Stories from Thursday, December 18, 2008

Sylvia Joyce Price, 66, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Gowen-Smith Chapel with the Rev. Ron Chilton officiating. Burial will be at the King family Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.

Investigation continues into the traffic death of Ahmed Ali Elmi, 31, of Nashville, who was killed Saturday morning north of Shelbyville, police say. Shelby Tyson, 17, Carr Creek Road, was seriously injured after she lost control of her pickup truck and smashed head-on into the Elmi car shortly before 6 a.m. on U.S. 231 North at Whiteside Road, officers said...

Bedford County Board of Education approved the enrollment criteria Tuesday night for a K-5 magnet school that will open next fall. The criteria were presented to the board by supervisor of elementary education Betty Farrar. Applications for the magnet school will become available at the Board of Education's central office in February, and will be accepted in March. Parents will be notified of student admissions in March...

Pastor Adrienne Hickman believes in the message of Christmas, including the parts about joy on earth and peace and goodwill toward men. And women. The long-time Shelbyville resident knows from experience that women in the ministry often have a tough go of it. Not only do they face the challenges of their calling, guiding and comforting their congregations, but they often have to face resistance and even resentment in a male-dominated profession...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee voted Tuesday night to recommend lowering the speed limit on U.S. 231 from 65 miles per hour to 55 miles per hour between Shelbyville and Deason. State troopers and other law enforcement personnel had told county officials such a change would increase safety and reduce accidents, although troopers can't formally recommend the change because they are prohibited from engaging in political activity. ...

The developer of a planned boys' ranch near Normandy says his facility will be an asset to the community and an assistance to boys from troubled homes. Preston Sweeney, executive director of Health Service Management Inc., a Murfreesboro-based nursing home operator, said Wednesday that the not-for-profit ranch has been a dream of his for 15 years and will serve young men from broken homes...

Sports Editor Danny Parker won the regular season college game picking challenge by three games over me. I'm hoping to redeem myself during bowl season. There are 34 bowl games, and I hope to get at least 25 correct, but that's harder than it sounds...

High school basketball teams heading out to tournaments before and after Christmas are looking for some team chemistry while competing in environments far less stressful than the grind of district play. Both Shelbyville Central teams step out of District 8-AAA action to compete in the Mid-South Classic this week in the greater Cookeville area...

It's amazing how many people drive around without both headlights working. After dark, start watching for that. I guarantee you'll be surprised, just like I was Friday night, when I rode along with Shelbyville Police Officer Tracey Nelson and her K-9 partner, Remy...

William H. 'Jack' Redden, 79, of Bell Buckle, died Tuesday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Bob Young officiating. Burial will follow at Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday.

Mildred Farlow Vincion, 94, of Eagleville, died Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, with the Rev. Tommy Jobe and the Rev. Vance King officiating. Burial will follow at Swanson Cemetery, Chapel Hill. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Friday.