Stories from Monday, March 30, 2009

A man accused of child rape has been bound over to the next session of the Bedford County grand jury, while another facing the same charges continues to undergo a mental evaluation. Judge Charles Rich bound over Christopher Aaron Perry, 20, of Bird Street, after hearing testimony from a Shelbyville detective during Perry's preliminary hearing...

John Barton Jr., 71, of Dickson, a native of Haley, died Saturday at Horizon Medical Center in Dickson. Funeral services will be held at noon Wednesday at New Haley Church of God with Elder John Batts officiating. Burial will follow at Haley Cemetery...

Three huge runs apiece in the bottom of the third and fourth innings made the difference as the Shelbyville Golden Eagles claimed an 8-4 victory over visiting Clayton, Mo., in the Warrior Classic Saturday afternoon. The game was called in the fifth inning due to a storm...

Anna Marie Quint Katz, 94, of Shelbyville, died Dec. 30, 2008. Graveside services were held Saturday at Fairview Church Cemetery in Grubbville, Mo. Hillcrest Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Lucille Dodson Bowman, 73, of Shelbyville, died Sunday at her home after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

FARMINGTON -- Link Webb, president of the Tennessee Walking Horse Trainers' Association and trainer of current World Grand Champion Santana's El Niņo, was injured in a one-vehicle crash Friday night and remained hospitalized in Nashville on Monday morning. Lincoln "Link" Eugene Webb, 35, of State Highway 64, proprietor of Webb Stables in Marshall County, was driving home alone after buying tickets to a rodeo for his family, according to his mother-in-law, Elaine Beaty, of Byrdstown....