Stories from Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Thomas J. McLean, age 88, of Gainesville, Fla., a native of Shelbyville, died Wednesday at the E.T. York Care Center. Graveside services will be held at 9 a.m. EDT Saturday at Oak Hill Cemetery in Palatka, Fla. with Father Jeremy Hole officiating. Visitation will be held Friday from 5-7 p.m. EDT at Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka.

Today is Buzz's first day at middle school, and he's handling it very well. His mother, however, is not. It all started at the parent orientation when the principal had each parent writer his or her child a letter. "The child you're writing to won't be that child much longer," he said...

Citizens turned out en masse for an informational meeting on the city's new trash fee, calling for Shelbyville city council members to go back and make further cuts to this year's budget. But the meeting at times descended into a shouting match, with residents accusing council members of being misled into passing the $11 fee...

Kim Jolley would move heaven and earth to help her children -- but all she wants to move is the county line -- about 60 feet. Jolley approached the Bedford County Finance Management Committee with a request to move the county line on her property to the other side of her house so her children can continue attending Moore County Schools...

If a Shelbyville man stays out of trouble over the next year, he could have his record cleared for "sexting" local police detectives. A memo was filed on behalf of 19-year-old Cristian Ojeda Torres by defense attorney Nick Simons requesting a pre-trial diversion...

Marijuana was confiscated from an intoxicated woman at a Union Street convenience store Monday night, Shelbyville police said. Nora Ann Crawley. 38. King Avenue, was arrested after a bag of marijuana fell out of her purse as she was asked by police to remove her hand. She struggled with police before arrest, officer Jose Garza's report said...

Although the first official day of fall is nearly two months away, fall sports teams officially took the practice field on Monday. Cross country, girls soccer, golf and football teams and coaches had July 26 circled on their TSSAA calendars for some time...