Stories from Friday, August 16, 2013

Russell Paul Hoff, 58, of Shelbyville died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013 at his home. A celebration of life service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28 at Flat Creek United Methodist Church. Gowen-Smith Chapel is handling arrangements.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A flight recorder revealed that pilots of a UPS cargo jet that crashed short of a runway at Birmingham's airport received warnings about their rate of descent seconds before impact, investigators said Friday....

Agnes Alline Davis, 85, of Cookeville, a native of Bedford County, died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home with the Rev. Mark Gaw officiating. Burial will follow at Cookeville City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday and beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Anytime you can show up the defending state champions, you're doing something right. Although it was a scrimmage, the Cascade Champions put together enough key plays to put together an impressive outing against the Gordonsville Bulldogs. Gordonsville capitalized on its first two possessions with successful trips to the end zone...

The Cascade Champions just keep rolling. On Thursday afternoon, the Champs put together a team score of 156, besting county rival Community by 27 strokes. The Champs saw three players score in the 30's, with Tanner Burks' 36 leading the way. Bryce Clinton and Tyler Huff added scores of 37, while Chad Gordon finished with a 46...

The Cascade Middle Lady Champions picked up a shutout win on Thursday night, besting Warren County 2-0. Though the first half ended in a 0-0 stalemate, Kailey Snell and Carmen Ray each banked a second half goal to help lift Cascade to the victory. Keeper Mallory Gardner recorded five saves and the win in goal...

MURFREESBORO -- The Liberty Patriots have it cranking on all cylinders. Through two games, the offense has piled up 92 points while defensively just giving up one touchdown. The latest victim to fall prey to the red-hot Patriots was the MTCS Middle Cougars, whom Liberty blasted 38-0 on Thursday night...

Shelbyville Central fell to Tullahoma in a golf match at Lakewood Country Club in a District 8-AAA matchup on Thursday. The Wildcats posted a team score of 165 while the Eagles carded a 174. Tullahoma's Brett Schmitt turned in the lowest score of the match with a 39 while senior Sterling Smith fired a 40 to lead Shelbyville...

Testimony about a conversation focusing on a double murder-for-hire plot was enough for a judge to bind the case over to a grand jury Thursday. The Bedford County grand jury will hear evidence next Thursday on whether to indict David Lee Claxton, 59, of Warners Bridge Road on charges of attempted first degree murder and solicitation of first degree murder...

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...

Upgrades and new appliances are in store for apartments managed by the Shelbyville Housing Authority The authority was awarded a federal grant of $563,054 to make major large-scale improvements to the units -- part of $49,540,429 awarded to housing authorities across Tennessee, according to an announcement from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan...

Two Shelbyville locations have stayed busy this summer by hosting job fairs. Goodwill's Career Solutions office hosted a job fair for Express Employment Professionals, a national staffing company with office locations that include Shelbyville and Murfreesboro...

Jurisdiction and ownership were bones of contention between the Wartrace Board of Mayor and Aldermen and a church congregation during Monday night's board meeting. Several members of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Wartrace were present as pastor Eddie Richardson expressed the congregation's concerns over water drainage issues, and who should be responsible for remedying them...

"Lost and Found," a new musical based on the works of Stephen Foster, will be presented as a free staged reading 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, at Christ Church Cathedral, 9th Avenue and Broadway in downtown Nashville. The musical was written and directed by Nashvillians including Shelbyville native Martin Shofner...

Middle Tennessee State University visitors should be aware that some campus buildings will be without electricity during a scheduled power outage Sunday and Monday. About 19 MTSU buildings and/or sites will have no electricity from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, and another 15 will be dark on Monday, while utility crews complete connections on the university's underground electrical project...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Federal investigators found no initial evidence that a UPS cargo jet suffered engine failure or was burning before it clipped trees at the end of a runway and slammed into a hillside, killing the two crew members onboard, officials said Thursday...

Jail time meant more punishment than just confinement for one Shelbyville man. While he was in Bedford County Workhouse for four months, the Fairlane Drive resident's roommate pawned two of his guns, police say. The roommate, Andrew Cody Neal, 54, has been charged with two counts of theft of property...

Shannon Parks of Bell Buckle, second from right, describes how she lost control of her truck on 437 Bypass just off North Main Street to Sgt. Mike Davis of the Shelbyville Police Department. Parks said she swerved to miss a "brown animal," got into gravel and slid through a culvert into a field. She suffered cuts but was not transported to a hospital. Davis noted he has seen deer in the area of the crash. (T-G Photo by David Melson)