which had slammed sideways into a tree. Officers at the scene said Gobel was fortunate that he did not strike the tree directly at the driver's door...

I had planned to write my column this week about last Saturday's parade, and in particular, First Choice Pregnancy Center's "Run for Their Life" 5K, which preceded Saturday evening's festivities. I wanted to let you all know that I about died while running that 5K, despite having run in several 5ks in the past. ...

Dorrris Shapard Sanders, 87, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. The Rev. George Jones will officiate, with burial to follow in Willow Mount Cemetery...

Nay Dean Sissom Marsh, 75, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Jonathan Sims officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens...

Funeral services for Angie Brothers Lynch, 87, of Fosterville, who died Tuesday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will be 10:30 p.m. Friday at Fosterville Church of Christ. Billy Batton, Carter Woodruff and Jeff Adcock will officiate, and Don Powell will serve as song leader. Burial will follow in Fosterville Cemetery....

Funeral services for Sue Irene Price, 72, of Shelbyville, who died Tuesday at NHC Healthcare in Murfreesboro, will be 11 a.m. Friday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. The Rev. Jim Tedder will officiate and burial will follow in Crossroads Cemetery....

Rosemary Adkins, 54, of Shelbyville, formerly of Indiana, died Tuesday, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Funeral services will be handled by Hinsey-Brown Funeral Home, 3406 S. Memorial Drive, New Castle, IN 47362, (765) 529-7100....