Stories from Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Bedford County Schools will remain closed on Wednesday, Superintendent Ed Gray announced this afternoon. Bedford County Highway Superintendent Stanley Smotherman said state highways and many main county roads are clear, and some are even beginning to dry. But shady and less-traveled roads are still covered with snow, and even a road that seems safe may have an icy patch lurking due to shade, an overpass or standing water, causing trouble for motorists....

Bedford County school administrators have decided to err on the side of caution with recent snowfall blanketing local roadways. All four high schools have decided to postpone basketball games previously scheduled to be played this evening. Shelbyville Central's contests versus Lawrence County have been moved to Jan. 18...

Emmett Newton Cook, 92, died Monday at Christian Care Center in Shelbyville. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Wheel Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. today at Gowen-Smith Chapel.

An Ohio man is facing federal weapons charges after allegedly selling over a dozen firearms to an undercover officer. Thomas Lee Stetler, 53, of Port Clinton, Ohio is scheduled to appear before a federal judge in Chattanooga today. Bedford County Detective Lt. Brian Farris said he obtained information that Stetler was trying to sell the firearms,. Authorities were successful in introducing Detective Sgt. David Sakich, who was operating undercover, to Stetler...

MOORE COUNTY -- Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor John Morgan and other officials told state legislators on Friday that the Board of Regents would like $8 million on a recurring basis to start a more aggressive scholarship program for students at community colleges, and another $8 million on a one-time basis to redesign and reconfigure the developmental and remedial programs at community colleges...

Attorneys defending the county in a wrongful death lawsuit are asking a federal judge to deny a motion adding a medical malpractice claim to the litigation. Last week, Doris Rollins filed an amended complaint in her suit against Sheriff Randall Boyce, Capt. Tim Lokey of the county workhouse, Donna Delrio, who works as a nurse at the jail, the county and "John and Jane Doe, employees of Bedford County, Tennessee."...

Seven inches of snow Sunday night and Monday morning closed schools and businesses and kept many Bedford County residents, young and old, home on Monday, and continued cold weather may hinder the process of clearing country roads and side streets. "We've still got a whole lot of work to do," said Bedford County Highway Superintendent Stanley Smotherman late Monday afternoon...

One man's "trash" is another's "treasure," the saying goes, and that holds true when the "treasure" is considered drugs being removed from the street by a police officer. James Floyd Thomas, 41, Alta Avenue, allegedly told officer Tracy Nelson a piece of aluminum foil he pitched into the bed of his truck during a traffic stop was "trash." Nelson said she checked the foil and found meth inside, which Thomas then admitted...

Margie Rea "Puddin" Winn, 78, of Shelbyville died Monday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Jimmy Gray officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday.