Stories from Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Brylee Taite & Adalee Grace Reese Halloween 2012

William Henry "Bill" Reed, 71, of Shelbyville died suddenly Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with his nephew Eddie Reed officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

There will be a pair of Community High School alumni basketball games on Friday night. The girls' alumni game will begin at 6 pm and the boys will be held at 8 p.m.

Merchants in and around Shelbyville's public square were urged by the city council to work together to obtain a state revitalization grant. But accusations over whose idea it was to apply for the grant in the first place showed just how far apart two competing downtown groups are...

Statistics show that early readers have higher reading, speaking, thinking and social skills than children who do not read, and a local program is reorganizing to support those skills. The Bedford County Imagination Library, the local chapter of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, is sponsored by the Friends of Argie Cooper Public Library...

Almost from the moment they met in Grove, Okla., during the summer, Eddie Reed and Roy Bobier, elders of Living Stones Community Church, knew they had found a long-lost brother. "Welcome home," said Curt Landry, with a hearty embrace. Landry leads a ministry dedicated to facilitating restoration between those of the Jewish and Christian faiths. One New Man is dedicated to gathering together the Biblical "Jew and Gentile" and uniting them as 'new men' in Christ, according to Ephesians 2:15...

A judge has refused to remove himself from a custody dispute involving the ex-husband of a missing Harris Middle School teacher who was ordered to stay away from his child. Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell has not announced a new date for a hearing in the matter, which will have to wait until Tyler Mook has exhausted the appeals process to have Russell recuse himself from the case...

Documents filed in federal court last week suggest that criminal charges could be filed against the Bedford County Sheriff's Department's former child abuse investigator. Last December, Rebecca Hord filed suit against the county and Sheriff Randall Boyce under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Tennessee Human Rights Act for allegedly failing to pay overtime, racial and gender discrimination, and retaliatory discharge...

Peggy Elam Clifford Gaston of Tullahoma died Tuesday, Oct. 30. 2012. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Willow Mount Cemetery. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Local businesses have begun hosting holiday open houses. Below is a list of those that will take place through this weekend. The Times-Gazette will publish this schedule each Wednesday on this page...

Kimberly Tapley holds the special Spooktacular edition of the Times-Gazette showing her story "Worth a Thousand Words." She was the first place winner in the adult division of the T-G's annual ghost story contest. (T-G photo by Jim Davis)

WARTRACE -- Too much offense. Too much tenacity. Too much muscle. The Cascade Middle Champions out-matched and out-played the Moore County Raiders in every facet of the game on Tuesday night, winning their seventh straight game this year to remain undefeated in season play...

Larry Fletcher recently hit a hole in one at Hidden Valley Golf Course. Fletcher lined up his shot on the 140-yard Par 3 and smacked his shot with a five iron. The shot was witnessed by Joe Bowman and Terry Pitts.

WARTRACE -- While it was a close, back and forth affair early on, the Cascade Middle Lady Champions just couldn't maintain the offensive scoring the Moore County Raiderettes brought to the table on Tuesday night. Moore County utilized a balanced attack, placing 10 players into the scoring column which proved to be enough to hand Cascade its first loss on the season, 48-23...

The Shelbyville Central Golden Eagle wrestling team held its first practice of its sophomore season on Monday afternoon. Just last year, the program gained new life after being shut down for several years due to lack of student interest. But last year, a strong resurgence of enthusiasm brought the program out of hibernation...

Tire and Muffler USA, located at 1117 N. Main St. is holding a customer appreciation sale Nov. 1-24, as well as tires sold at cost through Nov. 3. Customers who visit the local business will be served gourmet coffee as well as receiving free Wi-fi while waiting for their services to be completed by Tire and Muffler's friendly staff...

In today's economy, a steady income is a must and finding a job can be one of the most frustrating struggles you can endure. But a familiar firm has opened up a new office here in Shelbyville that is already seeing a lot of success in getting people employed where they are needed most...

When the husband-and-wife team of P.J. and C.C. Andrews opened Bullet Towing and Auto Repair earlier this month, they had a very specific mission and goal. Their mission is to change the perception some have of the auto repair industry by being honest and professional with all of their customers...

It goes without saying, or should, that online relationships aren't a substitute for our in-person relationships. But it also goes without saying that the web can, at its best, be a powerful tool for connecting us with others. Years ago, when not everyone had Internet access or was good at searching the web, I helped a local couple find an online message board related to a rare condition their son was facing. ...