Stories from Friday, October 10, 2014

Donnie Ray Prater, 54, of Shelbyville died Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 at Centennial Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Sunday.

Luke Sterling Clardy, 8 weeks, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Bobby Maxwell officiating. Burial will follow at Pressgrove Cemetery in Unionville. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

WSMV-TV brought its "4 Warn Weather Alert Tour" to Shelbyville Central High School on Thursday night, mixing fun and information for an appreciative crowd. All four of the station's weathercasters -- Lisa Spencer, Dan Thomas, Nancy Van Camp and Paul Heggen -- attended and participated, along with the station's long-time mascot, Snowbird...

Shelbyville's October city council meeting was fairly routine Thursday night. An ordinance amending the city's zoning code to more specifically regulate sexually oriented businesses that would potentially want to open in the city was passed on first reading...

If you're reading this story, chances are you enjoy reading newspapers. The Times-Gazette celebrated National Newspaper Week this week (Oct. 5-11) with a Chamber coffee on Tuesday. I've been asking people to describe why they enjoy reading the newspaper. Tami Sterchak, who attended the coffee event, pointed to the T-G's coverage of a wide range of community events...

Any time you venture into "The Pit", you can expect a tough, hard-fought battle. Such is the case tonight for District 8-AAA leading Shelbyville Central when they travel to Fayetteville to face Lincoln County in a key district showdown. Shelbyville (4-2, 2-0 8-AAA) enters tonight's game after a 47-29 district win over the Class 6A Franklin County Rebels last week, while Lincoln County (2-5, 1-2 8-AAA) fell 20-14 at Lawrence County in overtime...

A veteran of more than 25 years in law enforcement has been promoted to the third highest rank in the Shelbyville Police Department. Pat Mathis moved up to major Monday, filling the position previously held by Police Chief Jan Phillips. He had been a lieutenant overseeing the detective division...

CHAPEL HILL -- For the first time in school history, the Community Middle Vikings are Duck River Valley Conference champions. On Thursday night in the conference championship game, the Vikings (8-1) held on to defeat the Forrest Rockets (8-1) 14-12 to claim the title...

The mayor of Normandy was charged with DUI last Friday in Coffee County, according to a court document. Larry Nee Jr., 62, of Poplar Street in Normandy was stopped by a Coffee County deputy on Riley Creek Road, said an affidavit filed in Coffee County General Sessions Court...

Senior Night is always a special evening but it's even more special with a win. Shelbyville Central's five seniors were honored before the game. The Eaglettes capped of the night with a 8-1 victory over Columbia Academy on Thursday. Corissa Campbell, Gabby Jackson, Alexis Larion, Ashlee Sutton and Hailey Puckett have provided great leadership to this team as seniors and all of their hard work hasn't gone unnoticed...

Stealing is a dirty business, but a suspect carried it to a new level Wednesday by stealing at least one city-owned garbage container. A resident of Landers Street said a white woman in her 30s driving a gray dual-wheel Ford pickup truck got out and threw the large container into its bed...

A man convicted of making methamphetamine and not showing up for court must still serve an 18-year sentence, according to a state appeals judge. Jeffery Scott Hutchinson had claimed that evidence was insufficient to convict him of drug charges leveled against him in 2012 -- one count of initiating a process intended to result in the manufacture of meth, one count of promoting making the drug, and two counts of simple possession of meth...

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NASHVILLE -- Tennessee left tackle Michael Roos, who has played more games than any other offensive lineman since 2005, will have surgery to repair his right knee and may have played his final game with the Titans. Coach Ken Whisenhunt said Thursday that Roos won't play against Jacksonville on Sunday, but declined to discuss the specific injury or if Roos' season is over...

Bible & Literature Missionary Foundation will hold its annual scripture conference Oct. 20-21 at Victory Baptist Church on North Main Street. This year's conference will include a dedication ceremony for B&L's new facility, which is being dubbed the "Bible Barn," on U.S. 231 south of Shelbyville, a few miles south of B&L's old facility on South Cannon Boulevard...