Stories from Friday, October 9, 2009

Shelbyville is without a city manager. In a 4-2 vote, the Shelbyville City Council voted to fire city manager Ed Craig Thursday evening. But the question remains: Why? Following 30 minutes of comment from the public about Craig and the job he has done as city manager, councilman Al Stephenson made a motion to "request that the City Manager's resignation to be made effective immediately..."

A Shelbyville fireman is no longer on the job after being fired by city manager Ed Craig Thursday morning. However, questions are being asked over how John Sullivan remained in a public service job following five previous arrests. Sullivan was charged Wednesday with aggravated domestic assault and vandalism and was released under $30,000 bond following his arrest by Bedford County deputy Kevin Holton...

Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Hudson, 42, of Shelbyville, died Friday at Heritage Medical Center. A celebration of life service will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Following the visitation, and per his request, his remains will be cremated.

Elmer L. Landers, 69, of Fayetteville died Thursday at Donelson Care Center. Visitation with the family will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. No other services are scheduled.

Jessica Scales Moss, 20, of Murfreesboro, formerly of Shelbyville, died Thursday in an automobile accident in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be held at noon Tuesday at Bright Temple COGIC in Shelbyville. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the church. Family visitation will be from 11 a.m. until service time. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Bobby Gene Goetz, 43, died Friday at Maury County Regional Hospital in Columbia. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lighthouse Church, where he was a member, with Jay Pope officiating. Per his request, his remains will be cremated following the service. Visitation will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Eakin Primary Principal Janice Womble has been named Tennessee's Principal of the Year. State education officials recognized Womble, who topped about 135 other nominees across the state, in an awards banquet Monday night in Nashville. "To my knowledge, no principal in Bedford County has ever been named state Principal of the Year," said Ed Gray, Bedford County schools superintendent. ...

With less than a week to go before electing a new representative for the 62nd District, the three candidates have yet to meet in debate at the same time. Despite efforts from several sources, from Webb School to the Times-Gazette, no date was ever approved and agreed upon together by Chris Brown, running as an independent but with the Constitution Party's endorsement, Democrat Ty Cobb or Republican Pat Marsh. ...

A Shelbyville bail bondsman was charged with aggravated assault Wednesday night after allegedly tasing a man in a dispute over rent payments, Shelbyville police said. The victim arrived at the Bedford County Sheriff's Department with a probe embedded in his lower abdomen and a "place" on his chest where another probe had been, Officer Sam Jacobs said. Jacobs was told the probes were from a Taser shot by "Carlos the bondsman."...

It was Senior Night and Shelbyville Central didn't disappoint the soon-to-be graduates as the Golden Eaglettes rolled to a 5-2 win over visiting Lincoln County in a District 8-AAA soccer match Thursday. The Eaglettes (8-4-1, 3-0-1 8-AAA) will attempt to claim the regular season district title with a win or tie at Columbia on Monday night...

A pair of scores in the initial 12 minutes of play held up as St. Andrew's-Sewanee defeated Webb 2-0 in an East/Middle Region match at Lagler Field in Bell Buckle on Thursday afternoon. Allyson Ridley registered both scores for the Mountain Lions (8-2-1, 2-1 East/Middle). Alex Berner provided the assist to the first score. The second tally came on a penalty kick...

The Webb cross country teams ran in the East/Middle region championship at Vaughn's Creek on Tuesday. MLK took first on the boys side and Ensworth won for the girls. The top boys' time was 17 minutes, 5 seconds. First place amongst the ladies was 20:33...

What a difference a year makes!! Last year at this time the Tennessee Titans had run rough shod over four opponents and were leading the AFC South on their way to 10 straight wins and a 13-3 regular season record. This year the Detroit Lions have won more games than the Titans, who have now lost six straight dating back to last year, prompting the naysayers and fair weather armchair fans to call for firing Jeff Fisher, the longest tenured coach in the NFL, or perhaps, at least in my mind, the more drastic maneuver of yanking Kerry Collins for Vince Young.. ...

Larry Evan Nunley, 38, of Bell Buckle died Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday.