Stories from Friday, October 24, 2014

Here's our look back at the past seven days in local news. Choose the best answer for each question. 1) Sylvia Pinson, profiled in the Oct. 19 Times-Gazette, will soon retire as: A. Principal of Southside Elementary School B. Director of Shelbyville Parks & Recreation...

Gov. Bill Haslam met with teachers and local school officials Thursday during a visit to Eakin Elementary School, congratulating Eakin on its status as a Reward School due to the growth in student scores. He also asked teachers for their input -- and got it...

The Bedford County Board of Education approved a bid for safety glass for schools during its monthly meeting Tuesday. The low bid of $163,500 was awarded to Sain Construction of Manchester. That business is also known as Landers Construction, said John Davis, an architect who consults with the school system...

Bedford County Jail, which is rated to hold 108 inmates, housed 154 at one point last week, but the state is in the process of taking 30 felons away in hopes of relieving the overcrowding. The jail issue was discussed during Tuesday night's meetings of Bedford County Board of Commissioners' standing committees, including the law enforcement committee and the courthouse and property committee...

No charges were filed, but a man from Georgia attempting to repossess a vehicle at an Enden Avenue home was told to leave by police Tuesday afternoon. The repo man allegedly entered the home wearing "a duty belt equipped with a baton, an automatic handgun and an extra dual magazine pouch with two extra magazines inside" and refused to leave the property, police were told...

A Petersburg woman suffered what investigators think was a medical issue, causing her to lose control of her vehicle and strike a Shelbyville public works truck before coming to rest inside First Baptist Church's cemetery Thursday. According to authorities, Teresa Butler rolled through the stop light at Depot Street and Highway 82, crossing into the opposite lane and hitting the truck, slightly injuring Ben Doak of the public works department. Her vehicle then took down a chain fence around the cemetery before coming to a stop. Butler was transported to Heritage Medical Center. (T-G Photo by Brian Mosely)

Shelbyville Central's bid to defend its District 8-AAA championship comes down to the final two games of the regular season and that starts tonight when the Golden Eagles travel to face the much improved Coffee County Red Raiders. The Eagles (6-2, 4-0 8-AAA) sit atop the district standings as the only unbeaten team...

After a tough loss at Huntland on Monday night, the Cascade Middle Lady Champions got a big, 44-21 bounce back win over Eagleville on Thursday night. Cascade wasted little time establishing control of the scoreboard, racing out to a 16-6 lead after one quarter of play...

The Cascade Middle Champions trailed by seven points after the first half against Eagleville, but rallied and eventually took a 32-30 lead late in the fourth quarter. Despite that rally, Eagleville outscored Cascade 18-13 in the fourth quarter to pull away for the 44-37 win...