Stories from Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Officers used a taser to stop a fleeing suspect Saturday night. A Bedford County deputy deployed the taser on Greg Maurice Marlin, 32, of Hawkins Drive as he ran from King Arthur Trailer Park toward J.G. Helton Drive shortly after 6 p.m. The entire night shift of the Shelbyville Police Department and the deputy had gone to the trailer park to serve four warrants on Marlin -- three from March 2013 for evading arrest by foot, evading arrest by motor vehicle and driving while being an habitual motor vehicle offender, and a violation of probation warrant from April 2013.. ...

Contestants are expected from as far away as Connecticut and Texas for Saturday's Tennessee State Chili Cook-Off Championship on the square Saturday, according to organizer Calvin Cannon, with some coming early to participate in a separate district cook-off held Friday night...

Shelbyville native William L. "Bill" Sanders, the statistician and researcher who developed Tennessee's system for evaluating teachers and schools, is the 2015 recipient of the James Bryant Conant Award, one of the nation's most prestigious education honors...

Shelbyville's council looked at the number of homeowners vs. renters last week. City manager Jay Johnson said information was relayed to him that other communities are doing more to encourage housing than Shelbyville, while a local landlord recently commented on the number of rental properties...

A Shelbyville man died early Sunday in a head-on crash on U.S. 41A South about a half-mile east of Mullins Mill bridge. Christopher D. Young, 44, was killed instantly, investigators said. Young was northbound toward Shelbyville about 1 a.m. when his Mazda Tribute SUV crossed into the southbound lane, striking a Toyota pickup truck driven by Zachary J. Harris, 21, of Manchester head-on, State Trooper Barry Qualls said...