Stories from Thursday, August 15, 2013

Shanda Renee Carney Fanning, 37, of Lynchburg, formerly of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, as a result of injuries sustained in an airplane crash in Birmingham, Ala. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Mark Hall officiating. Per her wishes, she was cremated. A celebration of life reception will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at Fair Haven Baptist Church.

Perfect weather for the first week of practice. Jacob Cagle and Dylan Marchi love this time of the year.

Paul Junior Coleman, 89, of Wartrace died Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Stout & Son Funeral Home in Russiaville, Ind. Burial will follow at Barnett Cemetery in Kokomo, Ind. Visitation will be held from 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Hillcrest Funeral Home handled local arrangements.

Fred Cheatham Barnes, 56, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Smith officiating. Following the service, Mr. Barnes will be cremated. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

The I Am What I Am Music Festival will return Saturday for its second year of benefiting autism groups. The all-day festival at the Bedford County Agriculture Center will start at 10 a.m., with gates opening at 9:30. Ninety percent of the funds will benefit the Bedford County Association for Exceptional Students to provide activities for the Aut 2 Be Kids group. Ten percent of proceeds will go to the Autism Society of Middle Tennessee...

Partnerships and teamwork were the main topics Shelbyville leaders focused on during a city council retreat Tuesday evening. Kicking off the nearly four-hour session was a video presentation on leadership and teamwork, which was discussed at length, according to city manager Jay Johnson...

Dogs and cats removed from a Shelbyville home Aug. 2 are still being kept at the city's animal shelter -- and will be for at least a few more days, officials say. Charges of animal cruelty were filed against John and Sabrina Crowder after 43 dogs and six cats, many with sores and losing their hair, were seized from their Shelbyville Mills Road home. The couple made their first appearance in Circuit Court on Tuesday, when the case was continued until Aug. 20...

Shelbyville native Shanda Carney Fanning was one of the two pilots killed Wednesday morning in the crash of a United Parcel Service airplane in Birmingham, Ala., according to multiple sources. Although neither UPS nor the National Transportation Safety Board has officially released the names, several media outlets and a cousin of Fanning's from Shelbyville have confirmed that she was on the flight...

The Shelbyville man couldn't believe his ears when he was told he'd won second place in a Publishers Clearinghouse drawing Tuesday. He didn't believe the caller, either. "They said I'd won $950,000 and a 2013 Mercedes Benz and they would be here in 45 minutes to an hour," the "lucky recipient" said. "They kept repeating themselves."...

A state appeals court has denied a claim of racial discrimination in a two-year-old case involving the sale of crack cocaine. Shirley Mason had received a nine-year sentence after a jury convicted her for selling less than .5 grams "of a substance containing cocaine base" in 2012...

Klaus Record assist Sandford Corp. in getting a Hawk out of the plant

Sherman Keys, 50, of Winchester died Wed., Aug. 14, 2013 at Select Speciality in Nashville. He is the brother of Thurman Keys of Shelbyville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Winchester with Bishop Willie Young officiating and the Rev. Phillip Buchanan as eulogist. Burial will follow at Winchester City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon-2 p.m. Friday at J.A. Welton & Son Funeral Home in Tullahoma and beginning at noon Saturday at the church.