Stories from Friday, March 26, 2010

Edward Alva Strausser, Sr., 86, of Villa Rica, Ga. died Thursday at his home. Funeral services will be hyeld Monday at 11 a.m. EDT at Almon Funeral Home, Carrollton, Ga. A graveside service and interment of cremains will be Thursday, April 1 at 11 a.m. EDT at Maple Creek Cemetery in Charleroi, Pa. with the Rev. Randy Landman officiating...

Robert Frank Deason, 83, of Rogersville, Ala., father of Beverly Hammons of Unionville, died Thursday. A memorial service will be announced at a later date by Colbert Memorial Chapel of the Shoals, Tuscumbia, Ala.

A very brief Shelbyville planning commission meeting Thursday evening brought the dream of a new library a small step closer to becoming reality. But a representative of the Shelbyville/Bedford County Library Foundation said that another $1 million will need to be raised before that happens...

Bedford County Financial Management Committee discussed three different capital projects Tuesday night, and county finance director Robert Daniel said that while the county might have enough money left in the budget to pay for them outright, he would be more comfortable paying for the projects over a three-year period with the use of a capital outlay note...

President Barack Obama has nominated Bell Buckle native Jerry E. Martin to be U.S. Attorney for Middle Tennessee. Martin has been a partner at Barrett Johnston & Parsley in Nashville since 2007. He was a delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. In 2002, he took a leave of absence from his law practice to become U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper's finance director...

A Shelbyville man was sentenced to 15 years in prison by Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler in Lewisburg last week. A Marshall County jury found Nicholas Marshall, 22, guilty of two counts of rape in February. Marshall must serve his entire sentence because he is considered a "multiple" and "violent" offender. He will remain on the sex offender registry for the rest of his life...

NASHVILLE (AP) -- Tennessee House Majority Leader Jason Mumpower, who lost last year's election for speaker in a shocking upset, announced Thursday he won't seek re-election. The 36-year-old Republican was first elected to the seat representing part of Sullivan County and all of Johnson County in 1996...

With rainfall pounding the Duck River Valley on Thursday afternoon, most spring sports teams canceled their games. Sloppy, saturated surfaces aren't conducive to the action involving baseball, softball and tennis. Two teams that braved the conditions were the soccer squads at Webb and St. Andrew's-Sewanee on Lagler Field in Bell Buckle...

Evelyn Jean Marbury Moon, 80, of Nashville died Wednesday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Memorial services will be held Saturday at First Baptist Church, Depot Street, with Dr. Kevin Minchey officiating. Hillcrest Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.