Stories from Thursday, January 28, 2016

MTSU has set a Feb. 12 deadline for applying to escape the winter chill of the United States for the warm, inviting waters off Honduras in Central America. Ray Wiley, associate director of campus recreation, will lead a group to Utila, Honduras, during the university's spring break March 5-12...

Motlow State Community College will welcome students, alumni, friends and supporters to the Moore County campus on Saturday, Feb. 6, for the annual homecoming celebration. The Student Government Association sponsors the event, which commences at 1 p.m. in Nisbett Center. Homecoming activities are centered on the men's and women's basketball teams hosting Roane State Community College. The men's game begins at 2 p.m. and the women's game follows at 4 p.m...

The Fly Arts Center on South Main Street will host the second annual "Trivia On The Fly" fundraiser Saturday at 7 p.m. Three-person teams will compete in a contest which includes not only general knowledge but local history questions as well. Doors open at 6 p.m., and spectator tickets are $10. ...

A witness followed an alleged shoplifter from Walmart to Bedford Manor Apartments, Barksdale Lane, where Shelbyville police arrested her Tuesday afternoon. Esther Miriam Arroyo, 30, is accused of stealing an AC adapter, portable charger, printer ink, a mini display port and one DVD, police said...

Time seemed to stand still 30 years ago today. The unthinkable had happened -- the space shuttle had blown up. Seven astronauts died 73 seconds after the shuttle Challenger had launched. NASA designates this day as the annual Day of Remembrance and honors the crews of Challenger, Columbia and Apollo 1...

Bedford County's sales tax numbers are still ahead of where they were last year, although property tax numbers have all but evened out with last year, according to financial reports discussed Tuesday night by Bedford County Financial Management Committee...

Bedford County Mayor Eugene Ray, speaking Wednesday morning to the Shelbyville Rotary Club, discussed the county's jail, school and highway needs, and said the proposed wheel tax -- which goes before voters on March 1 -- is the only way to spread the burden of paying for those projects among a wider swath of the population...

Tina Cawthon Smith, 56, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Murfreesboro Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Gilley Hill Cemetery in Woodbury. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Saturday.

Theresa Lynn Adkins Cox, 59, of Wartrace died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016 at Nashville Veterans Hospital. Memorial services, with military honors, will be held at 2 p.m.Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.