Stories from Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Shelbyville's city council will meet tonight at 6 p.m. for a special study session to discuss issues associated with the city's new sanitation fees. According to city recorder Betty Lamb, the meeting is being held so that amendments to the ordinance that enacted the $11 per month fee can be made...

Paul Joseph Brennan, 52, of Murfreesboro, formerly of Shelbyville and Tullahoma, died Monday in Murfreesboro. Memorial services will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday at Living Stones Community Church with the Rev. Eddie Reed officiating. Per his request, his remains were cremated. The family will receive visitors beginning at 4 p.m. at the church. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

A Shelbyville man was indicted Monday by the Bedford County grand jury on kidnapping charges. Richard Elam Cathey, Jr., 35, of King Arthur Trailer Court, was indicted for especially aggravated kidnapping and assault. Cathey was charged in May with kidnapping and threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend, with the victim claiming he took her to a hole in the ground and said it would be her grave unless she followed his orders...

Allegations against a Shelbyville police officer are being looked into by prosecutors in another judicial district, city officials have been told. A letter from 17th Judicial District Attorney General Chuck Crawford stated that the matter involving officer Tory Moore is now in the hands of James Michael Taylor, district attorney general for the 12th Judicial District...

Scores of readers carefully read through the special section of the Times-Gazette published on July 23 to locate all the special hidden logos for a chance to win a share of $1,000 in gasoline money. The correct number was 17. From the entries of all the readers who counted correctly, six winners were drawn...

Shelbyville police said they found marijuana in a car stopped Saturday on Depot Street because a taillight was broken and neither occupant was wearing a seat belt. A glass pipe containing unburned marijuana was found in an glasses case in the middle of the front seat as officer David Curley searched the car...

Jay Brinkley overcame a slick track and a loaded field to take the checkered flag in the Super Late Model Class on Friday evening at Duck River Speedway. Drivers from Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky made the trek to Wheel to compete against local drivers like Brinkley, Scott Cook and Clint Nichols, who all claimed top 5 finishes...

Harris Middle dropped a tough 2-1 decision to visiting Tullahoma Middle in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Monday. Tullahoma took an early 2-0 lead in the first half before Eaglette eighth-grader Ashlee Sutton found the back of the net midway through the second half...