Stories from Tuesday, July 9, 2019

H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89. Perot had Shelbyville connections; he and his family were very active in the Tennessee Walking Horse industry in the 1960s and 70s. T-G contributor and former editor Mark McGee said that Ross Perot Jr. and his sister won several titles. The family's horses were trained by C.A. Bobo...

An armed passerby helped a Shelbyville police officer capture a fleeing suspect Monday, Officer Darrell Birdsong was running after Russell Donald Hallenbeck, 37, of Carter Street, who had been stopped on Ligon Drive after being seen driving on Madison Street holding a cellphone to his ear, a violation of Tennessee’s new distracted driving law. Hallenbeck allegedly fled after Birdsong discovered his license was revoked...