Stories from Monday, July 29, 2019

Bill Faulkenberry Sr., 86, of Shelbyville, formerly of Chapel Hill, died Saturday, July 27, 2019 at his residence. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with Bro. Eddie Reed officiating. Interment will follow in Coleman Cemetery in the Wheel community. Visitation with the family will be 4-8 p.m, Tuesday.

Dorothy M. Jones, 73, of Shelbyville, died Friday, July 26, 2019, at her home. An informal gathering of family and friends will be held 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Jerry Giles, 87, of the Moon Bend community died Sunday, July 28, 2019 at his home after an extended illness. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with Rev. Mike Giles officiating. Burial, with military honors, will be in Simpson Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday.

Terry Crook and wife, Kathy (not pictured) travel all the way from McKenzie, Alabama to display their fudge recipe at the Bedford County Fair. He says the fudge currently ranks third in the Sweetest Bakery in America competition. He’s obviously looking for more votes for first place for Sweet Barn Fudge. The Crooks have developed every fudge flavor imaginable from pina colada to butter pecan. (T-G Photo by Dawn Hankins)

Hank’s Teddy Bearcat, shown by Hank Harris of Shelbyville, was named Reserve Champion ShorthornPlus Prospect Steer at the 2019 National Junior Shorthorn Show and Youth Conference in Lebanon in June. Judging the Shorthorn Steer show was Kevin Hafner, of Yukon, Oklahoma. There were 26 head entered in the ShorthornPlus Steer show...

A young Shelbyville boy was allegedly kept in “solitary confinement” for four days with breaks only for food and to use the bathroom, Shelbyville police were told. Emma Adriana Lott, 22, of Landers Street is charged with child abuse. Police were notified Friday after the boy complained of back pain to a caregiver, who allegedly saw bruises on his back, ribs and buttocks. An officer saw bruises on both arms, both buttocks, a thigh and one rib area...

Billy Joe Lollis, 85, of Christiana died Friday, July 26, 2019, at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Bell Buckle Baptist Church. Brother Tommy Dye will officiate. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Murfreesboro. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday at the church. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Windona Goins, 85, of Wartrace died Monday, July 29, 2019. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Brother Larry Bush officiating. Burial will follow at Houston Whitworth Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday.

As the later weeks of summer inch ever so closer to the fall, one thing is on the minds of sports fans at every level of competition—football. With excitement at a fever pitch, one thing has marked the beginning of football season for the past four seasons...

NASHVILLE — Dirty. A cheap shot artist. Even a dirty Christian for wearing a cross on his face mask and then using every trick Kevin Mawae knew to open holes for his running back or protect his quarterback. Mawae heard all that chatter, and it bothered him...

NASHVILLE (AP) — Marcus Mariota sat down with his newest offensive coordinator Arthur Smith this offseason for a talk about what the Tennessee Titans want when the quarterback needs to freelance to make something happen. The biggest message for Mariota: relax...

NASHVILLE (AP) — A new season, the very same goal remains for the members of the Tennessee secondary: Be the NFL’s best. “Of course that’s the goal, that’s the plan,” Titans safety Kevin Byard said. “But we have to work on it ... There’s a lot of potential, but that’s another word for haven’t done anything. We have to keep going, keep going and just work. I think if you keep working at the pace and the tempo we’re going, I think it’ll work out.”...

NASHVILLE -- A prosecutor who has come under fire for making anti-gay and anti-Islam remarks now faces calls to have his law license immediately suspended. A coalition of Tennessee attorneys submitted the letter on Monday, where they also asked that District Attorney Craig Northcott's competency to practice law in Tennessee be investigated and require him to reaffirm his oath as an attorney. Northcott's jurisdiction covers Coffee County, home to the popular summer musical festival Bonnaroo...

Show chairman Ronnie Sutton said all indications are good for this weekend's 113th annual Wartrace Horse Show. "We're looking good so far," said Sutton on Monday. He noted that other recent horse shows have had an uptick in entries and he's hoping for the same...

Following an eventful four years of planning and construction for the new Cascade High School, Bedford County Board of Education and the community will dedicate the site 2 p.m. Sunday in the gym. The school's open house will be conducted from 1 to 4 p.m. Several local dignitaries are expected to speak...