Stories from Wednesday, January 5, 2011

According to discussion at a study session Tuesday night, Shelbyville's city council is ready to implement an $11 monthly trash fee as well as a property tax increase to balance the city's books. A number of special called study sessions, which have yet to be set, will take place so that the council can pore over the details, such as how much the property tax hike might be...

Howard Burton Harden, 60, died Wednesday from an extended illness at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Edward Smotherman, 53, died Tuesday at Heritage Medical Center in Shelbyville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Burial will follow at Smotherman Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Thursday.

James Samuel "Sonny" Glasscock, 78, of Halls Mill died Wednesday. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy Sorrells officiating. Burial will follow in Crowell's Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Jessie Viola McGee, 91, of New Hermon died Wednesday morning at Christian Care Center after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Mark Pierce officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

Charlie B. Maupin, 85, of Belvidere died Monday at his home. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Little Hurricane Baptist Church in Coffee County with Earl Pitts officiating and John James Swanson as eulogist. Burial will follow at Little Hurricane Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon. J.A. Welton & Son Funeral Home of Tullahoma is in charge of arrangements.

Voters in a non-scientific poll at the Times-Gazette web site strongly agreed with the newspaper staff choice of the Russian adoption case as the top local news story of 2010, although there were differences elsewhere in the ranking. From Dec. 26 through Jan. ...

Some of the best radio programs going today aren't on the radio. It's an interesting aspect to the tech world that sometimes a trend is like a wave moving through the ocean, hitting different places at different times. I'd been noticing more and more podcasts lately, and listening to them more often, but when I mentioned podcasting to my editor, he said he thought it was passé -- last year's trend. ...

I can remember Buzz walking into our bedroom and finding us doing something he simply didn't comprehend. Oh, drag your mind out of naughty places. He caught us watching nature documentaries. "Why do you want to learn something when you don't have to?" he asked...

The first of the year means lots of things to lots of people, from preparing income tax forms to cleaning out closets. For many businesses, it's a slow time, with Christmas and after-Christmas sales over and done, and people trying to stick to those New Year's resolutions about saving money...

A suspect in one of two home invasions last week was taken into custody Monday night. Rendell Jerel Moore, 20, was arrested without incident at his Meadow Drive home, Detective Lt. Pat Mathis said. He is charged with aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery and is being held on $200,000 bond at Bedford County Jail...

A member of the Celebration Hall of Fame was arrested and accused of sexual offenses involving teenage girls. J.W. "Dick" Peebles, 61, of Holt Avenue, Shelbyville, was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of sexual battery, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means and solicitation of a minor...

A Shelbyville man who said he was playing with a gun received as a birthday gift has been arrested following an alleged incident at Normandy Lake on Sunday night. Vincente Aronas Galvan, 21, Oakdale Street, is accused of leading a Shelbyville man to the lake and pointing a gun at him. He has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and resisting stop/frisk/halt/search. He posted $1,000 bond...

MURFREESBORO -- Shelbyville Central battled one of the midstate's top teams until the end before settling for a 45-37 loss at Siegel on Tuesday night. Trailing by three points midway through the fourth quarter, the Eagles (7-8) failed to score on three straight possessions then the Stars (13-2) scored six unanswered points, all by Taj Abdul-Kaudeyr, to go up 40-31...

MURFREESBORO -- After a steady first half, Shelbyville Central fell apart in the second half in a 52-27 loss to Siegel in a non-district matchup on Tuesday night. The Eaglettes (6-9) jumped out to an 11-5 advantage midway through the first half before Siegel went on a 6-0 run to even the score at 11-11 at the end of the opening period on the way to a 23-18 lead at halftime...

It was a game of historic proportions for the Community Vikings with perhaps their first four-overtime game, but in the end the young team's gritty effort went for naught when they were unable to close the deal in the final minute and fell 82-79 to district foe Middle Tennessee Christian on Tuesday night at Roger K. Brothers Gym...

Offense continues to be an elusive and frustrating experience for the Community Viqueens despite exhaustive time spent in practice on the finer art of placing the ball in the hole long after the other students have gone home. The trend manifested itself into a 35-28 home loss to the Middle Tennessee Christian Lady Cougars despite outplaying the opponents in most phases of the game...

CHAPEL HILL -- A fast-paced, well-played opening quarter between District 9-A rivals Cascade and Forrest left fans on the edge of their seats on Tuesday night, anxious to see how the action would unfold. While the Rockets maintained the tempo as the contest progressed, the Champions unraveled and Forrest ran away with a 75-43 win...

CHAPEL HILL -- Ill-advised turnovers and mental errors plagued the Cascade girls in a 46-26 loss to Forrest on Tuesday night in a battle for second place in District 9-A. The Lady Champions (8-6, 3-2 9-A) fell behind 11-0 at the start and never recovered...

A one-point game in the early going swayed heavily toward Webb in the second quarter as the Feet took down Zion Christian 54-40 on Tuesday night in Bell Buckle. Webb (5-6, 2-0 East/Middle Region) was up 14-13 before outscoring its visitors 26-14 in the middle two frames combined to take control...