Stories from Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Dr. Doyle Meadows, CEO of the Celebration, has confirmed that Tennessee walking horse owner and exhibitor Clay Mills of North Carolina is one of the people involved in an investigation of an alleged bribery attempt at the Celebration. Because the issue is still under investigation, Meadows declined to give additional details...

If defense wins championships, then the Shelbyville Central Golden Eaglettes are well on their way to staking their claim after shutting out visiting Lebanon 6-0 on Saturday night. The win moved their record to 3-0 and marked their third shutout, outscoring opponents 19-0 over that span...

A new state law which takes effect today allows handguns to be carried in public parks, unless a municipality prohibits it. Shelbyville and Bell Buckle chose to ban guns in parks, while Wartrace has allowed the new law to take effect. The only park operated by Bedford County outside city limits is a small river access point, and the county has not considered the gun ban issue at its public meetings. ...

Champions were crowned Saturday night at Ducktona Speedway. Season championships brought nearly 100 drivers out to the quarter-mile dirt track as one Outlaw won the battle and another won the war. Outlaw Pony driver David Seibers won the 15-lap feature just ahead of Jeff Wooten, who finished high enough to grab the overall championship in the division. Paul White rode home third. David Bledsoe took fourth and Chris Brown was fifth...

Webb's young golf team showed improvement but still came up on the short end of a tri-match at Willowbrook in Manchester on Monday. Coffee County topped the three teams with a combined score of 163, followed by Cannon County's 167 and Webb's 180. The Feet (1-5-1), who depend on three eighth graders, were led by Blake Cocanougher's 41...

As exciting as Saturday night's Celebration was for many -- it was a disappointment as well. Out of the 33 stallions scheduled to show in the split Aged Stallions 15.2 and over classes, only 12 made it to the ring. Those conspicuously missing were crowd favorites Weekend Warrior, Ironworks Tin Man, It's Billy the Kid and many others...

Real estate developer Roger Ritch has filed a notice of intent to plead guilty in his involvement in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme. Ritch of Shelbyville along with William McMahan, Jonathan Henderson and Carrie Snow, all of Murfreesboro, were charged in May with bank fraud and money laundering in an alleged scheme involving hundreds of homes in Shelbyville...

NASHVILLE -- Buckets of cash collected for Ty Cobb's campaign for vacated House District 62 during a major fundraising dinner put the Tennessee Democratic Party on the wrong side of state campaign finance regulations. Party officials decided to donate all the cash to charity after The Associated Press raised questions about their failure to gather the names of the people who put the money in the buckets...

Multiple charges were filed against a man who allegedly possessed cocaine and marijuana when arrested early Monday, Shelbyville police said. An estimated 50.54 grams of cocaine base and 6.88 grams of marijuana were found in a car occupied by Shaun Earl Gibson, 31, Lorien Circle, after he allegedly drove down Woodland Avenue with lights off at 12:54 a.m. as officers responded to a fight call nearby...

Mattie L. Marsh, 82 of Louisville, Ky., a former resident of Wartrace, died Friday in Louisville. Funeral services were held today at G.C. Williams Funeral Home in Louisville. Burial followed at Green Meadows Cemetery.

Quixie Moses, 83, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Willow Mount Cemetery with the Rev. Ray Armstrong officiating. No visitation is scheduled. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements...