Stories from Tuesday, December 1, 2015

William Arthur Heath, 91, of Halls Mill died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Paul Shearin officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Lebanon Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday.

James Wilson, 85, of Lewisburg died Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Haley Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon.

Mae Bartlett, 91, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 at Christian Care Center. A graveside service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at Willow Mount Cemetery with her nephew Michael Hix officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Steady rain over the weekend has caused yet another failure of Shelbyville's underground flume system. According to a preliminary inspection, it appears the new 36-inch storm water pipe that runs adjacent to the flume tube failed -- with this release allowing water to get into the open trench and then underneath the new flume tube, according to city manager Jay Johnson...

More than $25,000 worth of computers and software and a store's cash register have been stolen in a sudden wave of burglaries centered around eastern Shelbyville and northeastern Bedford County. At least five businesses in Shelbyville were entered over the weekend -- one twice -- police said Monday. Security videos at two locations show two men involved...

First there was Black Friday, then Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, and now there is Giving Tuesday. As it seems that the number of designated holiday shopping days with a theme continues to proliferate, one day is gaining traction with the idea of giving to others...

Nicky Brannon checks to make sure all of the bulbs are working after attaching a Christmas decoration to a utility pole on the south side of the Shelbyville square Monday. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

Saturday is the day for the 42nd annual Shelbyville Christmas Parade, sponsored by Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce and the Shelbyville Jaycees. The theme is "A Storybook Christmas." Country rap artist and reality television star Big Smo will be the grand marshal. Start time is 4 p.m. Saturday, with a rain date of 2 p.m. Sunday...

UNIONVILLE -- Allison Martin wasn't pleased with her team's number of turnovers on Monday night, but she'll take a win over a 3A school any day of the week. Though her Viqueens struggled with turnovers at times, Community (4-0) was able to overpower visiting Lincoln County (1-1) in the second half on Monday night for a 63-59 non-district win...

UNIONVILLE -- The Community Vikings are getting better, little by little. Even though Monday night's non-district game against 3A foe Lincoln County ended in a 58-56 loss, Viking coach Robbie Davis was pleased with the improved effort from his team...

It was total domination as the Harris Middle School Golden Eagles cruised to a 54-23 victory over visiting Tullahoma West in a Central Tennessee Conference contest on Monday night. The Eagles jumped out to a 16-0 lead and led 18-4 at the end of the first quarter, 27-13 at the intermission and was in control 42-17 after three periods...

Harris Middle School's Golden Eaglettes claimed a 34-31 victory over visiting Tullahoma East in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Monday evening. The Eaglettes trailed 13-9 at the close of the first quarter and was behind 18-16 at halftime. The third quarter proved to be the difference for Harris as the Eaglettes outscored their opponent 10-2 to take a 26-20 advantage into the final period...

FAYETTEVILLE -- It was total domination for the Liberty Lady Patriots on Monday night at Fayetteville. The Lady Patriots held Fayetteville City scoreless in the second and third quarters and cruised to a 31-13 DRVC win. Early on, it was all about Liberty's ability to get to the line...

CHATTANOOGA -- The Shelbyville Central wrestling team picked up a convincing 51-24 dual-match win on Saturday at East Ridge. Coach Jacky Blosser credited the win to the newcomers on the team stepping up and contributing to the team score. "The kids looked sharp and wrestled hard. We had the chance to grow a lot and we are consistently getting better every match. Our young freshmen are really coming along faster than I thought," he said...

A woman who allegedly threatened a convenience store customer with a handgun Sunday afternoon has been charged with aggravated assault. Several witnesses claim Felicia Denise Wyatt, 37, of Fairoak Street pointed a handgun at a woman in the parking lot of Depot Street Market after an incident about 20 minutes earlier...

The Butler's Creek FCE Club met Nov. 16 at the University of Tennessee Extension office. Hostesses for the meeting were Debbie Crosslin, Brenda Gregory, and Kay Harrell. White bean, sausage, and turnip green stew, cheeseburger soup, cornbread, cheese bread, crackers, carrot cake, tea and coffee were served. ...

Shelbyville Police Chief Jan Phillips caught a wild pass from Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota on Sunday and was seen on CBS network TV coverage. "He threw it right into my hands," Phillips said. The Titans lost 24-21 to Oakland. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

One of the prettiest owl varieties. Taken in Canada.

Taken at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy near Simcoe, ON.

I was in the NYC area and visited Liberty State Park in NJ. Wonderful place to see lower Manhattan.