Stories from Friday, July 29, 2011

Just think about it. No, seriously -- that's what Brannon McConkey wants you to do -- think about it, then talk about it and listen to what others are saying about it. The "it" doesn't matter as much as the dialogue. McConkey wants to start a philosophy club, where members can sit around in casual circumstances and just talk about things, from politics to ethics, from metaphysics to physics...

Unemployment is Bedford County soared to 12 percent in June, preliminary figures released Thursday by Tennessee's Department of Labor and Workforce Development stated. According to labor force estimates from the state, the county had an estimated total of 2,820 persons without a job out of a workforce of 23,550, with 20,740 employed last month...

It was a short meeting for the Shelbyville planning commission Thursday evening, with some of the members being served with copies of a lawsuit. Before the meeting began, a process server delivered thick copies of an amended complaint related to an ongoing $10 million federal lawsuit filed by a local paving company over a proposed rock quarry that was denied approval in 2005...

It was almost too hot to play at Celebration Station Thursday afternoon, but Juan José Guzman managed to get a little swinging in. (T-G Photo by Mary Reeves)

A Lewisburg man accused in a conspiracy involving charges of soring spotted saddle horses and money laundering has been taken into custody by U.S. marshals. The T-G has confirmed that Barney Davis, 38, is now being held in Chattanooga for an alleged "supervised release violation from an earlier charge," according to Paul Salayko, a deputy U.S. marshal who handles public affairs...