Stories from Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Jewelry and knives were stolen from a Highway 64 West home during the day Sunday, the Bedford County Sheriff's Department said. "The crooks went straight to the bedroom and took the knives and jewelry," a report filed by Deputy Melvin Neeley said. A pillow case was removed to hold the items, the residents told Neeley. A screen door was pried and inside door kicked to gain entry, the report said...

A Normandy-area man allegedly fired at his fleeing ex-girlfriend near a Deason convenience store after forcing her to drive from Murfreesboro at gunpoint on busy U.S. 231 early Saturday night, authorities said. Christopher Vernor Locke, 42, Rippy Ridge Road, was arrested early Sunday at the psychiatric unit at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, where he walked in with his pastor about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Deputy Charles Kimbril of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department said...

A wrongful death suit against the county is headed into federal mediation, while parts of the suit may be remanded back to the local court level. Doris Rollins, sister of 54-year-old Larry Dale Byford, is suing 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," over her brother's death...

Florence Hargrove, 84, of the Clay Hill community died Monday. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m, Wednesday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, with the Rev. Joe Bowers officiating. Burial will follow at Hargrove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday...

The majority of a federal lawsuit against the county, sheriff and several deputies filed by a man who pleaded guilty to starving hundreds of cows has been dismissed with prejudice. However, a federal judge ruled that individual claims of malicious prosecution against three deputies can continue in federal court, but those accusations must be backed up with proof within two weeks...

"Shelley, come back to us, please." The tearful plea from missing teacher Shelley Mook's mother, Debbie Sikora, echoed through the cold Sunday night as a candle-bearing crowd of over 100 stood quietly in front of the north steps of Bedford County Courthouse...

Ethan Moreno scored a pair of goals while Carlos Sanchez added another as Harris Middle claimed a 3-0 win over host Tullahoma in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Monday. Ty Seibers got the shutout in goal for the Eagles. Harris entertains Warren County at the SCHS soccer field next Friday (March 18) at 5:30 in another conference matchup...

Five goals in the first 15 minutes gave Webb Middle all the cushion it needed en route to a 9-0 win over visiting South Lincoln late Monday afternoon. InSub Chung scored unassisted in the third minute to put the Feet (4-1, 3-0 Central Tennessee Conference) up early. ...

A pair of leads for Cascade Middle were erased in the latter stages of a Mid-South Conference showdown between the Champions and Forrest Middle in Chapel Hill on Monday. The Rockets put two runs on the board in the fourth and four more in the fifth to win 6-4...

The Community Middle Vikings broke out the bats in a 15-4 win over Mid-South Conference foe Moore County Middle in Unionville on Monday night. Community's Kyle Davidson led the hit parade with three hits in four at-bats and scored three runs in support of a strong pitching performance by Corey Mooneyham, who picked up the win...

Good pitching and timely hitting lifted Liberty to a 4-1 win over Harris Middle at H.V. Griffin Park in a preseason game for the Eagles on Monday. Left-hander Trevor Sanders kept the Eagles in check with an outstanding performance on the mound, allowing only three hits while fanning nine and relinquishing no walks in five innings of work...

Charles M. Reed, 64, of Tullahoma died Monday. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with Scott Reed and Dan Reed officiating. Burial will follow at Simpson Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will be held from 3-9 p.m. Thursday.

Ethel L. McAfee, 92, of Shelbyville died Tuesday at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center in Shelbyville. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-9 p.m. Wednesday.