Stories from Wednesday, November 5, 2014

The following businesses are holding holiday open houses this week or weekend: An all day open house and breast cancer silent auction will take place Nov. 6. For more information call Becky Young at 684-9998. Jennifer Thompson Jordan's holiday open house is Thursday Nov. 6. For more information call 684-9695...

Donna Christine Reid, 58, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Jason Daughdrill officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Thursday.

Ross Edward Cookson, 82, of Wartrace died at his home Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. Arrangements will be announced by Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Shawn Donald Jennings, 42, of Manchester died Monday, Nov. 3, 2014 at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Coffee County Funeral Chapel in Manchester with Peter Ferguson officiating. Inurnment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m-1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Shelbyville Mayor Wallace Cartwright held off challenges from two opponents to win re-election Tuesday night, as city voters also approved a wine-in-supermarkets referendum. In the Ward 4 city council race, incumbent James "Jamie" Williams was defeated by challenger William Christie...

Shelbyville's city council will take up a number of continuing issues when they meet Thursday evening. The council will receive their first quarterly review of the city's budget and financial report. In September, numbers from the state showed that August revenue had the lowest tally for that month in at least four years -- down 2.5 percent from August 2013...

NASHVILLE (AP) -- Tennessee is about to gain new clout in the U.S. Senate following national gains by Republicans in Tuesday's election. Republicans succeeded in picking up the six seats they needed to take over control of the Senate. That means Sen. Lamar Alexander, who resoundingly defeated Democrat Gordon Ball on Tuesday, is now poised to head the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, while Sen. Bob Corker is set to become chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee...

A thief ate half of a cake before leaving a Unionville-Deason Road home with four guns and a television converter box before leaving Monday. An Ithaca 12-gauge shotgun, Ruger M77 Mark II 25.06 rifle, Remington 870 12-gauge pump shotgun and CVA Wolf muzzleloader were taken from a gun cabinet, deputy Benjamin Burris said in his report...

Jennifer Dreis, Regional Coordinator for tnAchieves, conducted a one-hour class attended by 39 volunteer mentors who will help high school students remain eligible for Tennessee Promise scholarships. tnAchieves serves as the partnering organization to Tennessee Promise in 84 counties across the state...

(Editor's Note: The honor roll from Learning Way Elementary School was inadvertently left out of the Times-Gazette's Honor Roll section, which appeared in last Sunday's (Nov. 2) Life & Leisure section.)

First Community Mortgage donated $20,000 to Bob Parks' Christmas for the Children charity, funds which were obtained from its inaugural Tyler Morrissey Memorial Golf Tournament. Held on Oct. 14, 2014 at Indian Hills Golf Course, the event featured over 30 teams and 15 sponsors in attendance. All proceeds will be used to purchase holiday gifts for local Rutherford County children in need...

Some years back, before I ever had a smartphone, I had a Palm Pilot. Well, it actually was a Palm Zire, but at that particular moment in time the company's first model had become shorthand for any sort of personal digital assistant (PDA). I used it to keep my calendar and contacts, both functions that are now well-integrated into any smartphone, rendering PDAs obsolete...

Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) continued a commitment to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) support in 2014 by awarding a $1,000 Vocational Technology Scholarship to Tyler Cooper, a Shelbyville resident and son of ATA employee James Melton...

FAYETTEVILLE -- After escaping with a slim victory against the Cascade Middle Champions on Monday, the Community Vikings once again escaped with a slim victory on Tuesday night against the Fayetteville City Middle Tigers, 31-30. Community came out of the gates and posted a 9-5 advantage after the first frame...

FAYETTEVILLE -- It was a dominating effort for the Community Middle Viqueens on Tuesday night at Fayetteville City. Community saw a steady stream of offense explode into a 14-point fourth quarter in Tuesday's 35-8 drubbing of the Lady Tigers. Community's Anna Katherine Lemmons single-handedly outscored the entire Lady Tiger team, leading all scorers with 13 points...