Stories from Wednesday, February 6, 2013

When Cathy Lewandowski of AT&T brought me some products to review recently, included in the selection were two Android-based smartphones: the HTC One X+ and the Pantech Discover. In some ways, that turned out to be bad news for HTC. It's not that the One X+ is a bad phone; far from it. It's a terrific high-end Android 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean) smartphone, with a lot to recommend it...

Adam Lee Bailey, 41, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 from injuries received in a motorcycle accident in Chattanooga. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Joseph Bailey officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey (R-Blountville) has appointed State Sen. Mark Norris (R-Collierville) and State Sen. Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville) to the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR). TACIR was created to research federal, state, and local government relations and make proposals for improvement to the legislature...

The Emancipation Proclamation will be on view at the Tennessee State Museum Feb. 12 -18. The document, which is making its only southeastern U.S. stop in Nashville, will only be on view for 72 hours over the seven days. After that, a facsimile of the document will be in the exhibit. The viewing is in conjunction with the /Discovering the Civil War/ exhibition from Washington D.C.'s National Archives...

When you think of a man riding a bike down the road, what do you think of? Do you think of a man riding for recreation or exercise? Do you conceive of a man commuting to work to avoid paying for gas? Or do you picture a mustached New England sailboat cook with an old teapot and digital camera riding from one side of the country and back again?...

Chelsea Ilarde, an eighth grader at The Webb School, won the 2013 Bedford County Spelling Bee for the second consecutive year in the 21st round of the competition hosted at Webb. Fellow Webb eighth grader, Kennady Peek, placed second, and Cerridwen Kaiding, Harris Middle School eighth grader, placed third...

The state court of appeals has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of selling crack due to "prosecutorial misconduct." Alfonzo Marquis Sutton was found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to sell and deliver .5 grams or more of cocaine, sentenced to 45 percent of a 13-year term before being eligible for release...

Shelbyville's city council will decide next week whether to sign off on having a comprehensive energy audit performed for city facilities. Last September, the council approved an energy-saving feasibility study to be conducted by the firm Ameresco at no cost to the city. The company has done work for Metro Nashville, Knoxville and Greeneville, as well as a number of collages and school systems...

Teams are still being sought for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life, which will be held May 31-June 1 at Bedford County Agriculture and Education Center on Midland Road. Relay For Life refers to both the Relay event itself and the year-round community fund-raising that surrounds it...

LAWRENCEBURG -- Shelbyville Central didn't bring its "A" game, but the Golden Eaglettes found a way to claim a huge District 8-AAA win on the road by defeating Lawrence County 39-35 on Tuesday night. The win, along with Franklin County's loss at Columbia, sets up a big district matchup for second place and an automatic berth to the Region 4-AAA Tournament on Friday night when the Eaglettes host Franklin County for homecoming at 6...

LAWRENCEBURG -- It's a game the Golden Eagles would just soon forget. Shelbyville Central took a hard 80-48 loss at Lawrence County in a District 8-AAA contest on Tuesday night. "We just didn't play well, especially on defense," Central coach Stan Eggleston said...

CLARKSVILLE -- Chalk up another blowout win for the Harris Middle Eaglettes. The Eaglettes picked up another dominating win on Tuesday night in the TMSAA Area/Sectional Tournament, blowing out Kenwood 49-27. Early on, there was little debate about who was in control of Tuesday's matchup. The Eaglettes raced out to a 17-3 advantage after one quarter of play, jumping on the backs of Erin Thomason and Romny Felts, who combined for 11 of the team's first 17 points...

BELL BUCKLE -- The Webb Middle School boys basketball team picked up a first-round win in the MTAC tournament on Tuesday afternoon. Webb capitalized on balanced scoring to pull away for the 37-20 victory to advance to the quarterfinal round. Wes Watson knuckled down on defense and allowed Webb to convert some key early turnovers into points on the board...

Darlene Smotherman was the winner in the T-G's annual Super Sunday Trivia contest. Contestants could enter the contest through online or paper ballots. Smotherman earned a $200 gift certificate to Athlon Sports and Collectibles.

Both of the men in a truck that struck a tree on South Cannon Boulevard early Tuesday were taken to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Shelbyville police said. Dusty Ray Hedstrom, 32, of Sinking Creek Road, the driver, was still in Vanderbilt's emergency room at mid-afternoon, Sgt. Mike Davis of the Shelbyville Police Department said...

With temperatures reaching the low 60s on Tuesday afternoon, fishermen flock to Fishermen's Park and reeled in the catch of the day below the dam on Duck River. (T-G photo by Jim Davis)