Stories from Thursday, January 21, 2010

Morris Edward Trail, 75, of Crossville died Wednesday at Cumberland Medical Center. He was the father of Thresia Argo of Shelbyville. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Manchester Funeral Home with Horace Lee Jacobs officiating. Burial will follow at Gnat Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

City departments are continuing to keep expenses down, but a continuing drop in revenue is also still plaguing Shelbyville, according to the city's treasurer. Gary Cantrell says that while it is nice to be able to go to a large retailer that is not crowded, Shelbyville needs to keep parking lots full to keep tax dollars flowing...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and property committee has recommended converting space at the county-owned Medical Arts Building into a meeting room which could be used by the commission for committee meetings. County Mayor Eugene Ray made the proposal. He said inmate labor could be used for the renovations...

A number of people made their first court appearances Wednesday on charges related to an alleged underage drinking party discovered in Bell Buckle last month. Continuances were granted for five people until Feb. 17: n Heather D. Barrett, 36 of Liberty Pike, Bell Buckle...

Another delay was granted for a Murfreesboro man accused of several sexually-related charges via the Internet involving a minor. Feb. 17 is the next court date for Brian Allen Bell, 27, who faces four counts of solicitation of a minor, sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means and distributing obscene material to a minor...

Shelbyville Central standout Janie Graves verbally committed to play basketball at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Wednesday afternoon. The 5-foot-7 point guard will follow in the footsteps of former Eaglettes April Wessner and Kary Snyder and sign with the Lady Chargers of the Gulf South Conference during the spring signing period...

There have been a couple of tough decisions made by college football coaches over the past few days that were of interest to fans from the University of Tennessee and Middle Tennessee as well. One decision was negative while another was positive. Former Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin jumped ship to USC after one season, thinking about nobody but himself, while Middle Tennessee coach Rick Stockstill decided to turn down a bigger football program at East Carolina and a huge pay increase to stay at MTSU.. ...

Harris Middle's boys rolled to a 42-27 road win over Tullahoma West Tuesday night in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup. The Golden Eagles (11-3, 9-1 CTC) posted an 11-9 advantage at the end of the opening frame, led 26-17 at intermission and were in control 38-25 after three periods...

Thomas Lynch, 82, of Cedar Grove community, died Thursday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill.