Stories from Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Well, I survived Bonnaroo, and despite my fears of middle-agedom, I had a great time. In fact, I'm considering dumping my family and my job and taking on a full-time career as a rock 'n' roll photographer. I've gotten to meet, interview and shoot famous people before, from the time I mugged comedian Bruce Vilanch at MGM Studios or interviewed the late Tiny Tim outside a seedy circus, standing in the sleet and rain while he answered questions through a cracked car window...

Bonnaroo was officially over in the early hours Monday, but the aftermath lingers. A man's body was found in a one-man tent in one of the campgrounds Tuesday afternoon, according to Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves. "All we know is that he was alive yesterday (Monday) at 3 p.m.," said Graves...

Bedford County Nursing Home's board of directors will discuss a lease proposal from Care Centers Management Group at its meeting 5 p.m. Thursday night at the county courthouse. Any lease agreement would ultimately have to be approved or denied by Bedford County Board of Commissioners...

Shelbyville's planning commission will look over several rezoning requests when it meets next Thursday, including one in a historic district that may provoke discussion. James Farrar is requesting that property at 507 Belmont Ave. be rezoned from R-3 (medium density residential) to R-4 (high density residential), which would be contrary to the region's current land use plan, according to comments by the city's planning and engineering staff...

Work on Shelbyville's storm water flume is right on schedule, with the massive steel pipe in the ground and ready for a concrete base. Despite the threat of wet weather over the past two weeks, work has been running smoothly off of North Main Street, where crews have been busy piecing together the 200 feet of steel that make up the segment replaced after underground flooding apparently caused the flume to collapse in April...

Shelbyville Post 23 split a pair of road games against the Tennessee Thrashers at Ezell-Harding on Tuesday night, coming out on top 10-2 in the second contest. Post 23 took a 3-1 lead in the second inning on a Will Trice double and singles by Tyler Vannatta and Michael Watkins, then boosted its lead with a walk-filled seven-run fourth...

NFL receiver Donte' Stallworth, a former University of Tennessee star, began serving a jail sentence Tuesday for hitting and killing Miami resident Mario Reyes on March 14th while driving drunk. He had apparently spent the night celebrating a $4.5 million dollar roster bonus he received the day before at a luxury hotel bar...

Shelbyville Central remained undefeated in team camp action by claiming a pair of wins Tuesday. The Eaglettes strolled past Hickman County 37-28, then claimed a 36-22 victory over Dyersburg. Shelbyville closed out the camp with a matchup against Farragut this morning...

A consultant from the University of Tennessee's County Technical Assistance Service told Bedford County commission members on Tuesday that moving prisoners into the old Bedford County Medical Center building on Union Street would not be the financial boon that had been informally projected last month...