Stories from Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Dean Pearson, 82, of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at Glen Oaks Health & Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Donnie Jones officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday.

Ellisia learns how to skip rocks with Mom at Normandy Lake

Mike Lopiccolo, 54, of Chapel Hill died Tuesday, June 4, 2012 in Chapel Hill. A celebration of life will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with Larry Chatman officiating. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m.

Nettie Katheryn Sims, 87, of Decherd died Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at Southern Tennessee Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at noon Monday, June 11 at Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Winchester with Pastor Quinton Fletcher officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Garner Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

NASHVILLE (AP) -- The federal government will implement a new rule mandating stiffer penalties for horse soring and other related violations. According to The Tennessean, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new rule will require organizations that inspect horses to assess minimum penalties to violators of the Horse Protection Act, including violations from soring Tennessee Walking Horses...

A Shelbyville street named after a departed company may get a new name in the future. And one suggestion from a city council member that would please Tennessee sports fans received no objections. SMW Automotive has asked the council to rename Summit Drive because the name is also used in Wartrace, causing confusion...

After consulting with the City of Shelbyville two weeks ago, Bedford County Planning Commission voted 6-2 Tuesday night to give an unfavorable recommendation to Grady Cunningham's latest application for a zoning change at his property at 2506 U.S. 231 North...

As in the past, Shelbyville is along one of the state-suggested alternate routes for interstate travelers hoping to avoid Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival traffic this weekend, and so it's possible that a mild uptick in local traffic will be seen this weekend...

Want to meet Bigfoot -- the truck? If big things are your thing, Gateway Tire and Service Center will be the place for you this weekend. A monster Bigfoot truck will be there Friday and Saturday, June 8 and 9. Gateway is located at 1011 N. Main St. in Shelbyville...

Financial services firm Edward Jones was named the Advisory Solutions Firm of the Year by the Money Management Institute as the firm that most exemplified overall excellence and contributed to the long-term success and sustainability of the wealth management industry, according to Charlie Williams and Mike Cavender, Edward Jones financial advisors in Shelbyville...

A concerned citizen alerted police of a 4-year-old girl left alone in her mother's car outside a Madison Street liquor store Tuesday night. The mother, Amy Louise Jones, 26, of Cherokee Trail, was arrested after failing field sobriety tests, officer David Dye's report said...

Shea and Brandi Hoff of Shelbyville are proud to announce the birth of a daughter, Sanne Grace Hoff. Sanne was born in Murfreesboro on Thursday, May 31. She weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces. Grandparents are Kent and Dana Unklesbay of Christiana, and Richard and Carol Hoff of Pleasant View. Great-grandparents are Izola Croft of Christiana, and Ruby Unklesbay of Shelbyville...

Last week, I made the switch from Windows 8 Consumer Preview -- which I'd been running -- to Windows 8 Release Preview. These are both beta test versions of Microsoft's next new operating system. They're free to try out -- but they won't last forever, and once the actual product is released you'll either have to buy it or else reinstall your old operating system...