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Beatrice York Ray
(Obituary ~ 02/26/10)
Beatrice York Ray, 100, of Shelbyville died Thursday at Christian Care Center of Bedford County. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Garry Irvin officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m...
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Region tournaments tip off tonight (High School Sports ~ 02/26/10)
The win-loss records for high school basketball teams in Tennessee revert back to 0-0 with region tournament play getting started this evening. Shelbyville Central's ladies are riding high after their upset of Lawrence County in the District 8-AAA final on Monday. That earned the Golden Eaglettes (16-11) a top seed in the Region 4-AAA tournament... -
Stacy enters primary for county sheriff
(Local News ~ 02/26/10)
Rod Stacy has announced his candidacy for Bedford County Sheriff in the May 4 Democratic primary. Stacy, a lifelong resident of Bedford County, is a 1988 graduate of Shelbyville Central High School and a member of its undefeated 1987 football team. After graduation, he served in the Tennessee Army National Guard. ...
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Guilty pleas entered in embezzlement, drug cases
(Local News ~ 02/26/10)
Two guilty pleas were accepted in Bedford County Circuit Court on Monday -- one for embezzlement and another involving the sale of drugs. Judge Robert Crigler sentenced Crystal Kim O'Neal, 41, to serve a year in jail and 11 years on probation on the charge of theft over $60,000...
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Judge denies convicted sex offender's appeal of registry violation
(Local News ~ 02/26/10)
A ruling by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld a sentence handed down by a Bedford County judge in the case of a man who violated the sex offender registry. An opinion by Appellate Judge Robert W. Wedemeyer issued this week stated that Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell was correct in sentencing Kenneth Lee Burrus to eight years for one count of filing a false report and two counts of violating the sex offender registry...
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911 upgrade may increase load on dispatchers
(Local News ~ 02/26/10)
Bedford County Communications Center director Cathy Mathis says that a new state program to upgrade all com centers to digital technology is a good thing, but it may also pose some challenges for centers to implement. "I think it's going to be a major learning curve," said Mathis...
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Wait's nearly over for Wartrace water connection (Local News ~ 02/26/10)
It's been a long and expensive April Fool's joke for the town of Wartrace, but as of Tuesday, the end is in sight. The town issued a statement Thursday morning that the long-awaited conversion to the Tullahoma Utility Board for its new water supply will take place Tuesday... -
Jewel Beard King
(Obituary ~ 02/26/10)
Jewel Beard King, 78, of Unionville died Thursday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill. Burial will follow at Cothran Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday.
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