Stories from Friday, March 8, 2013

Teresa Urieta Garcia, 53, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. William Catholic Church Burial will follow at a later date at Zitacuaro, Michoancans, Mexico. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Friday. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, in Shelbyville for a fund-raiser for Jim Tracy's congressional campaign, said that the chances for the bill to allow wine sales in supermarkets are promising. "It's looking better every day," Ramsey told the Times-Gazette...

A Tullahoma man accused of making violent threats at Thomas Magnet School has an important court date next month. Tyrone L. Watts, 43, must decide on April 4 if he wants to make a plea or have a jury decide his fate on two counts of filing a false report...

During Book Fair week at Thomas Magnet School, Friday was "dress as your favorite literary character". So a few of Thomas' 3rd graders chose Harry Potter and a lone Hermonie Granger. Conner Brown, Jordan Cooper, Kade Cunningham, Emma Habel, and Ethan Clifford...

Shelbyville Central High School student J.J. Hughes knits a scarf as he and other classmates make scarfs to give the residents of Glen Oaks Health and Rehabilitation. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

Ask Juan Carlos Alvarado, owner of Carlos Bail Bonding LLC, about the death earlier this week of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. "Do you really want to know my reaction?" he said when contacted by the Times-Gazette. "It wouldn't sound too good in the newspaper."...

Parking enforcement on the Shelbyville square is being debated by the city council -- but no decision has been made yet. City manager Jay Johnson said the issue has not only been a big discussion item at both Shelbyville Downtown Task Force meetings, but he has also heard complaints from other citizens...

A man who allegedly made lewd requests of a mother and her young children and sent obscene photos to her cell phone is in Bedford County Jail under a high bond today, officials said. Investigators arrested Jeremiah Thomas Sullivan, 21, of Stonefield Circle at a Shelbyville motel where he thought he would meet the woman and her daughter, Detective Sgt. Charles Kimbril of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department said...

The Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' And Exhibitors' Association (TWHBEA) has announced three new incentives for horse owners and enthusiasts. The group said the incentives were in response to the tough economic times and the various issues effecting prices in the horse industry specifically...

The Shelbyville Central baseball team will be holding a chili supper and auction on Saturday night at 5 p.m. in the school's cafeteria. The supper is all you can eat for $5 and the auction will begin at 6 p.m. Auction items range from baseball memorabilia to clothing items to mattresses...

Thursday afternoon's meeting between the Cascade Middle Lady Champions and the Community Viqueens was a see-saw affair that saw the bats explode for a combined 32 hits throughout the seven inning game. But it was a one-two punch in the fifth and sixth innings for the Viqueens that picked up the 11-9 win over the Lady Champs...

The Liberty Patriots were cruising right along in Thursday night's game against Huntland until they committed a handful of errors that allowed the Hornets to claw back and tie the game at six runs apiece by the top of the sixth. Huntland completed the comeback effort with a five-run seventh to pick up the victory and knock off a red-hot Libert team, 11-6...

BELL BUCKLE -- Corrina Zhang, a student at The Webb School, placed in the top eight individuals in MATHCOUNTS competition on Feb. 17 at the University of Tennessee Space Institute near Tullahoma. Zhang, an eighth grader from China, qualified for the state competition on March 16 in Nashville. The first-place team takes the first four spots, and then the next four top individuals (not on the winning team) are selected...

A departing tenant took the breaker box from an Apache Place home as he left last November, the rental property's owner told police Monday. The following were charged since Monday 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...