Stories from Thursday, January 7, 2010

Virginia Sillasen Cook, 63, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Heritage Medical Center. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Redmond and the Rev. Emmett Arnold officiating. Visitation with the family will begin at 1 p.m.

Henry Buford Rust, 75, of Manchester died Monday at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at Central Funeral Home, Manchester, with David R. Wall officiating. Entombment will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Monday.

Mary Comstock didn't quite believe Times-Gazette Publisher Hugh Jones when he called to let her know she had won $600 in the T-G "10 to Win" contest that ended when the deadline passed and her entry had been drawn. She finally decided it was for real when she received a second call Wednesday from a reporter who asked her to come to the newspaper to get her prize and to pose for a photo...

With last week's 37-14 loss to Virginia Tech in the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta, the Tennessee Volunteers finished the chapter on the 2009 season. As recruiting hits a fever pitch with National Signing Day quickly approaching on Feb. 3, coach Lane Kiffin and his staff are on the road meeting with recruits and their parents to continue working on the program's future...

Each person who lives in a community results in costs to local government -- perhaps for schools, roads, police protection, street lights, fire protection, administration. It costs more to run a government for a community of 100,000 than it does for a community of 10,000...

A Unionville man will serve 15 days in jail, pay restitution to the county and won't be allowed to own any more animals after pleading guilty to cruelty charges on Wednesday. In his second appearance in General Sessions Court, Thomas Snell of Halls Mill Road pleaded guilty to 11 counts of animal cruelty...

A 13-year-old mother from South Carolina, who was reported as a runaway in December, and her baby were returned home late last week after she was found in Shelbyville. A 22-year-old man has been charged as a result of an investigation by the Shelbyville Police Department...

Bedford County isn't the Deep South, but it is the South, and only sees extremely low temperatures once in a blue moon. On New Year's Eve, there was a blue moon, and ever since, we've been struggling to get out of the teens after sunrise. Bitterly cold weather marched in and brought all of its complications -- higher heating bills, threats of snow, and health and safety hazards for humans and animals alike...

A water leak led to the discovery that copper tubing was stolen from a central air unit at Shelbyville Record Shop, East Depot Street, city police said. The store's owner told police he was checking the leak Tuesday and discovered the tubing was broken or cut at the unit and again where it goes through the wall...

William Everett Arnold, 62, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Frank Edwards officiating. Burial will follow at Old Orchard Cemetery in Petersburg. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday.

Jennifer Gaines, 34, of Petersburg, died Wednesday at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home, Fayetteville, with Ray King officiating. Burial will follow at Melson Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday.