Stories from Thursday, July 11, 2013

Robert Preston Abbott II and Allison Barnes Abbott of Holly Springs, N.C., announce the birth of a son, Campbell Harrison Abbott, on July 2 in Cary, N.C. The baby boy weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce, and was 20.5 inches long...

Birdie M. Prince, 100, of Shelbyville died early Thursday, July 11, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Bill Doak officiating. Burial will follow at Powell Hollow Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday.

Mary Larue Pigg, 86, of Shelbyville died Thursday, July 11, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Raymond Ragsdale and Robert Davenport officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at noon.

Bedford County Emergency Management Agency director Scott Johnson said this morning that Wednesday night's severe storms included 60 mile-per-hour straight-line winds, but there was no sign of rotation or potential tornadoes. "It was the whole width of Bedford County," said Johnson...

Mandatory federal stormwater regulations that Shelbyville is facing may ruffle the feathers of local developers, but must be complied with, the city manager explained. Members of the city council and planning commission were given a technical briefing Tuesday from engineering consulting firm Neel-Schaffer Energy about updates to Shelbyville's stormwater manual, as well as the task of submitting a MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems) permit to the state...

If you own a Century Farm, Bedford County Fair organizers want to talk to you. Fair organizers plan to honor the owners of farms at least 100 years old during a Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce Coffee on July 23. But, they are having trouble contacting farm owners, said Marilyn Kaye Hunkins, the fair's secretary...

Ray Knowis of Tullahoma, 2013-14 District Governor of Rotary District 6780, told Shelbyville Rotary Club members on Wednesday that Rotary clubs in the U.S. must increase their membership in order to keep the organization sustainable and support its important work in areas such as fighting polio and ensuring safe drinking water around the world...

A reunion for Bell Buckle High School was held on June 29 at the Bell Buckle Banquet Hall. A total of 174 people attended. The school was open from 1927 until 1972. From left are members of the planning committee: Randy Throneberry, chairman; Brenda Harris Franklin; Dianne Harris Reed; John Crosslin; Vista Crosslin; Ronnie Lokey; Cindy Norris Whitaker and Paul Whitaker. (Submitted photo)

Monday was the 28th anniversary of my employment with the Times-Gazette. I'm sometimes asked what the favorite story is I've ever written, and there's one story that immediately comes to mind, from the very early days of my work here. Strangely enough, on Tuesday -- the day after my anniversary -- I got an e-mail from the director of photography for Time magazine asking me about that very story...

The Jim Tracy for Congress campaign announced Wednesday that it raised $303,000 in the second fundraising quarter. The campaign boasted that the second quarter total follows a first quarter in which Tracy raised four times as much as incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais...

Dear editor, The Bedford County Highway Department has been having some road resurfacing done this past week near where I live -- the Unionville area. I am pleased to see that sections of road with significant roughness and surface damage are receiving nice new layer paved surfaces, while sections showing little or no damage are being allowed to serve a while longer...

It was a long haul from Clearview Farms on U.S. 231 South to the Celebration Grounds, but these two fellows made it without any problem for this weekend's Great Celebration Mule and Donkey Show, starting today and running until Saturday. Driver Bobby Taylor, at right, kept the beasts under control while Jordan Cagle, sitting in the middle, and Jessie Martin, helped out. (T-G Photo by Brian Mosely)

Larry Roy Anderson Sr., 68, of Shelbyville died Saturday, July 6, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 13 at Bird Street Church of Christ. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Mr. Anderson will lie in state from 11 a.m.-noon with family visitation beginning at noon. Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.