Stories from Friday, January 12, 2018

Mary Alice Bledsoe, 90, of Shelbyville died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. Funeral services 11 a.m. Monday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel, Kenneth Smith officiating. Burial in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday.

Mary Catherine Troxell, 64, of Wartrace died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. Memorial services 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Rev. Jack Carney officiating. Visitation begins at noon.

The first week of early voting for the special election in the 14th District State Senate race has been "slow," according to Bedford County election administrator Summer Leverette. Early voting started Jan. 5 for the Jan. 25 party primaries leading to the March 13 special election. As of about 12:45 Thursday, 333 people had voted in all -- 279 in the Republican primary and 54 in the uncontested Democratic primary...

HUNTLAND — After struggling to begin the District 8-A schedule in the start of the new year, the Cascade Champions picked up their first league win on Thursday night at Huntland, defeating the Hornets 69-55. Junior big man Landon Parker dominated for Cascade in the paint, leading all scorers with 23 points...

HUNTLAND — The Cascade Lady Champions fought host Huntland closely through three quarters on Thursday night. But a close battle through three got away from the Lady Champions in the end in a 47-41 loss to the Lady Hornets. Cascade kept the game close, fighting its way to the free throw line and proved to be rather efficient, making 12 of 16 tries in the game...

Five Tennessee district attorneys — including Bedford County’s — have sued a group of opioid producers and others, alleging a “fraudulent campaign” to flood their communities with addictive pills.

A proposed ordinance to rezone the former Kroger property on Madison Street for a warehouse is being delayed. Shelbyville City Council voted 6-0 Thursday night to send the proposal back to the planning commission, which has recommended approval because the land use plan for the location was created when the Kroger store was still operating...

Mary Tim Cook gets her first tankful of Shell gasoline after winning the “Big Event” contest sponsored by the Times-Gazette and Southern Energy/Serv & Go Markets. Cook is a 3rd grade teacher at Southside Elementary School. Cook’s prize was $500 in gas cards. (T-G Photo by Terence Corrigan)

Three new totally online courses at MTSU will allow career-minded students a chance to improve their employability. The one-credit-hour courses were created by Virginia Hemby, a professor of business education, and are being offered for the first time in the spring 2018 semester. Hemby said these courses are appropriate both for traditional students and older adults who might be re-entering the workforce after a number of years...

Police called to check an address from where a "misdialed" 911 call originated found a woman suffering from a possible drug overdose. Amber Rogers is being charged with possession of a schedule II drug and paraphernalia, Shelbyville police said. Rogers was obviously "under the influence and in distress" when she answered the door, according to officer Nick Jordan's report. She was taken to Tennova Healthcare-Shelbyville...

Whosoever Will Let Him come Pentecostal Church, 219 E. Cedar St., will hold a convocation Monday at 7 p.m. in honor of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday. The Rev. Dr. Breonus Mitchell of Mt. Gilead Missionary Baptist Church of Nashville will speak. The Areawide Choir will render musical selections under the direction of Michelle Rankins-Brown and Fred Crismon. (Submitted photo)

Bedford County Mayor Eugene Ray has joined 71 other county mayors from across the state in supporting the relocation of President James K. Polk's remains from the State Capitol grounds in Nashville, where they are currently buried, to the Polk home in Columbia...

Jon Osterhaus II, son of the Rev. Jonathan and Emily Osterhaus, graduated from Marine boot camp in Parris Island, South Carolina, on Dec. 15. 2017. He is currently at Camp Geiger for more training and will then travel to Twentynine Palms California for training in communication. (Submitted photo)