Stories from Wednesday, July 8, 2009

A Bedford County man has been charged with attempting to burn a house he was renting to relatives. Marion Aubrey Whitaker, 62, of Shaw Road, is charged with arson, aggravated burglary, theft of property and vandalism, according to the Bedford County Sheriff's Department. The home, on Frank Martin Road, has been rented from Whitaker by his niece, Teresa Lynn Tinglay, and her family, Detective Sgt. Scott Jones said...

After taking better than two weeks off from game competition, Shelbyville Junior American Legion Post 23 swung back into action this week. Post 23 dropped both parts of a doubleheader in Winchester on Monday before returning to their diamond at Shelbyville Central High School on Tuesday to face Columbia. Unfortunately, the end result was the same with Shelbyville tossing off its cleats following two more losses...

The Times-Gazette and six area bp gas locations will give three winners a share of $500 in gasoline for their summer travels as part of the "Big $500 Gas Up for Summer Give-Away." On July 24, the Times-Gazette will publish a special section in which a secret number of logos will be hidden throughout advertising messages. ...

Oh, I am so tired of "the New Black." That's the term cutesy fashion writers and how-to gurus term everything these days, not just the current trends in colors. According to adweek.com, frugality is the new black. According to Business Week, innovation is the new black, but the Boston Globe contains that when you're talking about homestyles, small is the new black...

The former chairman of the Moore County Board of Education was arrested by federal officials last week on child pornography charges. David Camp, 44, of Stewart Hollow Road, Lynchburg, was taken into custody last Thursday by agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE]...

A local garden club looking to serve found a perfect outlet in the local chapter of Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). Post Commander Wayne Cook wanted to spruce up his local post. At the same time, Weed'em & Reap, which was formed last year by Steve Mills, wanted to partake in a community service project...

The Shelbyville square will be the place to be Saturday as the Uptown City Fair will be in full swing. People can enter the square from North Main Street with limited parking on the west side. Parking will also be available at the Fly Building and along Depot Street...

A supporter of the Celebration told Shelbyville City Council that the recent controversy surrounding soring and inspections of walking horses is having an enormous negative impact on the region's economy. And unless something is done, he said, this situation could get much worse for the county...

With more than a century of history behind it, the Wartrace Horse Show is known as one of the oldest in the state. But this year, it almost became known as the show that wasn't. "What began as a shaky start is now full steam ahead," said show manager Roy Ferguson. "The show will go on."...

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration's horse industry organization, SHOW (Sound horses, Honest judging, Objective inspections and Winning fairly) has issued several suspensions lately to owners and trainers as the result of violations at recent shows, said Doyle Meadows, CEO of the Celebration, who said the primary goal was to protect the horses...

NASHVILLE -- Police confirmed Wednesday that ex-NFL star Steve McNair's 20-year-old girlfriend killed him before turning the gun on herself. They said they may never know what was going through Sahel Kazemi's mind when she shot McNair in his condominium early Saturday, but interviews with friends led detectives to conclude she was becoming increasingly distraught over events in her life, including financial problems. Police said she also suspected McNair was seeing another woman...