Stories from Friday, May 9, 2014

Leonard Rucker Jr., 95, of Unionville died Friday, May 9, 2014. Arrangements will be announced by Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Prior to Thursday's region final against Siegel, the Shelbyville Central Golden Eagle tennis team carried an undefeated streak into the postseason. Although the Eagles have dominated throughout the year, they ran into a buzzsaw Siegel team in the Region 4-AAA finals...

Payzlei and ella allison and leila and Alyx leverette enjoying sister time.

A driver who allegedly tried to hide his truck from police was charged with evading arrest by motor vehicle Thursday morning. James Posey allegedly pulled the truck behind a Richdale Lane home as officer Mitchell Warren lost sight of him. Warren said he began "scanning" the neighborhood and found Posey's truck moments later...

New buses are one of the details officials are hammering out to create a new school budget. The Bedford County Board of Education finance committee met Tuesday to work on the preliminary budget. The 2014-2015 fiscal year preliminary school budget calls for up to five buses to replace older vehicles, at a potential cost of $463,000. The school system periodically rotates the buses in its fleet...

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life in Bedford County will be held from 6 p.m. Friday, May 30, through 6 a.m. Saturday, May 31, at Bedford County Agriculture and Education Center on Midland Road. Although teams of walkers have been preparing for the event for months, raising money in advance, the event itself is open to everyone, and has a family-friendly festival atmosphere...

Brinley Collet selects another crayon to color with as her mother Jennifer Collet registers her for kindergarten at Cascade Elementary School. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

Shelbyville's recreation director is hanging up her sneakers later this year. Sylvia Pinson made the announcement Thursday evening, saying it was one of her professional career ladder goals to be the director of a city parks and recreation department...

Shelbyville's council made two appointments to the city's power, water and sewer board Thursday after conducting interviews earlier this week. Robert Finney was reappointed and Bobby Turnbow appointed to the board after a quick vote. On Monday, five of the six applicants fielded questions from the council, such as how should communication and coordination between the city and utility be, what the utility's role should be in economic development -- such as extending services -- and why they wanted to serve on the board.. ...

Early this morning a jury found Susan Walls guilty of criminal responsibility to commit first degree murder, and conspiracy to commit first degree murder in the death of her husband. Paramedics wheeled Susan Walls out of court immediately after closing arguments capped off the fourth day of her murder/conspiracy trial Thursday...

Middle Tennessee Business Network members gathered Thursday for a special presentation made by Daryl O'Neal of First Community Mortgage about his role as an officer and credit scores. "It's nice to work for a company who puts its community and employees first," he said...