Stories from Thursday, December 29, 2011

This is the largest woodpecker around here and hard to catch in action.

The county's employee base is too small to take advantage of an in-house clinic as a way of saving on employee health insurance costs, according to a report given Tuesday night to members of the county's Financial Management Committee. Finance Director Robert Daniel urged the committee members to study the report, "Containing Health Care Costs: Proven Strategies For Success in the Public Sector," which was prepared by Colonial Life for the Government Finance Officers Association. ...

The opening of a long-awaited, long-requested bypass around Shelbyville was cause for celebration in August but soon became cause for concern. That bypass, and the legal troubles of Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce, are the next two entries in a countdown of the year's top local stories as determined by a poll of the Times-Gazette staff...

Shelbyville codes officials have ramped up their enforcement of the city's signs ordinance, clearing the clutter away from street corners and informing businesses about the law. The most noticeable location that has been purged is a corner lot at the intersection of North Main Street and Colloredo Boulevard, which was once covered with small signs from a variety of businesses...

A piece of Unionville history was destroyed Wednesday morning as a house on Unionville-Chapel Hill Road burned. "My mother moved into the house in 1939," Thomas King said as he watched the house burn. "She (Claytie King) ran the telephone office from the house. I bought the house from the telephone company in the 1950s."...

WATERTOWN--After toppling the Gordonsville Tigers on Tuesday night for an opening round victory in the Watertown Christmas Tournament, Cascade hit the floor and faced Westmoreland on Wednesday evening. As with several games earlier this season, the Lady Champs struggled to mount much offense and fell 61-32...

WATERTOWN--In its quest for the Watertown Christmas Tournament title, Cascade ran into a major roadblock in the form of Warren County. The Pioneers capitalized on a hot first quarter and a strong finish in the second half to hold off the Champs 55-40 to advance to the championship game...

CENTERVILLE--Shelbyville senior Kelsie Smith scored a career-high 33 points to help lead Shelbyville Central into the semi-finals of the Hickman County Above the Rim Christmas Invitational after an impressive 55-48 victory over Dickson County on Wednesday...

A poor performance in the third quarter played a major role in Shelbyville Central's 64-39 loss to La Vergne in the Father Ryan Christmas Tournament on Wednesday. After falling behind 15-11 at the end of the opening period and 29-22 at halftime, the Eagles were outscored 20-7 in the third stanza to trail 49-29 going into the fourth quarter...

Arthur S. "Arty" Lee, 79, of Shelbyville died Wednesday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday with burial following at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon-2 p.m.