Stories from Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Anella "Ann" Bell Kiser, 69, of Chapel Hill died Sunday morning at her home after an extended illness. Per her wishes she was cremated. There are no services planned at this time. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Shelbyville Central's varsity boys ran in the silver division and finished eighth out of 42 schools on Saturday. Gerardo Mullins led the way for the Eagles with a 40th overall finish and a 19:02 final time. Rogelio Razo finished next for the Eagles in 19:29, followed closely by Gibran Escalona and Enrique Villamar, who finished in 19:47 and 19:53, respectively...

Cascade opened the 2011 basketball season with a pair of wins over county rival Liberty on Monday night. Both the Champs and Lady Champs held off Liberty for three-point victories. In the girls game, Liberty battled the Lady Champs early and seemingly took control of the game midway through the second quarter. Despite being down, the Lady Champs battled their way back and eventually tied the game at 17 just before the half...

Top seed Shelbyville Central fought till the end, but it was the start of the match that proved to be most costly in a 5-4 loss to visiting Columbia in the semifinals of the District 8AAA tournament on Monday night. The outcome was eventually determined by penalty kicks after a pair of 10-minute extended play periods, a pair of five-minute sudden death periods and seven penalty kicks...

Pastor Albert E. Lanier, 70, of Unionville died Saturday. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at New Hope M.B. Church in Dickson. Public viewing will be from 1 - 6 p.m. and visitation from 6 - 8 p.m. today at New Generation Funeral Home in Antioch and from noon-1 p.m. Thursday at the church.

The sound of glass breaking alerted a Bedford County deputy to what turned out to be an alleged meth lab in a vehicle last week near Wartrace, according to a sheriff's department report released Monday. Three Manchester men -- John Wayne DeWitt, 30, James Edward Rutledge, 52, and Bill Rich Teal, 39 -- were charged with promotion of meth manufacture. ...

The words on one of the stained glass windows inside the beautiful church sanctuary read, "I am the good shepherd." It's a message Joyce Bell and her fellow members of First Christian Church have been studying a lot lately, and it speaks clearly to what she and some of her friends are trying to accomplish in their new mission...

A man accused of trying to run over two officers during an undercover drug buy was indicted on a number Monday of charges, including two counts of attempted first degree murder. Jerry Stanton Freeman, 45, of Warren Hollow Road, was indicted on two counts of attempted first degree murder of an officer, two counts of possession of a schedule VI drug, possession of a schedule II drug, resisting arrest and evading arrest...

A Normandy man will spend the next 27 years in prison for killing his infant son for disturbing his video game. Andrew Keith Johnston, 19, entered a best interest plea on Monday to charges of second degree murder for the death of his 1-month-old son William on Oct. 15 of last year...

Tom S. Stallings, 84, of Stuart, Fla. died Monday in Stuart. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Bobby McGee officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Frieda Ingle Wagster, 76, of Columbia, formerly of Shelbyville, died Monday. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Jeff Smith, David Morris, and Barry Throneberry officiating. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday.