Stories from Wednesday, May 28, 2014

A tablet needs Internet access to be worth having. Sure, there are always a few games or apps that will work without Internet access, but the way most people use their tablets depends on access to the net at least some of the time -- to surf the web, check your e-mail, download new apps, and download new content (movies, books, music and so on)...

There has actually been heavy earth-moving equipment at the site for a couple of weeks now, but for ceremonial purposes, ground was broken Tuesday for a new library to serve Bedford County. Tennessee First Lady Crissy Haslam was among the dignitaries participating in the ceremony...

Gov. Bill and Crissy Haslam will help celebrate the 20th RC Cola / Moon Pie Festival June 21 in Bell Buckle, along with noted country singer Mark Collie. Crissy Haslam, who was in Shelbyville on Tuesday for the groundbreaking of a new library, told the Times-Gazette she was looking forward to the event...

Proponents of an industrial park on Frank Martin Road paid a courtesy call on Bedford County Financial Management Committee as the committee prepares to begin discussing the 2014-2015 county budget later this week. The committee which had been researching the park appeared before the finance committee back in January, and the finance committee voted at that time to take the request under advisement as part of the new budget process...

Marijuana was found on a blood-spattered man who had to be carried to a patrol car after refusing to walk Monday, police said. Roy Lazro Toso, 30, allegedly laid in the roadway on White Street in front of his home and inflicted what proved to be a superficial cut on his thigh, officer Todd Sanders' report said...

A pair of recent Shelbyville Central graduates and former Golden Eagle soccer players have signed to play soccer at Martin Methodist College in Pulaski. Matt Clanton and Ivan Leyva both had outstanding senior seasons for the Golden Eagles. "Matt was one of our captains this year and the only senior in our backline. ...