Stories from Thursday, April 7, 2016

Jonothan Chase Hamilton, 19, of North Carolina died suddenly Sunday, April 3, 2016 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10 at First Baptist Church-Depot Street. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. at the church. Viewing will be from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at Terrell Broady Funeral Home in Nashville.

William M. "Bill" Butler Jr., 94, of Shelbyville died Thursday, April 7, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Lanita Monroe officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery in Franklin. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

Bedford County Mayor Eugene Ray said the meeting Tuesday night between county officials and the architectural firm for a new jail was productive. "I was pretty impressed with him," said Ray of James Suzuki Langford, president and founder of Spirit Architecture Group LLC, the Collierville-based architectural firm that the county finance department has selected for the project. There's no official contract yet; the county and the architect are still discussing the scope of the project...

The flag flies over Bedford County Courthouse on a clear but windy spring day from a slightly different perspective -- looking nearly straight up from underneath. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

Shelbyville City Council members were not receptive during a Tuesday workshop meeting to a request by the 911 dispatch service for funding and a contract. The city and Bedford County 911 Emergency Communications District have been communicating for at least three years on a proposed interlocal agreement...

Tennessee Miniature Horse Volunteers club will hold its Tennessee Miniature Horse Celebration Friday though Sunday in Calsonic Arena on the Celebration Grounds, celebrating miniature horse breeds. Tennessee Miniature Horse Celebration is actually made up of two different shows -- on Friday and Saturday, there will be a show sanctioned by the American Shetland Pony Club and the American Miniature Horse Registry (shetlandminiature.com)...

Jayce Cagle

As fire crews contain hundreds of acres of wildfire that are currently burning in Tennessee, the State Fire Marshal's Office wants to remind the public to be aware of outdoor-burning safety precautions. "Negligent outdoor burning can lead to death, injury, property loss and environmental damage," said State Fire Marshal and Commerce & Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak. "Care must be taken to ensure that burnings are conducted safely."...

A retired U.S. Marine who turned his military career into critically acclaimed literature will share his experiences at MTSU. Michael Pitre, a veteran of two tours of duty in Iraq and author of "Fives and Twenty-Fives," will speak at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in Room 106 of the Paul W. Martin Sr. Honors College Building. A printable campus parking map is available at tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap...

The annual Shelbyville Postcard & Paper Memorabilia Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Fly Arts Center. The show includes exhibits and sales of historic collectable paper items. Concessions will be available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, call 931-684-8693...

A man wanted for escape in Georgia was arrested Tuesday night at a Glosson Circle home. Investigators and deputies from the Bedford County Sheriff's Office, with assistance from the U.S. Marshal's Service, arrested Jerome Christopher Miller, 24, of Atlanta, who they say was wanted by the Georgia Department of Corrections...