Stories from Wednesday, May 13, 2015

The next version of Windows, due out this summer, will be called Windows 10. The name is a little confusing, because it skips right over the number 9. The most recent version of Windows has been 8.1. According to Microsoft -- and subject, of course, to current or future executives changing their minds somewhere down the road -- we won't have to worry about what the next version of Windows is called...

Look for more details in Thursday's Times-Gazette.

Daniel Jerry Haggerty, 13, of Shelbyville died Monday, May 11, 2015 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Ed Boggess officiating. The family has chosen cremation. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m.

Mrs. Mary June Hickerson Hall, 92, of Wartrace died Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at Life Care Center of Tullahoma. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Shofner's Chapel with Marty Nutter officiating. Burial will follow at Shofner Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted 15-3 Tuesday night to send a wheel tax proposal through its committee process for further study. A period of sometimes-passionate discussion showed differences of opinion about the chicken-and-egg decision of whether to approve a wheel tax in principle, working out the details later, or whether to work out the details completely before making a decision...

MaryBeth Dennis had never won anything before this weekend -- not even a door prize. Now, she is the winner of this year's Mommy & Me contest. Dennis said she did not know she had won until her cousin, who works at a store, saw a copy of the Times-Gazette and sent her a cellphone photo of the front page...

The Times-Gazette is gearing up for its fourth edition of Salute magazine. Salute is published each spring for the Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce and has become the organization's premier promotional publication. "We continue to strive to 'one-up' the previous edition," said Sadie Fowler, editor. ...

The Shelbyville Historic Zoning Commission received a $1,000 historic preservation fund grant, the state announced this week. It was one of 36 grants awarded to community and civic organizations for projects that support the preservation of historic and archaeological resources...

Gasoline was stolen from a van owned by Living Stones Church, Nashville Dirt Road, between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning, police said. Two rear doors to the church were damaged in an unsuccessful attempt to force them, officer Tory Moore's report said, and evidence showed someone had hurriedly left the scene...

Margaret Pilkington Little was born August 1, 1931 in Shelbyville to Claude and Lula Pilkington; both are deceased. Little had two sisters and three brothers; they are also deceased. She grew up in Shelbyville through the Depression years when times were very hard for a family to survive. Margaret attended grammar school at East Side School, junior high at Madison Street School and Central High School on Elm Street...

Martha Harris celebrated her retirement last Thursday after a 41-year career with US Bank. According to Amy Frantii, US Bank communications, Harris has been active in her community during her years with the bank and is looking forward to spending more time with her family following retirement. ...

evening. The Patriots did most of the damage in the top of the first inning scoring four runs off six hits and a walk. Liberty (16-3) added a run in the second for the 5-0 lead. Cornersville scored four runs off four walks in the third frame to cut the advantage to 5-4...