Stories from Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Adam Nichols, 87, of Seattle, Washington, a native of Bedford County, died early Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 following an extended illness. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 13 at Willow Mount Cemetery with Jimmy Gray officiating. There will be no visitation. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Enjoying horse show break in Gatlinburg Zander & Malek JOhnson with Cameron Grogan.

Raymond Allen Haynes, 87, of Knoxville died Monday evening, Sept. 1, 2014 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. at 7 po.m. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Farrar Funeral Home in Dandridge with the Rev. Darrell Chambers officiating. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Grants Chapel Cemetery.

Recent progress is shown at the site of Shelbyville and Bedford County's future library, which has a target completion date of March 2015. (T-G Photo by Sadie Fowler)

Local scoutmaster, former assistant Shelbyville fire chief, and active Rotarian Franklin Smith was honored during the first Saturday night of the Celebration with the show's annual Evan Lloyd Adamson Humanitarian Award. "It was a big surprise," said Smith. "Everybody knew it but me."...

Aaron West, whose name is a household word to generations of Shelbyville athletes and fans, will be honored with a Lifetime Volunteer Service Award by the Shelbyville Parks and Recreation Department. It's a new program approved by the parks and recreation board in July...

GOODLETTSVILLE (AP) -- Dollar General upped its bid for the rival Family Dollar chain and addressed an earlier roadblock, saying that it will more than double the number of stores it would shed to ease the antitrust concerns of its takeover target. The newest bid is worth $9.1 billion, or $80 per share, up from $78.50 per share in the previous offer...

Brenda Gail Finney, 51, of Evanston, Wyoming, who has many Bedford County relatives, died Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014 in Evanston. Per her request, she was cremated. No services are planned.

Judge Lee Russell swears in Donna Orr Hargrove as the 17th Judicial District Public Defender. (Photo by Ronda Clanton)

Janet Elizabeth Bryant, 83, of Shelbyville died Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014. Per her request, her remains will be cremated. Services will be held at a later date. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handing arrangements.