Stories from Tuesday, July 27, 2010

James Ivan Potts, 90, of Shelbyville, died Monday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Lloyd Doyle officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at noon Friday at the church. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Dirt track racing at Duck River Speedway was back in force on Saturday with a full night of racing after two weeks with the gates closed. Local fans enjoyed the improvements made around the track by new management to bathrooms, concessions and grandstands among other upgrades as well as tight competition in eight classes...

Practice makes perfect and with that in mind, local rescue divers made sure last week that they are as good as they can be. Last Thursday, the city's and county's joint Technical Rescue Team conducted a drill in the Duck River behind Shelbyville Power, where a mannequin of human size and weight was dropped in the water...

MURFREESBORO -- Shelbyville Post 23 fell 11-1 to Columbia Post 19 in the losers' bracket final of the Senior American Legion state tournament at Middle Tennessee State on Saturday. Columbia went on to claim the state title after a pair of wins over Dyersburg Post 30. Both advance to the Southeast Regional, which Columbia will host Aug. 5-9...

Tennessee's Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld a ruling by a Circuit Court judge who sentenced a Shelbyville man to a long prison term for forgery. Derrick Le-Mon Goode, 38, was convicted by a Bedford County jury of 10 counts of forgery, a Class E felony, and was sentenced by Judge Lee Russell to serve a term of 17 and a half years...

A man who returned to Shelbyville after being deported is headed back into federal custody, city police say. Roberto Javilar Ramirez, 46, of Bethany Lane has pleaded guilty to violating the sex offender registry and was sentenced to time served -- around 120 days, according to Shelbyville Det. Sgt. Brian Crews...

A Shelbyville man will serve the next eight years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual related charges involving a minor. Joe Jernigan, 61, of Richland Drive turned himself in over the weekend after pleading guilty to aggravated child abuse. The charge was amended from a charge of aggravated sexual battery, according to Shelbyville Detective Sgt. Brian Crews...

Rodney Guinn has announced his candidacy for the 4th District seat on the Bedford County Board of Commissioners in the Aug. 5 general election. Guinn is a 1989 graduate of Moore County High School. He has received certifications in HVAC and commercial truck driving from Tennessee Technology Center at Shelbyville...

Tony Ray Smith has announced his candidacy for re-election to a 2nd District seat on the Bedford County Board of Commissioners in the Aug. 5 general election. Smith currently serves on the Courthouse and Property Committee and Zoning Board. Smith is a United States Army veteran and served in Vietnam, worked at American National Can for 33 1/2 years as a supervisor or production and product control maintenance. ...

Marion Strickler Adams Jr., 78, of Mobile, Ala., father of Monnie Caine of Shelbyville, pastor of Normandy Presbyterian Church, died Monday. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Government Street Presbyterian Church in Mobile. A service will be held at the same time at Normandy Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Old Spring Hill Cemetery in Mobile.