Stories from Friday, December 28, 2012

Joel Ernest Brewer, 64, of Bell Buckle died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012 at Nashville Veterans Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Winchester with the Rev. Troy Harrison officiating. Burial will follow at Pressgrove Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday.

Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes finished strong in a 42-34 win over Cocke County in the Landair Ladies Classic on Thursday. Leading 25-24 going into the fourth quarter, the Eaglettes (6-8) outscored their opponent 17-10 in the final stanza to secure the victory...

WATERTOWN -- Having not played in a week and a half, the Cascade Lady Champions were a little rusty in their first round game of the Watertown Christmas Tournament against the Gordonsville Lady Tigers. Plagued by turnovers and miscues, the Lady Champions suffered a tough loss in the opening round game, 48-45...

WATERTOWN -- Anytime you can hold a team to four points in one quarter, good things will happen. Anytime you can do that and utilize a 3-point shooting game like Cascade's, even better things happen. The Cascade Champions (7-3) went to the Watertown Christmas Tournament on Thursday evening and took care of business against Gordonsville (3-6-1) in a 52-37 win which earned them a trip to the second round of the winners bracket...

SPARTA -- Shelbyville Central exploded for 32 points in the fourth quarter on the way to a 75-67 victory over Smith County in the fifth annual Sonic Shoot-Out. The Eagles (4-7) trailed 17-11 after the first quarter, were on the short end of a 31-29 score at intermission and were behind 47-43 after three periods...

Bedford will be one of 16 counties involved in the Tennessee Highway Patrol's "No Refusal" DUI enforcement campaign over the New Year's Eve holiday period. The stepped-up enforcement will be in progress from 6 tonight until midnight New Year's night, the THP says...

The following were arrested between Dec. 21-26 by the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, Shelbyville Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force. They are only charged; guilt or innocence will be determined by the courts...

Bedford County government had only minor audit findings in its annual audit, which was released last week. The audit, prepared by the state Comptroller of the Treasury's Division of Local Government Audit, covers the 2011-2012 fiscal year which ended June 30...

Bedford County's jobless rate dropped significantly in November, falling to 7.8 percent, according to preliminary numbers released Thursday by the state department of labor. The unemployment rate dropped nearly an entire percentage point - 0.9 percent, from the revised rate for October of 8.7 percent. At this time last year, the jobless rate for the county was at 9.3 percent, meaning that unemployment has fallen 1.5 percent over the past 12 months...

First of a series New Year's resolutions might be the tradition for some, but for the city of Shelbyville, they are setting down goals they hope to accomplish for the citizens they serve in 2013. This past year was the first time department heads were asked to set the goals requested by city manager Jay Johnson...

Overcrowding at Bedford County Jail, and a 12-year-old's decision to stop cancer treatments, are the next two items in the Times-Gazette's annual countdown of the year's top stories as chosen by a vote of various T-G staffers. First, a reminder of the stories revealed so far:...

With the temperature hovering at the freezing mark, working on a roof can be a cold job as these workers are doing on Warren Circle. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

The body of Charles "Moto" Farrar, who was last seen Dec. 23, was found by a relative late Thursday afternoon off South Brittain Street just south of downtown Shelbyville, police said today. Farrar, 42, was last seen Sunday morning. A missing persons report had been filed Wednesday. Police were told at that time Farrar had ingested a large number of pills following a domestic argument...

David Michael "Mikie" Cook, 60, of Shelbyville died Friday morning, Dec. 28, 2012. A gathering of family and friends to celebrate his life will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Shelbyville Mills Baptist Church with pastors Jonathan Sims and Mike Cobb officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 2-5 p.m. Sunday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home and beginning at noon Monday at the church.