Stories from Thursday, July 23, 2009

A Shelbyville firefighter and a Bedford County Emergency Management Agency staff member, along with a staffer from Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, have been made Kentucky Colonels in gratitude for their assistance during an ice storm earlier this year in Paducah and McCracken County, Ky...

A Unionville man is facing charges of allegedly taking money from the business he manages in Coffee County. Larry Scott Blacksmith, 51, of Evergreen Lane was charged with theft of property after a complaint was filed by Tyron K. Brazier of the Tullahoma Police Department...

Bedford County may have found someone to lease the old Harris Middle School, but there are a lot of ifs, ands, or buts along the way. Johnny Donegan approached the Courthouse and Property Committee at the meeting Tuesday night and asked -- if all things work out -- the county would be willing to lease the old school for $1 per year...

Community High has hired 13-year veteran Will Caster as head baseball coach. He replaces Josh Burrahm, who resigned after three seasons. Caster coached the past three seasons at Cannon County, leading them to a 33-51 record including a 19-12 season in 2009...

Ninety-eight-year-old Gladys Grogan was named the oldest lady at the Bedford County Fair in one of the contests held during Senior Citizens Day. "This is my first time at the Bedford County Fair," Grogan said, "but I went to fairs when I was a little girl. I even went to the one in Nashville once."...

HOOVER, Ala. -- Five down. Six to go. One-by-one, as each Southeastern Conference football coach takes the podium here at The Wynfrey Hotel during SEC Media Days, they're being asked if they're the one who did it. It's like a hungry pack of bored adults hanging around playing Clue...