Stories from Friday, August 7, 2015

Trustees from across Middle Tennessee discussed the difficulties of collecting personal property tax from businesses, and saw a demonstration by a Tennessee walking horse, during a meeting Thursday on the Celebration grounds. Bedford County Trustee Tonya Davis is president of the Middle Tennessee Trustees Association. She hosted the group in Shelbyville for one of its quarterly meetings...

Victor R. Frazier Jr., 25, of Shelbyville died Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9 at Scott United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Cooper Green Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Saturday at Scales & Sons Funeral Home in Murfreesboro and beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday at the church.

Excavation work will soon be underway after the city received confirmation that the new steel segments to replace a failed underground flume will arrive Aug. 24. Digging on the second section that collapsed in late May will begin on Aug. 17, said Shelbyville public works director Mark Clanton...

Serving the public in a job he loves makes the hard work worthwhile for Detective Sgt. Scott Jones of the Bedford County Sheriff's Office. That's one reason he's looking forward to one of the biggest honors in his almost 20 years in law enforcement -- attending the TBI Academy...

The first energy efficiency report on Shelbyville Recreation Center from AMERESCO saw some pluses and minuses, only saving $815 during the first year. AMERESCO performed repairs and energy efficiency upgrades on the center and other city buildings last year at a cost of $1,689,475. This comes with an energy saving guarantee of 15 years...

Shelbyville firefighters enter a small room to help a woman who fell through a floor at the Center for Family Development on the Shelbyville square Thursday afternoon. She slipped through an access cut for the building's plumbing and found herself hanging down into a 7-foot-deep hole, the fire department said. ...

A man threw a fit in Walmart because the store no longer sells "rebel flags," Shelbyville police were told Wednesday night. Security personnel told police the man was "cursing and complaining" and struck a display filled with "American flag Mason jar style cups," knocking four to the floor and causing $35.52 in damage...

In just a few months, a fledgling Goodwill service that picks up gently used furniture and other items from donors' homes has expanded from a single subdivision into 16 Middle and West Tennessee counties, including Bedford County. The Home Pickup Program, which began a year ago as a small test service in Nashville's Forest Hills area, is growing rapidly, donation specialist Jamie Goss said. ...

The Friends & Family FCE Club met on May 13. President Bonnie Hill called the meeting to order and read the seasonal eating tip. Donnetta Hurt was the reporter. Devetta Totty read the call to order titled "Your Mama Was Right When She Said." The devotion "Out With The Old" was read by Debbie Parker. ...

There's a new sport at Shelbyville Central with the addition of girls volleyball this fall. Shelbyville Central is the last school in District 8-AAA to have a volleyball team. The season begins in mid-August with the district tournament scheduled to begin on October 5...

MURFREESBORO -- The Community Middle Vikings scored early and often as they opened their football season with a convincing 46-14 victory over the MTCS Cougars Thursday night. C. J. Rivera scored a first quarter touchdown as the Vikings took an 8-0 lead...

NASHVILLE -- In middle school, Hakeem Nicks got to wear the No. 9 of Steve McNair while playing quarterback for the Titans. Now 27, the veteran wide receiver is trying to earn a job with the same team in the NFL. The Titans signed Nicks to a one-year deal in April, bringing the former first-round draft pick to his third different team in as many seasons. The competition to start opposite wide receiver Kendall Wright is pretty open, giving Nicks a chance to revive his career...

NASHVILLE -- Tennessee Titans tight end Delanie Walker says he'll be just fine after a collision with safety Da'Norris Searcy left him needing 12 stitches to close a cut in his left thumb. Walker also was preparing to be checked Thursday by a hand specialist to be sure...