Stories from Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Lois Colene Bush Jones, 85, of Bell Buckle died Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014 at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Hazel Cemetery in Bell Buckle with Robert Young officiating. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Hillcrest Funeral Home.

FRANKLIN (AP) -- Hospital operator Community Health Systems said a cyberattack took information on more than 4 million patients from its computer network earlier this year. The Franklin company -- owner of Heritage Medical Center in Shelbyville and Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma -- said Monday that no medical or credit card records were taken in the attack, which may have happened in April and June. ...

A man seriously injured while being robbed of his cell phone early Sunday was told repeatedly "you deserve this" as he was beaten, Shelbyville police said. Franklin Dwayne Gilbert of Shelbyville was listed in "very unstable" condition Monday at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville...

August's grand jury docket was tiny, as many cases will be returning to court next month. According to court officials, many of this month's cases from General Sessions court were bound over to the grand jury last Thursday, and there wasn't enough time to prepare those cases for presentation...

Barry Cooper retained his Zone 4 seat on the Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) Board of Directors by defeating petition candidate Arthur "Ozzie" Howard by a margin of 274 votes -- 330 to 56 -- in the election held Aug. 11-15 at the co-op's Shelbyville District office...

Well, school is back in session all across the county and what a year that we have planned out ahead of us. Students, I know that this time of year most of you are dreading Mondays, but you love to see the Fridays. Be patient. Horse show break is just around the corner and before you know it we will be dismissing for Christmas break. Our county 4-H will be starting in school meetings next month with our 4th and 5th graders...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tennessee Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Gene Davidson announced that farmers and ranchers still have time to apply for low interest 2014 loans available through FSA's direct farm ownership program. The deadline to submit applications is Sept. 30...

Motorists were startled to see a 4-year-old child walking unattended in the middle of Madison Street at Bethany Lane at mid-morning Sunday. After searching for more than 15 minutes, officers found the child had been at a home at Bedford Manor Apartments...