Stories from Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Community will have its third high school baseball coach in four seasons to start the 2012 campaign. Will Caster was relieved of his duties as both coach and history/geography teacher at the Unionville school. He came to Community in July 2009 following three years at Cannon County...

Gary R. Hill, 57, of Tullahoma, moderator of the Elk River District Association, died Monday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Tullahoma. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1-6 p.m. Thursday at New Generation Funeral Home in Antioch. The body will lie in state from 4-5 p.m. Friday with visitation with the family from 5-7 p.m. at the church.

The issue of peace officer certification for Sheriff Randall Boyce has been rendered moot with the passage of a new law signed by Tennessee's governor -- just one day before the state Supreme Court refused to hear the sheriff's appeal on the matter...

Bobby Elkins takes advantage of the lowering gas prices to fill up the tank on his truck at The Wedge BP station Monday morning. According to TennesseeGasPrices.com, gas prices have dropped 4.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging 3.52, compared to the national average, which has dropped 8 cents per gallon to an average of $3.77. The current prices are still higher than they were last year, when the average in Tennessee was 97.6 cents lower.

Just because Bonnaroo is on the other side of a neighboring county, don't think it won't affect you. According to a suggested route from the Tennessee Department of Transportation, many of the drivers wanting to avoid the traffic backup on Interstate 24 outside of Manchester are being redirected -- through Bedford County...

The Bedford County Anti-Drug Coalition has been awarded a $50,000 grant by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health, Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services. The grant was made in response to the anti-drug coaltion's submission of a grant proposal "to reduce binge drinking among 14-25 year olds," according to a letter confirming the grant to Luci Taylor, Bedford County project coordinator...

A suspect who attempted to break into the safe at Eakin Elementary School shortly after 11 p.m. Friday narrowly evaded Shelbyville police officers. But a safe at a Shelbyville church was cracked the same night, according to police. "We don't have any reason to believe they were connected," police detective Charles Merlo said...

Two people have been charged with stealing scrap metal from a Horse Mountain Road warehouse. Officers were notified Sunday morning of individuals loading metal into the trunk of a car at the entrance of Shelbyville Warehouse. Maj. Jan Phillips of the Shelbyville Police Department stopped the car at East Holland Street and 82 Bypass and arrested driver Thomas Devin Collett, 24, and Amy Rose Damron, 20, both of a South Brittain Street address, after loose aluminum and metal and a duffle bag and backpack containing metal were found.. ...

Shelbyville Team Camp No. 1 entered its second day and night of action with games at several gymnasiums on Monday. All four Bedford County teams -- Shelbyville Central, Cascade, Community and Webb -- graced the hardwood in preparation for the season ahead with plenty more games to come...

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Former Shelbyville and Community baseball star Rex Brothers made his major league debut Monday night as a relief pitcher for the Colorado Rockies. Starter Clayton Mortensen and four relievers besides Brothers combined to help the Rockies shut out the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Monday night for their major league-leading 10th shutout, seventh at home...

Sources indicate that University of Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton will resign this morning. Hamilton is set to have an announcement on the Knoxville campus at 11 EST. He came to UT in 2003 with previous stops at both Clemson and Wake Forest...