Stories from Thursday, November 14, 2013

Kenny Edwin Dycus, 50, died Tuesday at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Michael Harris oficiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday.

Janice Marie Clardy, 63, of Unionville died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Jonathon Osterhaus and Roy Woods officiating. Burial will follow at Pressgrove Cemetery in Unionville. Visitation will be held from 3-9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.

A man accused of threatening to strike, burn and kill his wife is in custody today. Joaquin Jack Hinojosa told her he was going to strike her in the head with a baseball bat and set her on fire, Shelbyville police said. Officers arrived at their Nutmeg Drive home shortly after 3 a.m. to find Hinojosa's wife yelling for someone to get her out because he was going to kill her and was armed with a knife, officer Jose Garza's report said...

Mike Fisher attaches another bow to the candy cane Christmas decoration at H.V. Griffin Park. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

Almost three-fourths of the participants in a non-scientific poll of Times-Gazette website users say they're opposed to the trend of major chain retailers opening on Thanksgiving Day, but that still leaves some in favor -- and perhaps it's those people the stores are hoping to reach...

Leadership Bedford members got to hear about a few of the issues facing local government on Wednesday. The class held a local government day at the Shelbyville-Bedford Chamber of Commerce. John Carney, city editor of the Times-Gazette, acted as moderator of the panel discussion between three mayors: Wallace Cartwright of Shelbyville, Eugene Ray of Bedford County and Dennis Webb of Bell Buckle...

Robert and Honey Bushnell spoke to Honey's family in the Philippines no more than 40 minutes before Typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban, on Leyte Island. The Bushnells had been seeing news coverage of the typhoon on TV and warned the family to take shelter...

The local teachers union hosted a special guest last week while also acknowledging one of their own for an outstanding achievement. The Bedford County Education Association (BCEA) hosted Gera Summerford, Tennessee Education Association (TEA) president, last Thursday. Summerford spoke about the state's controversial education reform efforts, such as tying teacher licensing to evaluations...

When Shelbyville Central hosts Gallatin in the second round of the TSSAA State Football Playoffs on Friday night, one coach in particular will have a view from the other side--literally. Former Golden Eagle standout football player Mark Williams is in his second season as Gallatin's head coach and will be alongside his team on the visitors' sidelines...

Philip G. King died Nov. 3, 2013 in Cebu, Philippines. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill. Burial, with military honors, will follow at King-Cook Cemetery near Murfreesboro. Visitation will be held from 2-8 p.m. Sunday.