Stories from Sunday, October 24, 2010

Buzz was hard at work, bent over a T-shirt he's designing for a contest when his head popped up like a dog on point. "Must ... get... to... TV ..." he muttered as he zombied away from the dining room table. "Favorite show ... my new episode senses are tingling ..."...

A few weeks ago, I decided I wanted to track down a few subjects whom I've written about over the last few years. I have always felt like I need to do a better job following up with folks. Writing a story about someone who's going through a hard time or perhaps has defeated the odds and then simply moving on and never looking back isn't good enough for me. ...

Fall is my favorite time of year for food. I came in Monday morning, excited to put together a recipe this week that featured apples, pumpkins, squash or maybe even a harvest soup of sorts. I called my mom looking for her amazing chicken and apples recipe. ...

About eight months ago, Jeff Yoes received the gift that keeps on giving. Though tangled as the web it weaves, the Yoes story began on Valentine's Day when Jeff, former Community Elementary principal, father of three sons, and doting grandfather of two accepted a strange package from his son Rodney and his wife Candace...

To the Editor, More important historical things happened in September than any other month. On Sept. 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland, which started WWII. Within a year, he controlled most all of Europe except England which he hoped to bring into submission by bombing. But the English people and the great little "Spitfire" fighter planes had a different idea...

A Shelbyville man reported he was robbed of $60 Thursday by a man wielding a box cutter while walking along Templeton Street. The victim told officer Josh Leverette of the Shelbyville Police Department the man, who he knows as "Gucci" or "Goochie," approached as if he was going to hug him then stuck the box cutter to his side, cut his shirt, took his wallet from his pants, removed the money and ran...

The section of Fairfield Pike closed since November 2009 due to bypass construction should reopen later this week, according to Tommy Wright of Wright Paving Co., the primary contractor on the bypass. When Fairfield Pike re-opens, its intersection with the bypass will have stop signs, even though there's no cross traffic yet. That's so that drivers on Fairfield Pike can get used to stopping at the intersection, said Wright...

Five men and a lady are all fired up for Saturday's annual Spooktacular 5K run/walk, which will benefit United Way of Bedford County. Six Shelbyville firefighters will join the pack on Oct. 30, thanks to Kenneth Holley, husband of United Way Executive Director Dawn Holley...

A Normandy man could be facing more serious charges after the 1-month old son he is accused of abusing died Friday morning. William Johnson died at 8:52 a.m. Friday after doctors at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville removed him from life support Thursday night, said Detective Captain Becky Hord of Bedford County Sheriff's Department...

CHAPEL HILL -- It was a valiant effort but, in the end, the Community Vikings succumbed to the bigger and more physical Forrest Rockets, who fed the visitors a steady diet of one of the best runners in the midstate on a record-setting night in front of a large homecoming crowd...

If there's a hotter team in District 9-A than the Cascade Champions right now, please stand up. The Champs owned their Moore County visitors both on the scoreboard, winning 35-0, and in the statistics, outgaining the Raiders by 384 yards, on Friday night...

Shelbyville Central showed no signs of a letdown after a huge district win against Tullahoma last week as the Eagles rolled to a 41-6 victory over White County on the road Friday night. The win assures the Eagles (6-3) their first winning season in seven years as well as a berth in the TSSAA state playoffs...