Stories from Friday, December 27, 2013

Two quite-different school-related stories continue our countdown of the top 10 local stories of 2013 as determined by a panel of 12 Times-Gazette staff members....

Martin Louie Harris, 70, of Blackwell, Okla., a former Shelbyville resident, died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013 at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Jennings-Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Lynchburg with Leo Bachard officiating. Burial will follow at Lynchburg Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

Billy Lowery, left, of Lowery Jewelers along with Violet and Eli White, sitting, hold the first place $200 gift certificate prize from the T-G's Adorable Christmas Kids contest. Sharon Lowery, right, joins Jessi White, second from right and mother of the winning kids. The top two entries receiving the most votes during the online contest period earned the winning prizes, which were donated by contest sponsor Lowery Jewelers. A four-page section, inside today's paper, features the first and second place photos plus an additional 46 entries receiving the most votes.

A man described as an "innocent bystander" by police was shot during a struggle for a gun Monday afternoon. One gunshot struck Richard Napper, 67, outside his Landers Street home, Det. Sam Jacobs said. Bobby Darrell Rogers, 42, also of Landers Street, was holding the gun as others attempted to disarm him during a family argument, according to Jacobs...

NASHVILLE (AP) - Priscilla Presley says she is taking back the Graceland Challenge Trophy, which has been offered at the nation's premier walking horse competition for three decades. Presley said she didn't know the trophy was still awarded at the annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in Shelbyville...

Heritage Medical Center is seeking over $1 million in damages from a local physician who allegedly violated a "recruitment agreement" with the hospital. In a civil action filed in federal court last week, the hospital accuses orthopedic surgeon E. Wayne Mosley, M.D. of breach of contract and unjust enrichment...

Chances are, if you've ever been to a sporting event in Unionville, you've seen Mr. Rickey Clardy working hard on the sidelines, in one fashion or another. Clardy, once a Community Viking himself, has kept the score clock for home basketball and football games for nearly 10 years now--not missing a single home game along the way...

Two men were charged with possession of marijuana for resale after it was thrown out their vehicle's window before a traffic stop early Tuesday, Shelbyville police said. Joshua J. Leverette allegedly was driving erratically in the Fairfield Pike-Greenwood Avenue area shortly after midnight, catching the eye of officer Jody Shelton...

Navy Fireman Recruit Michael G. Olson-Kilcullen, son of James M. Kilcullen IV of Tampa, Fla. and Lilly Olson-Smith of Shelbyville, recently reported for duty aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, homeported in Norfolk, Va. Olson-Kilcullen is a 2012 graduate of Jefferson Senior High School of Tampa, Fla. and joined the Navy in March 2013...

Boy Scout Troop 390 held its Court of Honor recently. Members of the troop earned a total of 50 merit badges in 2013, and several of the scouts also moved up in rank. Front: Alex Johanson, Trenton McClain, Bryan Loyd, Caleb Green, Lance Rains and Lee Stallings. Middle: James Barrett, Ryan House, Andrew Beard, Cole Smotherman and Preston Brown. Back: Conner Hintze, Jesse Smotherman and Jonathan Moore. (Submitted photo)