Stories from Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Mary Sue Perryman Adgent, 87, of Rover died Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Burial will follow at Cothran Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Bedford County is "closer" to joining the Interlocal Solid Waste Authority (ISWA), the county mayor informed the local waste board. The county has been working towards joining the ISWA since the first of last year, after the Cedar Ridge Landfill in Marshall County was closed in January, leaving the county no place to haul its garbage...

State lawmakers on Friday approved redistricting plans for congressional and state legislative districts, and Gov. Bill Haslam is expected to sign the proposal. The biggest change for Bedford County is that the county moves from the 6th Congressional District, currently represented by Rep. Diane Black (R-Gallatin), to the 4th, currently represented by Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-South Pittsburg)...

It took Community an overtime period to edge out a 76-70 win over MTCS in their first duel. The Vikes get a chance to make it a regular season sweep tonight as Community travels to Murfreesboro to take on the Cougars at the site of the district tournament...

NASHVILLE -- National Weather Service forecaster Ryan Husted looked at his radar display and saw something he had never seen before -- snow and rain. Where Husted had previously seen only a radar reflection of precipitation, on that recent day he saw that it was raining in Memphis, but snowing a few miles north in Millington...

Southside kindergarten student Chloe Reynolds takes a break during gym class. (Submitted photo)