Stories from Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Charles Haywood Russell Jr., 75, of Shelbyville died Sunday, July 22, 2012 at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church with Kevin Minchey officiating. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Bedford County firefighters -- from left, Josh Carlock, Jeff Phillips, Rodney Schmiede and Ron Wood -- take a short break while fighting a fire at the Ronnie Lane home on Potts Road just south of Wartrace late Saturday afternoon. Other firefighters continued spraying water during the break. Fire damage was confined to the attic and an upstairs room while the remainder of the home sustained smoke and water damage, according to the Bedford County Fire Department. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

A low-speed police pursuit Friday night ended with the arrest of a Shelbyville man who had been accused of forcing his way into a West Lane Street home. Alejandro Hernandez Hernandez, 28, of Sims Road allegedly barged into the home of a female friend of his wife, attacked both and "messed up" the living room before leaving, officer David Dye's report said...

Boys' 14 Singles Paul Myers, Paul def. Tyler Burdick 6-3; 3-6; 10-7. Chadwick Daugherty def. John Myers 6-0; 6-0. Samuel Sinquefield def. Yancey Stewart 6-4; 6-4. Reed Gore def. John Vo 2-6; 6-3; 10-8. Greyson Gore def. Tyler Allen 6-2; 6-2 Omar Barajas def. Zane Broden 6-0; 6-0...

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Suzanne Cook registers Mya, left and Calvin, right, for the upcoming school year at East Side Elementary School on Monday morning as early registration begins. Trey, in the middle, is not yet school age and gets another year at home before starting to school. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

Five driver's license roadside safety checkpoints have been scheduled for August in Bedford County by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. They are: Thursday, Aug. 2: 10 a.m., U.S. 41A at the 3.9 mile marker Friday, Aug. 3: 9 p.m., State Route 437 (Shelbyville bypass) at the 5.8 mile marker...

Photos showing a group of private citizens enjoying a trip to Boston appeared with a story on the front page of Life & Leisure Sunday about a grant-funded trip to Boston for local educators. The two groups traveling to Boston took place at different times and were not related to each other...

By presidential proclamation, the United States flag is to be flown at half staff until sunset on Wednesday in honor of the victims of the Aurora, Colo. shootings. "As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colorado," begins the proclamation by President Barack Obama, which dictates that flags be lowered at "the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, July 25, 2012. ...

Five years after being indicted by a Bedford County grand jury, a Shelbyville woman finally made an appearance in circuit court after being arrested earlier this month. Paulette Winters, 57, Carney Street, is being held under $75,000 bond after being arrested two weekends ago. She was indicted by the grand jury in 2007 on possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of schedule II drug for resale (cocaine), conspiracy to distribute schedule II drug (cocaine)...