Stories from Thursday, July 23, 2015

CLARIFICATION: Businesses in the sidewalk construction area of Depot Street are open for business. A photo caption stating the sidewalks were closed was based on barriers and "sidewalk closed" signs visible. Pathways are available for access. Depot Street is temporarily closed to vehicle traffic during the day while new sidewalks are being constructed. But this horse looks like it's ready to roll. In reality, though, the horse -- and any riders -- won't be negotiating the maze of signs. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

Cathy Carter Collins, 62, of Shelbyville died Thursday, July 23, 2015. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Merle Mead officiating. Visitation will begin at noon at Hillcrest Funeral Home.

It often looks like nothing is going on at the site of Shelbyville's collapsed underground flume on Lane Parkway. But in the next few weeks, work should begin in earnest to replace it -- and learn what happened. The property tax rate was raised to $1.81 per $100 of assessed value from the previous rate of $1.65 during the last city council meeting...

Ten years of hope and hard work are paying off with acceptance to the FBI National Academy for one of Bedford County's law enforcement leaders. Chief Deputy Jason Williams of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department will be attending for 11 weeks late this year....

Only two Bedford County offices -- property assessor and road superintendent -- will be on the ballot for the March 1, 2016, local primary elections. Candidates for the two offices can pick up petitions from the county election office starting Sept. 11. Petitions must be turned in by Dec. 10...

Police are searching for a driver they say ran away after a short vehicle pursuit Tuesday night. The suspect, identified by police as Darius "Down Low" Lewis, was last seen running away from an apartment complex on Dunnaway Street. Officers were looking for Joey "Jeep" Scribner of Columbia. Authorities there said Scribner, wanted for attempted murder and aggravated robbery, might be with Lewis, who drives a white Oldsmobile Alero and lives on Jarrell Street...

Bedford County Fair will begin Monday and continue through through Saturday, Aug. 1, at Bedford County Agriculture and Education Center, 2119 Midland Road. Start times are Monday-Friday at 4 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. The carnival midway opens on Tuesday and continues the rest of the week. For more information, go to bedfordcountytnfair.org; call Judy Gambill at 684-0239; or call the Fair office at 684-0760 during the event...

When the horrid shooting of five service members went down last week in Chattanooga, I decided to wait before writing anything about it -- to try to gather facts about motives, how it happened, etc. Well, we soon learned the fellow's name, all about his family and past, and what those last messages he sent out and posted online stated before he committing the murders...

Two years ago, Cascade High School was given a notice the school would be moving up in classification from 2A football to 3A--and perhaps the most brutal district in the state, featuring perennial powers CPA, Giles County and Marshall County. In 2015, the Champions will get to see some familiar competition...

Jackie Dugan Taylor, 91, of Winchester, a native of Shelbyville, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Tullahoma. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon Friday at the church. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Claude Hollis Frazier, 85, of Manchester died Sunday, July 12, 2015 at the Medical Center of Manchester. A celebration of life memorial service for Mr. Frazier and his wife, Juanita Anderson Frazier, who died in 2012, will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at Central Funeral Home in Manchester.