Stories from Thursday, February 7, 2013

By Karen Hall Staff Writer A month before jury selection is scheduled to start for a murder trial, the defense attorney announced his client may use an insanity defense. Jerron Braden, 19, is accused of the first-degree murder of Penny Blackwell Coyle on Nov. 21, 2011. His appointed attorney, David McKenzie, filed a motion in Circuit Court Wednesday, stating that he may use an insanity defense...

By Clint Confehr Senior Staff Writer A Shelbyville Central High School sophomore died Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 64 in Marshall County, authorities said. Jackie "Trey" White III, 16, of 351 Helton Road in Bedford County near the Palmetto and Wheel communities, was driving a 1994 Mazda toward Shelbyville on Highway 64 at about 7:30 a.m...