Stories from Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Johnny Young, 69, of Tullahoma died Sunday at Harton Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Revival Center Church of God in Christ, Tullahoma, with Bishop Willie Young III officiating and Elder Stephen Young as eulogist. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at J.A. Welton & Son Funeral Home, Tullahoma, and Saturday from noon to 1 p.m. at the church.

It was a tough job but we did it. We survived five whole days without the Internet in our house. We recently switched over from one bundle bungler to another bundle bungler in hopes of lowering our TV, internet and phone bills, and on paper, it looks as though it is going to do that -- significantly. But on paper, you don't see all those extra charges for all those pay-per-view movies you just have to see now that all you have to do is push a button to access to them .....

Imagine this situation: you chair a committee for your employer or church or civic club. You're supposed to update a document -- the club bylaws, or a personnel policy, or what have you. But each committee member is busy and it looks like a meeting is out of the question. The project must be completed in a week and a half...

Rachel Garland poured in five fourth-quarter field goals to help Moore County distance itself from host Cascade late en route to a 54-36 District 9-A win Tuesday night. A basket by Kelsey Parker drew the Lady Champions (12-6, 5-4 9-A) to within 38-31 with just under seven minutes left in the game...

Vandals have struck a church and day care center in Shelbyville since Friday, and both incidents are strikingly similar to several committed over New Year's weekend. A witness saw smoke billowing from the top of a bus at Gateway Church, Madison Street, Monday afternoon and two boys ran away as he approached, Shelbyville police said...

Dylan Sweeney swished three free throws in the second overtime period to lift Webb over Franklin Road Academy 65-60 in an East/Middle Region matchup in Bell Buckle on Tuesday night. Feet post Miles Davis, who led all scorers with 24 points, knocked down a 3-pointer at the end of regulation to force the first extra frame...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee placed a proposal that the county adopt the 2009 International Building Code but exempt itself from residential sprinkler systems on the full commission's February agenda, but did not add its own recommendation...

Listening is what Ed Dodson, Shelbyville's new planning and codes director, intends to focus on in his first few months on the job. Dodson has returned home to Bedford County to fill the position left vacant by the resignation last fall of Kip Green...

Courtney Vassar, Katie Leverette and Aubrey Boyce teamed for 34 points to lead the Community Viqueens to a 43-37 come-from-behind win over Eagleville in District 9-A action Tuesday night at Roger K. Brothers Gym. The game shared many similarities to their first meeting. Only the roles were reversed as the two teams earned a regular season split...

The family of murder suspect David E. Niles has hired a Nashville attorney to represent him, but a possible conflict of interest has court officials waiting on an advisory opinion before proceeding further. Niles, 24, has been charged with first degree murder in connection with the shooting death of 26-year-old Laura Parker on Jan. 11. He is also charged with unlawful possession of a weapon...

Coach Charlie Pope finally had a chance to loosen the tie and breathe easy. Following three straight District 9-A games that were all decided on the final possession, Cascade was able to dispatch visiting Moore County early and cruised to a 67-40 win...

It was just not Community's night when it took to the hardwood against longtime nemesis Eagleville on Tuesday night. Then again, maybe it was just the Eagles' night to shine. Chris Behm and Tyler Davenport led the offensive charge and the Eagleville defense was just quicker to the ball than its counterparts in its 64-51 District 9-A victory in Unionville...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee, meeting Tuesday night, recommended keeping the Bedford County Emergency Medical Services board in place and asking County Mayor Eugene Ray to appoint a member to fill the one vacancy on the board...