Stories from Friday, June 5, 2009

If a proposal put forward by Shelbyville City Manager Ed Craig goes forward, the city could save as much as $700,000 a year -- but city residents would see an additional $9 tacked onto their monthly electric bills. "The question is -- where do we get new revenue?" Craig asked the city council at the budget meeting Thursday night. He went on to say that one thing Shelbyville does not do that "almost everybody else does" is charge for garbage collection...

Those old Huck Finn days of grabbing a cane pole and heading down to the creek to catch a few catfish are harder to come by these days, especially since the state of Tennessee requires fishing licenses for most eager anglers. But on Saturday, grab the kids, as long as they're between 5 and 15, find the poles, the bait and the tackle and head for Riverwalk Park -- but don't worry about the license. It's Free Fishing Day in Tennessee...

Have you ever noticed how the "praise" used to advertise books, television shows and movies tends to include a lot of ellipses? For those who may not know, an ellipse is three periods in a row (...) before or after a statement, which means that a quote has been shortened, and those three dots stand for whatever text was deleted...

Lisa Baum doesn't have to go far to have a good time. The Shelbyville resident (and wife of veterinarian Jim Baum) took another blue ribbon Thursday night at the Trainers' Show on her gelding Tony Montana, only a few weeks after the pair won big at the Celebration's Spring Fun Show...

State Sen. Jim Tracy says legislation he sponsored will close a loophole by making it a misdemeanor for adults to allow 18-to-20-year-olds to drink in their presence. The bill was approved 27-0 by the Senate on Wednesday. Tracy said he was asked to sponsor the bill in the Senate by State Rep. ...

A man described by authorities as a "person of interest" is being sought after allegedly showing up at a convenience store with lottery tickets stolen from another store. The tickets were taken May 22 from Unionville Mini Mart, U.S. 41-A North, after the store was entered by someone who cut a hole in the cooler, Deputy Melvin Neeley, of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, said in a report...

There are several different reasons why the Webb soccer program has taken off the last two years to becoming one of the dominant teams in Division II Class A. One is Zach Crownover. The goalkeeper was the backbone of a defense that helped the Feet to a combined 28-9-2 record the last two years, including finishing runner-up in the state tournament twice...