Stories from Thursday, July 19, 2018

Middle Tennessee Spay & Neuter Clinic will hold a fundraiser 6-8 p.m. Friday at Bell Buckle Banquet Hall. Music will be provided by Valerie Smith, and there will be a silent auction and food from the Bell Buckle Café. MTSNC reduces pet overpopulation by providing high quality, low cost sterilization services to those in need and help end euthanasia in animal shelters. MTSNC has fixed over 20,000 animals since 2010...

A man carrying two children, marijuana and a handgun in his SUV allegedly offered to give away the weapon to police Tuesday night. Officers found Justin Michael Hosmer, 29, of Deery Street, his children, ages 4 and 9 months, three adults and a teenager outside an apartment building where he told officer Nathaniel Everhart he lives. Hosmer said he was doing laundry, Everhart's report said...

The Fly Arts Center will present "Murderous Crossing," by David Landau with music and lyrics by Nikki Stern, in a dinner theater format Friday and Saturday, with dinner at 6 p.m. and the performance at 7 p.m. The show is an interactive mystery, a parody of the style of Agatha Christie. The cast includes Chad Shaffer, Aaron Walls, Christina Bussey, David Brown, Meridith Miller, Jeanne Edwards, Alex Phillips, and Holly Evans. Director is Meridith Miller. For tickets, call 931-684-8359...

Bedford County Sheriff's Office purchased a new 2018 Dodge Charger in the waning days of the 2017-2018 budget year, according to discussion at Tuesday night's meeting of Bedford County Board of Commissioners' law enforcement and workhouse committee...

One of the items for review on the Bedford County School Board meeting agenda Tuesday night was the annual Civil Rights and Bullying Compliance Report for the previous school year. This seven-page form is not taken lightly by school systems, who receive state and federal funding. Bedford County Schools is one of the systems...

The Town of Wartrace has been awarded a $75,000 matching grant from Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation which, when combined with $75,000 in matching funds from the town, will enable a $150,000 renovation of the town's gymnasium. What is now known as the Fred Russell Gymnasium was once a part of Wartrace High School, which was combined with Bell Buckle High School in the 1970s to form Cascade High School...

Johnathon Savage, a student at The Webb School, placed first in the men’s intermediate advanced category at the Claude Mays Skeet Tournament on July 7 in Columbia. Teammate Miles Simons placed second, and Brooklyn Wheelon placed third in the women’s category. The three won second place shooting as a team...

David Lee Idso, 82, of Winchester, formerly of Shelbyville, died Thursday, July 19, 2018. Funeral services 11 a.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel, Rev. Allen Cross officiating. Burial in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation begins at 10 a.m.