Stories from Friday, September 4, 2015

United States Department of Agriculture inspectors allowed a glimpse of access Thursday night of how they check horses at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. Dr. Chester A. Gipson, Deputy Administrator, Animal Care Program for the agency, discussed the inspection process and addressed several topics of concern raised by the horse industry...

An amendment is due to be made to the city alarm ordinance that may require county schools to pay a fine after three false calls. Last year, Shelbyville's council passed a rule dealing with false alarms after one sounded for three days at a local shopping center...

Gov. Bill Haslam has been traveling across the state to discuss infrastructure needs, and now State Sen. Jim Tracy of Shelbyville, who heads the Senate Transportation and Safety Committee, is scheduling his own series of meetings across the state to discuss the issue...

Failing to appear for a scheduled jail term resulted in a 12-year sentence for a man facing Bedford County courts, according to a court of appeals ruling. Billy Jeremy Jones had entered an open plea of failure to appear -- showing up five days later than he was ordered...

CASA Works Inc. is looking for volunteers with a heart for children and a passion for service to advocate for abused and neglected children in juvenile court. With a flexible schedule, volunteers dedicate 10-15 hours per month to the children to whom they are appointed. Volunteers come from all walks of life; all educational and professional backgrounds are welcome...

Jonathan Miller, David Neese, Cory Biles and Keith Beck of the Celebration maintenance crew stack garbage cans in storage after emptying them early Wednesday morning at the Celebration. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

Amanda Leann Stem of Shelbyville died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Mike Hannah officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m.

Some Tennessee walking horse owners can never get the love of the equine out of their blood. Dr. Leslie Perry Collins is one of those people. Collins first rode a Tennessee walking horse at age 10 when her parents bought an $800 mare. The family knew nothing about horses and did not know that was not a good matchup for a young rider, she said. They wanted to quiet her repeated "I want a horse" requests...

With a pair of win to start off the season, Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles hit the road for their first Region 5 5A matchup tonight at Summit in Spring Hill. The Eagles (2-0) have posted wins of Lawrence County and Giles County while Summit (1-1), lost to Spring Hill in the season opener then claimed its' first home win in school history against Clarksville Northwest last week...

UNIONVILLE -- The Community Vikings did not have an answer for the one-two punch of Kion Johnson and Mason Wright as the duo led the Liberty Patriots to a 42-8 victory in an intra-county middle school game Thursday night. Johnson scored four touchdowns while Wright passed for four touchdowns and ran for one to lead the Patriots...

The Webb School revived its volleyball program and for the first time in 10 years, played in its first TSSAA sanctioned match. In the debut, Davidson Academy spoiled the rebirth of the program with a 3-0 victory over the Lady Feet. The program began its revival a year ago and played on a non-sanctioned club schedule...

Webb's Eli Freeman just can't be stopped. Freeman earned another match medal honor to his impressive 2015 resume and carded his personal best round of 34. The score also marks Webb's lowest round carded in 10 years. As a team, Freeman led Webb to another collective win, defeating Eagleville 179-201...

A wallet containing $155 was taken from a vehicle at the Kangaroo convenience store on South Cannon Boulevard shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday, police said. The victim said he noticed a older white man bending down near his vehicle, then leaving in a newer model silver Nissan Frontier pickup...

Frank Latimer Robinson, 70, of Shelbyville, died Thursday, September 3, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Peter Whalen officiating and the Rev. Lindsey Wade assisting. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer and beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.