Stories from Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Lynda Crews, 65, of Shelbyville died Monday night at Christian Care Center after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Jimmy Gray and Tom Henry officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Robert M. "Bobby" Loyd, 78, of Shelbyville died Friday, July 26, 2013. Funeral services were held Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Anthony Williams officiating. Burial, with military rites, followed at Willow Mount Cemetery.

GALLATIN -- Shelbyville Senior Legion Post 23 was just one hit away from claiming the 2013 state championship in game one against rival Columbia Post 19 on Sunday afternoon. With the bases loaded and the score tied 1-1 in the top of the ninth inning, Columbia came up with a devastating strike 'em out, throw 'em out double play to end the Post 23 threat...

SPRING HILL -- Tanner Burks gave the Cascade Champion golf team the lift it needed in the 2013 season debut. Burks carded a team-low 38, guiding the Champs their first victory of the year. Facing Spring Hill at Kings Creek Golf Club, the Champs squeaked out a 159-162 win over the Spartans to claim the victory...

With football season just around the corner, the county middle school teams will face off in the annual Duck River Valley Conference Jamboree on Saturday afternoon at Cascade Middle School. Admission is $4 for spectators. 5:30 Fayetteville City vs. Liberty...

Agriculture exhibits. Live music. Delicious food such as cotton candy. A dog show. A tractor pull. All that, and more, means it's time for the Bedford County Fair. It's time for family fun. The carnival opens at 6 p.m. today at the fair, which is being held at the Bedford County Agriculture Center. This evening, the fair will feature entertainment by Crystal Chandler at 7 and Kacey Smith at 8. Snow Bird will be there at 5 p.m...

An antique tractor being prepared for display at the Bedford County Fair burst into flames late Monday morning, destroying a building and contents and leaving one man slightly injured. "It just exploded," said Wayne O'Neal, who owns and was working on the H Farmall tractor at Bob's Used Tractors, U.S. 41A North. "The tractor just caught on fire. I was trying to get it started and it backfired."...

The community turned out in force Saturday to show support for Connie Davis during a fundraiser at Champions Arena at the Celebration grounds. Family and friends of Davis organized the benefit, which included a popular dunking booth, cornhole tournament, auction, dinner, live music and a "womanless" beauty pageant...

The first annual Summer Feed and Fun Blowout last Friday was a success, organizers say. The event was held at Nothing But God (NBG) Ministries, the old Walmart on Madison Street. The day camp was organized by the Center for Family Development, Johnson Residential Group (the Summer Feed Program) and Luke Faulk's Nothing But God Ministries...

Bedford Railroad Authority, at a special called meeting on Friday, approved the updated terms of a land swap which is intended to save the Railroad Avenue widening project. "We are very close to getting this project underway," said Shelbyville city manager Jay Johnson...

"Turn that music down," a man shouted at two men driving by his Ray Street home early Friday night -- and he meant business. The men drove back by the home of Michael Greer, 64, moments later -- and one pointed his finger as if it were a gun, Greer and a witness told police. Greer responded by pointing a double-barrel shotgun at them, officer Todd Sanders was told by the victims and a witness...