Stories from Friday, July 23, 2010

A fire investigators say may have been started by methamphetamine left the occupant of an East Lane Street mobile home seriously burned Wednesday night. Thomas Owen was on fire as he jumped from a bedroom window, then leapt back into the flames before running out the back door, a witness told Officer Darrell Birdsong of the Shelbyville Police Department...

Bedford County's jobless rate jumped a half percentage point in June to 12.6 percent, according to preliminary figures released by the state's Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Labor force estimates for Bedford County stated that 22,260 were available to work during June, with 19,450 employed and 2,810 without a job...

Shelbyville's planning commission approved the construction of a mixed use project next to Walmart with room for nine businesses. Dr. Gerald Martin and Tony Matusek requested approval for the development, which consists of 39.84 acres immediately adjacent to the Walmart shopping complex on North Main Street...

A Shelbyville native has had a segment of State Route 64 named in his honor following a joint resolution in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Jerry Creighton Breast was honored with the dedication Thursday, with many local officials and family members on hand for the presentation...

Kisher Stephens Clark, 45, of Rockvale died Thursday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill. Burial will follow at Cothran Cemetery, Rover. Visitation will be from noon-5 p.m. Saturday.

William N. Ray, 90, of Tullahoma, a native of Shelbyville, died Friday at Life Care Center of Tullahoma. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at J.A. Welton & Son Funeral Home in Tullahoma. Burial will follow at Mt. Ararat Annex in Shelbyville. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.