Stories from Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Aaron Parker has been a vital asset to both the Cascade offensive line and Champion linebacking corps for a long time. Parker, now a senior, assumes a key leadership role for the Champions in 2014 under a new coach, Jake Tyre. And he says he's ready to take on that role...

Mike Winton of Manchester, owner of the Sears store in Shelbyville, has announced his candidacy for the Tennessee's sixth district U.S. House seat in the November general election. Winton is running as an independent. The district, which does not include Bedford County, is made up of northeastern Middle Tennessee plus Coffee and Cannon counties. Rep. Diane Black (R-Gallatin) currently serves that area...

A Shelbyville man was killed Saturday night while driving the wrong way on Interstate 24 in Coffee County. Patrick Shane Rhodes, 35, was driving a 1992 Nissan Sentra westbound in the eastbound lanes near Manchester when his car and a van driven by a Chattanooga man collided head-on, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said...

An exhibit in Tullahoma is showcasing the history of Tennessee's most celebrated veterans from World War I. It's called "In the Footsteps of Sergeant York," which opened last week at the South Jackson Civic Center in Tullahoma -- recognizing the extraordinary life of Alvin Cullom York. The exhibit runs until Oct. 3...

A Shelbyville man was arrested on a charge of attempted criminal homicide after a weekend incident starting in Murfreesboro and ending in Bedford County, officials say. Shaun Earl Gibson, 36, of Lorien Circle allegedly picked up a Shelbyville woman in Murfreesboro and attacked her with a whiskey bottle before she got out of his vehicle in Bedford County, according to the Bedford County Sheriff's Department...

J.D. "Bo" Wilson Sr. is an independent candidate for re-election to a 5th District seat on Bedford County Board of Commissioners in the Aug. 7 general election. Wilson currently serves on the commission's financial management committee. He is a former chair of the courthouse and county property committee...

A child support ruling involving a former Shelbyville resident who sent her adopted child back to Russia in 2010 has been upheld by the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Appellate Judge Holly M. Kirby ruled that Torry Hansen must continue to pay support and damages. She appealed the case, claiming only that the "trial court erred in refusing to set aside the default judgment."...

As a lifetime's worth of possessions went up in flames Saturday night, Wayne Moulder had one goal: Save what he could. But two women saved what matters most: Moulder's life. Heather LaFarlette and Jessica Wilhelm were passing Moulder's flaming Lower Halls Mill Road house early Saturday night and stopped to help...

Maggie Stokes Rittenberry Halterman, 85, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at noon Thursday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Benny Martin and Jeff Haynes officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Steve and I having a night out.