Stories from Thursday, October 7, 2010

Shelbyville's city council said Tuesday they would be opening a can of worms if they began providing Dumpster service at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. Public works director Mark Clanton told the council that The Celebration contacted him several weeks ago asking if the city could provide garbage pickup since they had withdrawn from their contract with the firm Waste Management...

Mary Elizabeth Watkins Cobb, 71, of Shelbyville died Thursday at Christian Care of Bedford County. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Jay Pope officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Bank Cemetery in Flat Creek. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Tuesday's study session of the Shelbyville City Council turned into a shouting match with one council member accusing another of being dishonest with the public. Kay Rose blasted Lee Roy Cunningham over a number of past and present issues that had been before the council, including the current controversy over this year's budget and the city's new trash fee...

If you're looking for family fun, pumpkins, scarecrows and corn mazes, look no further than Cedar Rock Farm at 1236 Warner Bridge Road. But while you're there, you can also expect to see the biggest, friendliest rabbits around, some brand new calves, and a rolling chicken house...

A charge of second offense DUI was filed against a Shelbyville woman after her van overturned on Madison Street just east of Anthony Lane early Tuesday night. Ella Maria Navarrette, 47, North Main lost control of the eastbound van, which ran over a sign and through landscaping and shrubbery before landing on its side in a parking lot, police said...

Don't expect to see the school buses out today -- fall break began for Bedford County school children and they won't be back in session until Monday. So what are they going to do on their 4-day break from reading, writing and arithmetic? Some of the second-graders in Mary Pitner's class at Learning Way Elementary School have made plans, combining the best parts of summer and fall in one long weekend...

Just 16 miles separate the two Bedford County schools but Cascade's football program has 30 more years worth of existence over rival Community. The two meet up for just the fourth time ever in Unionville on Friday night at 7:30. Cascade claimed the first three battles by a combined score of 150-31, including a 45-0 win in Wartrace last October...

James Howard Dubois, 87, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro following an extended illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Doak-Howell Funeral Home.