Stories from Thursday, February 10, 2011

What will the council do tonight? That might be the question on many citizens' minds as Shelbyville's leaders will consider the first reading of an ordinance to do away with municipal garbage service. The meeting is set to begin at 6 p.m. in the courtroom at the city's police department...

Bedford County Schools will open one hour late on Friday after having been closed on Thursday, School Superintendent Ed Gray announced just after 3:30 p.m. today. Gray said there are still wet spots on some county roads which could be treacherously icy overnight, but temperatures tomorrow should warm enough to make driving safe with the one-hour delay...

Louise Deery Parker Wills, 77, of Nashville, a former Shelbyville resident, died Tuesday. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15 at West End United Methodist Church, Nashville. Visitation will be held from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home and from 2:30-4 p.m. Tuesday at the church.

Bedford County roads are "a solid sheet of ice," Highway Superintendent Stanley Smotherman said at 8:40 this morning. "I would encourage everyone who doesn't have to get out to stay home," he said. Bedford County Schools closed today due to snow, School Superintendent Ed Gray announced just after 9 p.m. Wednesday....

Most people don't think about swimming when it's 34 degrees outside and there's snow in the immediate forecast -- not even when there's a nice, warm, indoor pool available. And most people, when they do go swimming in the middle of winter in the indoor pool, don't do it in full scuba gear...

A fundraiser to benefit the family of the late Korley Davis is still on for Friday evening. The event, to be held at Calsonic Arena, will kick off at 5 p.m. with live music. The Bedford County community rallied in prayer and support of Korley, who was on life support at Vanderbilt awaiting a double lung transplant for a month, by planning numerous fundraisers to benefit her, including tomorrow's. Sadly, the 11-year-old girl passed away last week...

Spring may be taking its time about showing up in Bedford County, but there's another annual tradition that will be here Saturday -- snow or no snow. "The Girl Scout cookies are coming!" said Virginia Dennis, service unit manager for the Bedford County Girl Scouts...

An accident involving a SUV and large truck sent a Unionville-area woman to a Nashville hospital with severe cuts Tuesday afternoon. Torie Smith, 19, of Kingdom Road suffered several deep cuts to the face, legs and arms and had to have her appendix removed due to the impact, family members said. She was flown from Heritage Medical Center to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, investigators said...

Local high school basketball coaches, players and fans will be burning up the highway between Bedford County and Huntland over the next eight days. The District 9-A girls and boys tournaments get underway this weekend. Assuming weather doesn't alter the schedule, the girls games take place on Friday, Monday and Thursday. The boys compete on Saturday, Tuesday and next Friday...