Stories from Thursday, August 5, 2010

Shelbyville's fire chief lashed out at a suggestion from a resident that the city stop retirement benefits for employees instead of levying a monthly trash fee. At the end of an uneventful study session Tuesday evening, Trudy Ponder addressed the council at length about the city's expenses and said that the city was taking 10 percent of their revenue to fund retirement for fire and police...

To the Editor: Below is a note I received from Don Cullum, the winning contestant who will be representing the state of Tennessee at the World Chili Contest even though he is from the Houston, Texas, area. It made me proud when he spoke of the kindness they were shown by the people of Shelbyville and how they would remember their visit here for years to come...

With the heat index consistently reaching triple figures this week, football coaches at all levels are doing their best to keep fluids and hydration on the minds of players as much as any playbook. At the same time, there is work to be done in preparation for the season ahead and teams must push through the elements...

"Water, water every where nor any drop to drink ..." The lines from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" have seemed uncomfortably appropriate for many Bell Buckle water customers in the last month, as rusty, yellowish-red water spouted from their faucets instead of the clear, clean water they were used to...

A young Coffee County man may have prevented a crash -- or much worse -- Monday morning when he pulled in front of and stopped a driver who was suffering a seizure. "I tried to do the right thing. I just hope I did," Billy Hoskins said. "He's a good kid. That's a heroic thing he did," Lt. Trey Clanton, accident investigator for the Shelbyville Police Department, said...

Today may be election day in Tennessee, but yesterday was election day in Kenya. Prompted by the violence which followed the 2008 presidential election there, the country voted on a new constitution. It's hoped that the constitution will improve Kenya's government and its electoral process, making such violent conflict less likely in the future...

Two suspects have been charged after the owner of a stolen trailer saw it being towed behind a truck Monday and notified police. Tony Craig Freeman, 21, East Depot Street, and Shawn Michael Odea, 20, Highway 64 East, were charged with theft of property...

Kate L. Durham Hall, 92, of Winchester, died Tuesday at Glen Oaks Rehabilitation Center in Shelbyville. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Moore-Cortner Funeral Home, Winchester, with the Rev. Jeff Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Flintville Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.