Stories from Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Christopher Neil Simmons, 29, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Heritage Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Church camp, art camp, band camp, drama camp ... This is the time of year I really, really hate being a grown up. I want to go to camp! Back in the stone ages when I was a kid, the camps were a lot more limited. There was church camp and ... church camp. At least one year I made it to Girl Scout Camp, but they actually wanted us to learn stuff. (We learned stuff at church camp, too, but our teachers were very sneaky and we didn't realize just how much we learned until we got home.)...

MURFREESBORO -- Nine candidates and one spokesperson gave their views as the clock ticks down on primary season in Tennessee's 6th Congressional District race. With ten people in the running -- six vying for the Republican slot, three wanting the Democratic nomination and one running as an independent -- the stage at the Tennessee Livestock Center at Middle Tennessee State University was packed...

It's a tight budget year for Shelbyville, and one of the items that got the ax was funding for Central Memorial Gym, which is in the process of being turned back to the county. And according to the county mayor, the building will be boarded up if someone can not be found to lease it...

No action was taken Tuesday night on proposals to regulate high-density commercial agriculture in Bedford County, after a report that county attorney John T. Bobo was still studying the issue. The changes are a response to a proposed development of 14 chicken houses on Big Spring Road...

Early voting begins Friday for the Aug. 5 primary and general elections. Early voting takes place in the basement of the county courthouse. Hours will be 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Mondays, 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Friday, and 9 a.m. until noon on Saturdays...