Stories from Thursday, January 19, 2012

Archie George, 88, of Milan died Tuesday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Bodkin Funeral Home in Milan.

A map is, simply stated, a graphic representation of the earth, drawn to scale on a plane surface. Before you can really "read" a map you must first understand the information contained both on the map itself and the information in the margins of that map. In the margins you will find the following information...

We all know of the stars of professional athletics--the "poster boys" of their particular sports. Tom Brady represents the face of the NFL, much like Kobe Bryant does the NBA, Tiger Woods the PGA, and Derek Jeter for the MLB. What a lot of people seem to neglect is professional tennis. And until last year I also was included in the group that shrugged the sport off...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee made no recommendation, or nominations Tuesday night for commission committees or officers, deciding to leave that decision entirely up to the full commission. The commission will vote next month on a chairman, chairman pro-tem, and assignments to its standing committees. ...

Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is encouraging schools, families and businesses to participate in an earthquake drill next month. Registration is open for the second annual Great Central U. S. ShakeOut earthquake drill, scheduled for Feb. 7 at 10:15 a.m.. Last April, more than 3 million people in 11 states, including 250,000 Tennesseans, took part...

WILLIAMSBURG, Ky.-- Most high school football players unfortunately end their careers with a loss in the playoffs. But Shelbyville Central's Donta Scott got the chance to not only go out with a win, but a win in the all-star game between Tennessee and Kentucky--the Border Bowl...

The safety of children was on the minds of Bedford County Board of Commissioners' law enforcement and workhouse committee Tuesday night. Commissioner Jimmy Patterson repeated his insistence that Community High School and the campus containing Community Middle and Elementary schools, which currently share a school resource officer, each needs its own dedicated SRO -- one for the high school, one for the middle and elementary schools. ...

The transition from elementary to middle school can be a challenge for students. In elementary grades they are often accustomed to interacting with just a few teachers, and in a self-contained classroom. To provide a positive transition between elementary to high school, this year Harris Middle adopted the mini-school concept...

It's amazing what a difference a paint job and a new floor can make with a room. But the public seemed pleased with the results of the hard work done by the 2012 class of Leadership Bedford in the remodeling of the Chamber of Commerce meeting room and lobby...

A Wartrace woman racked up over $1,000 worth of charges within 30 minutes using a stolen debit card Tuesday, Shelbyville police said. Nora Chere Quick, 35, Anthony Road, Wartrace, admitted the spree, officer Chris Vest's report said. Quick told officers she saw a friend's wallet in his vehicle while he was in his home in Shelbyville, took the card and visited three large retail stores and a gas station. Quick then took the card home and cut it apart, Vest said...

Jewell Nelson Cox, 91, of Murfreesboro, formerly of Wartrace, died Wednesday. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Woodfin Funeral Chapel in Murfreesboro. Burial, with military honors, will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Murfreesboro. Visitation will begin at noon Saturday.

For many of you, like myself, you sit there after it's all over and say, "Now what? I've scouted, put up stands, planted food plots, set up trail cameras, hunted through rain, heat, cold, mosquitos and ticks and now deer season in the state of Tennessee is over. Now what?"...