Stories from Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Herman Lee Williams Sr. passed away Saturday, July 14, 2012 in Shelbyville. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. John P. Franklin Funeral Home of Chattanooga is in charge of arrangements.

A Shelbyville woman was seriously injured late Friday night when she was thrown from her car on Highway 130 West in Richmond. Brittany Jones, 21, was airlifted from a nearby field to Vanderbilt Medical Center, State Trooper Tommie Boleyn's report said. Jones was listed in critical but stable condition Monday, a VMC spokesperson said...

The Post 23 Senior Legion team made an impressive run through the Tullahoma Invitational over the weekend. Shelbyville went 3-0 in the tournament to capture the championship. Post 23 beat Cookeville in game one, Mt. Juliet in game two, and Columbia in game three...

After falling behind in the first inning to Central Magnet on Monday night, Shelbyville Jr. Post 23 struggled to drive in runners in scoring position. Eventually, Jackson McAnally delivered and crushed a game-winning, 2 RBI triple to deep left field to put Post 23 on top for good in game one...

Shelbyville's public works department will be making it easier to get rid of trash and brush by the end of this month. Director Mark Clanton said that as of July 31, the city's transfer station, located at the end of Blue Ribbon Parkway, will be open on Fridays for a five-day work week...

A trial over the constitutionality of a U.S. Department of Agriculture rule change affecting the Tennessee walking horse industry was canceled before it could take place Monday, with both sides to present their evidence over the issue instead. Last month, the Shelbyville-based SHOW Horse Industry Organization (HIO) filed a lawsuit, asking for a restraining order over new rules which instruct the walking horse industry to oversee enforcement of anti-abuse penalties...

Kids chase a greased pig in the traditional competition as Cascade FFA members make sure the pigs stay lubricated. Monday night was youth night at the fair. (T-G Photo by Mitchell Petty)

Betty Foster Faulk, age 65, of Lynchburg, a Shelbyville native, died Saturday, July 14, 2012, at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma. Per her request, her remains were cremated. There will be no services. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel assisted with arrangements.