Stories from Thursday, November 20, 2014

Speeding led to the arrest of an Ohio man on drug charges Monday, investigators said. Joshua Thomas Harris, 30, of Fairfield, Ohio was clocked at 76 mph in a 50 mph zone on U.S. 231 North by Deputy Garcia Jordan. A Coleman fuel container and brake fluid containers -- described as "precursors for meth" by Jordan -- were found and Shelbyville Police Department's drug dog Julie with Officer Jody Shelton were called to the scene...

Learning the social graces at the dinner table can be fun as well as enlightening. Middle Tennessee State University's student chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) will prove that to be true at an etiquette seminar and four-course meal from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Hazlewood Dining Room of the James Union Building...

Community Middle School's halls were decked out with everything from Santa to Baby New Year on Tuesday. Students were allowed to dress up in a wide range of holiday-spanning outfits as part of basketball homecoming week celebrations, said Marinda Grissom, Title I teacher/Student Council sponsor. The holidays included Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year, Cinco de Mayo, as well as a creative festivity, "Hawaiian Holiday," as modeled by football coach Aaron Reid...

"Unless something happens, we've got to build a jail .... We are mandated, without a doubt," said County Mayor Eugene Ray during discussion at Tuesday night's meeting of Bedford County Board of Commissioners' law enforcement and workhouse committee...

Another federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed by two inmates locked up in the county jail, citing overcrowding and a lack of medical attention. Inmates Jermaine Pillow and Christopher J. Harris Jr., are demanding a jury trial and a total of $920,000 in damages, making many of the same allegations detailed in litigation filed by Joseph Moody earlier this month...

Extension Agent John Teague of the University of Tennessee / Tennessee State University Extension in Shelbyville said on Wednesday morning he hadn't yet spoken to any Bedford County farmers about the possibility of growing industrial hemp -- which he said is somewhat surprising, because when switchgrass became hot as a biofuel crop, Teague said he got significant curiosity...

Volunteers gathered in the kitchen fellowship hall of First United Methodist Church on the square Wednesday night to slice turkey for the church's annual holiday luncheon and bazaar, which will be held 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Friday. Only a few tickets for the luncheon were available as of Wednesday night; call the church office, 684-2535, to ask about availability. Even without a luncheon ticket, however, there will be several rooms with bazaar merchandise for shoppers. Parking will be available at Big Springs Shopping Center with shuttles running to and from the church. (T-G Photo by John I. Carney)

Alma Olene Wilhoite Faulk, 89, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014 at Christian Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with Jonathan Boyce officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Herman Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

It's been more than a year, and the county still hasn't received the maps it's requested from the Insurance Services Office showing exactly which properties fall under new fire protection ratings. In 2013, the county learned that it had gotten a more favorable rating for fire protection from ISO, which is not a government agency but rather a private organization funded by the insurance industry...

Greeter Falls, in the Savage Gulf State Natural Area near Altomont, TN. A beautiful waterfall that is only about a mile from the trail head.

The stairs that allow access to the area below Lower Greeter Falls.

William Marion Dixon, 88, of Shelbyville died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 at Glen Oaks Convalescent Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Jack Carney officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Saturday.