Stories from Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Ethel Cortner Prosser, 93, of Shelbyville died Sunday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Graveside services will be held at noon Thursday at Head Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at London Funeral Home, Lewisburg.

Weekend drug arrests in Shelbyville included a man who allegedly continued resisting officers after being sprayed with pepper spray, according to Shelbyville police. David Michael McBee, 22, Eagle Boulevard, ran from officers Friday night and disobeyed orders to stop until stepping into a pothole and falling on his face, Officer Jose Garza's report said...

Community Middle opened up its baseball season on a winning note by downing host Cornersville Middle 6-0 on Monday night. Taylor Paschal twirled five shutout innings, striking out nine and allowing only one hit. Dillon West fanned four and gave up just one hit to preserve the goose egg...

All good things must come to an end. Shelbyville Central's postseason run was halted with a 46-39 loss to Blackman in a Region 4-AAA tournament semifinal on Monday night. Blackman (22-6) will face Riverdale for the region championship at SCHS on Wednesday night at 7. The Lady Warriors rolled past La Vergne 77-50 in the other semifinal...

Dorothy M. Warren, 82, of Shelbyville died Monday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Gowen-Smith Chapel.

Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce said Monday that the county is at the mercy of the state when transferring felons to the Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC), despite what a county commissioner and an attorney general's opinion have indicated...

What's the best way to prepare for future water supply issues for the Duck River watershed? The public will get a chance to see four possible ideas at an upcoming open house to be held at Henry Horton Park (see related story). Four of the ideas are considered "cornerstone" plans while others are either labeled backup plans or ideas that are "highly unlikely."...

I got myself a snake for my birthday. Not a real snake -- at least, not the slithery, tongue-flicking, creepy-crawly shudder-inducing kind of snake. I don't have a problem with our legless friends, as long as they don't have a problem with me. When we lived in our old house, we had a big king snake living under the old frame bulding and after he moved in, we never saw or heard another mouse, rat, camelback cricket or annoying neighborhood chihuahua again...

Susan Ware Jordan, 58, of Shelbyville died Sunday at her home after an extended illness. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Roger Donegan officiating. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

Where are we going to get our water in the future? That important question is to be discussed at two open houses set for later this month to let the public know about long term planning with regards to the area's water supply. The Duck River Agency, in conjunction with other organizations such as area utilities and environmental groups, has been holding workshops since last year to work out alternatives to their Comprehensive Regional Water Supply Plan...