Stories from Friday, July 6, 2012

Two weeks after she was last seen locally, 13-year-old Joanna Belcher returned to Shelbyville on Friday night. Belcher was found about 6:10 p.m. in Decatur, Ala., WHNT-TV of Huntsville reported. Her mother picked her up in Alabama and she was in Shelbyville talking to law enforcement officials by 9:30 p.m., police said...

This horse is reflected in the side of a trailer as it waits for its turn in the ring at the Tony Rice Center horse show Thursday night at Bedford County Agriculture Center. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

A Shelbyville woman is recovering from a horrific multi-day incident which a police detective calls the worst case of domestic violence he's ever seen. Her husband, David Wayne Johnson Jr., 28, was arrested Wednesday after she escaped their Pickle Street home and ran to a nearby convenience store where the manager locked her inside as her husband circled the parking lot in his car...

Recent Shelbyville Central graduate Blair Dukes will continue his education as well as his baseball career after signing a letter of intent with Lane College in Jackson, Tenn. Dukes a two-sport athlete at Central also excelled on the football field and has a reputation of a young man with a lot of character and morals...

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) will be chipping in for half of the costs for an expensive utility relocation. Following a series of meetings with TDOT officials, city manager Jay Johnson told the city council that an amendment to their original contract with TDOT would result in the state paying 50 percent of the costs of the utility relocation for the ongoing State Industrial Access (SIA) program on Railroad Avenue...

An iPhone was used to help arrest a suspect in Franklin County after he allegedly tied a woman's hands at a North Main Street motel Wednesday morning. David Galicia Hernandez, 25, of Ranchero Drive took the victim's iPhone as he left, police said. Officer Gregg Loyd tracked the phone and narrowed it down to a Franklin County location. Loyd texted the phone repeatedly so Franklin County authorites could hear it, find his exact location and make the arrest...

A Tullahoma man accused of a nearly year-long crime spree in Bedford County and other communities has had a trial date set, while two of his alleged partners had disposition dates set. Austin Lawrence Tomes, 20, of Tullahoma will stand trial Aug. 27-28 on 10 counts of aggravated burglary, nine counts of theft of property under $10,000 and a single charge of theft under $500...

A Tullahoma man has been charged with taking a box of children's clothing from the loading dock at the Goodwill store, Lane Parkway, early Wednesday. Officer Chris Vest said he saw John Henry Shears, 24, drive to the dock, get out of his vehicle and place the box in the back seat...

Peggy J. Wimbley, 68, of Tullahoma died Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 10 at Living Water Pentecostal Church in Manchester. Burial will follow at Pennington Cemetery in Coffee County. Visitation will be held from 5-9 p.m. Monday at the church. Gowen-Smith Chapel is in charge of arrangements.