Stories from Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Dwain Patrick Shears, Sr., 71, of Unionville died Monday, Dec. 15, 2014 at his residence. Graveside services will be announced at a later date. Gallant-Riverview Funeral Home of Fayetteville is handling arrangements.

Years after his retirement, Times-Gazette sports editor and police beat writer Glenn "Bo" Melson still cast a long shadow, which is why his death on Nov. 15 is one of the next two items on our annual countdown of the year's top stories. First, though, is the ascendance of an unlikely television star...

A Shelbyville woman died Monday as the result of a multi-vehicle crash on U.S. 41A South early Saturday night. Linda Ruth Talley, 66, died at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, where she and her husband Richard Talley were taken after the crash...

The Shelbyville city council could be making a lot of decisions in 2015 on topics discussed over the prior 365 days. City manager Jay Johnson said 2014 could almost be divided into two halves -- before and after the $3 million lawsuit settlement with Wright Paving...

Shelbyville city departments have listed their goals to achieve in 2015. Police chief Jan Phillips wants to enhance information disseminated through monthly command staff meetings, quarterly meetings with the county's sheriff department, and also electronically...

Matte-Belle Wilson reaches for some popcorn at the concession stand at the Capri Theater. She was part of a home-school group seeing a movie Monday morning. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

The Tennessee Highway Patrol will conduct two checkpoints in early January. A safety belt checkpoint will be held on State Route 437 (the Shelbyville bypass) at the 1.8-mile marker at 7 p.m. during the week of Jan. 13. A driver's license checkpoint is scheduled for the week of Jan. 16 at 11 p.m. on U.S. 41A just north of the 14-mile marker...

EAGLEVILLE -- Sophomore Hayden Edmondson had been waiting for a breakthrough performance all season. He finally delivered on Monday night in the Eagleville Christmas Classic with a 21-point effort to lead Cascade past LEAD Academy in a 75-51 rout. Though he couldn't miss late, Edmondson was held in check in the first half and only accounted for four points in the first two quarters...

FAYETTEVILLE -- The Shelbyville Central Golden Eaglettes fell short, 59-39, to Oakland in the Lincoln County Christmas Classic on Monday afternoon. The Eaglettes (9-6) committed 20 turnovers and were out rebounded 36-21 by the Lady Patriots. "Oakland is a very good basketball team that was ranked as high as second in the nation earlier in the season. I thought we battled and played hard. We just made too many turnovers and they really hurt us bad on the boards," Central coach Kevin Thomas said...

A taser was used on a suspect as he was being taken unto custody early Friday, police said. Eric Livingston Brooks, 24, allegedly refused to stop for State Trooper Barry Qualls, eventually turning into an apartment complex on Belmont Avenue and running from his vehicle into a nearby wooded area...

EAGLEVILLE -- A devastating second quarter was too much for the Cascade Lady Champions to overcome against Forrest on Monday in the Eagleville Christmas Classic. The Lady Rockets torched Cascade for 30 points, while allowing just three to the Lady Champions...

The weekend of Dec. 12 was the focus of what has become a Christmas tradition in Bedford County. With assistance from First Presbyterian Church, Edgemont Baptist Church, Shelbyville Lions Club, Shelbyville Lumber Company, Jostens, Community Outreach Partnership, Select Trailer Company and Bedford County FFA, 130 food packages were prepared for distribution to children in Bedford County...