Stories from Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Margaret Elaine Grigsby Oden Corbin, 71, of Oneonta, Alabama, died Monday, September 19, 2016 in a Birmingham hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church with Sam Johnson and David Harper officiating. Burial will follow at the Centre Methodist Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:30-8 p.m. Wednesday at Lemley Funeral Home in Oneonta. She will lie in state from 1-2 p.m. Thursday at the church.

Jerry Wayne Jacks, 55, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Winchester with the Rev. Larry Bradford officiating. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday. In lieu of flowers, donations may be given to the funeral home to help with funeral expenses.

Johnny Deason, 88, of Shelbyville died Tuesday evening, Sept. 20, 2016 at Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Edgemont Baptist Church with Bobby McGee officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the church. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

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The discussion of where to put a jail and justice center continued Tuesday night at an unconvened meeting of Bedford County Board of Commissioners' courthouse and county property committee. Only two of the committee's five members could be present Tuesday night, so there was no quorum and the committee could not officially do business. ...

Traffic is jamming up the entrances at all three Cascade schools, officials say. School Superintendent Don Embry said during Tuesday's school board meeting that he has spoken with all three principals and the Sheriff's Department on the issue. More students this year appear to be car riders than bus riders. The elementary school has added an additional pick up lane...

ATLANTA (AP) -- Gasoline should begin flowing again Wednesday -- through a temporary bypass on a critical pipeline -- after a major leak in Alabama forced a shutdown that led to surging fuel prices and scattered gas shortages across the South, a company official said Tuesday...

United Way of Bedford County is still seeking workplace volunteers from various companies to participate in its annual Day of Caring on Thursday, Sept. 29. Teams of volunteers will assist United Way of Bedford County partner agencies -- health and human service agencies serving Bedford County which receive some of their funding from United Way -- between 8:30 and 11:30 that morning with projects like cleaning, window washing, painting, lawn and garden, sorting, office organization, assembling packets, building wheelchair ramps and so on, according to United Way executive director Pam Fisher.. ...

Lizzie M. Peoples has announced her candidacy for a 3rd Ward seat on Shelbyville City Council in the Nov. 8 general election. Peoples, a 51-year resident of Shelbyville, is a graduate of Marshall County High School and the State/Area Vocational-Technical Center (now known as Tennessee College of Applied Technology--Shelbyville). ...

Two Bedford County Jail inmates allegedly vandalized an electrical outlet box in the women's holding cell at Bedford County Courthouse Monday morning. Amy Williams was seen walking away leaving the box dangling from a wall while Esther Miriam Arroyo pulled on the box approximately an hour later, according to the Bedford County Sheriff's Office. Arroyo was handcuffed to a bench to get her away from the box and allegedly complained, "Just for trying to look through a hole in the wall?"...

I bought a five-year-old car from my brother over the weekend, which means (among many other things) that I have a working radio in my car for the first time in a while, including the first satellite radio I've ever owned. Yes, I'm the tech columnist, but in this regard I'm just catching up to the rest of you...

It was a tale of two halves as Shelbyville Central and visiting Tullahoma played to a 2-2 tie in a District 8-AAA soccer match on Tuesday evening. The Eaglettes were in full control at halftime scoring a pair of goals, the first by sophomore Taylor Sanders at the 26:01 mark followed by a shot off the foot of Oryvette Grandarilla 16 minutes later...

After a lop-sided first half, the Cascade Lady Champions rallied furiously in the second half and had a handful of chances to knot the score against Spring Hill, but couldn't overcome the stellar play of Lady Raider Arrielle Lemieux and fell 5-3. Lemieux proved to be the offensive force, scoring all five of Spring Hill's goals, four of which came in the first half...

UNIONVILLE -- It took a few minutes for the Community Viqueens to get their first goal, but after that the goals were aplenty as the Viqueens shut out the Fayetteville City Lady Tigers 7-0 in a district soccer match Tuesday night. Falicia Fletcher led the way with a hat trick as the Viqueens (7-2-1, 4-0 9A-AA) sewed up an unbeaten record in District 9A-AA South and a number one seed in the district tournament in October...

On Monday afternoon, the Webb School hosted the Division II-A Middle/East Region golf tournament at River Bend Country Club. In the boys' division, FRA took the team win with a 306, followed by Webb of Knoxville and Battle Ground Academy with a 323 and 338, respectively...

Harris Middle School's Golden Eagles cruised to a 44-0 victory over host Franklin County North in a Central Tennessee Conference matchup on Tuesday evening. The Eagles led 16-0 at the end of the first quarter as Demarcus Smalls and Mallik Lottie each found the end zone with Lottie and Thrysten Garrett each converting the two-point conversions...