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Horse show gets $2.5K from city (02/10/12)
Shelbyville's city council voted Thursday night to donate $2,500 to the upcoming Spring Showcase horse show set for next month. The show, put on by the Foundation for the Advancement and Support of the Tennessee Walking Show Horse (FAST), is to replace the void left by the departure of the National Trainer's Show from Shelbyville...

Appeals court agrees with 17-year sentence (02/10/12)
Tennessee's appeals court says a local judge made no mistake in sentencing a Bedford County man to 17 years in prison for selling crack. Larry Thomas Johnson had appealed his guilty-pleaded convictions for the sale of 0.5 grams or more of cocaine and possession with the intent to sell...

Futurity move may be costly (02/09/12)
Moving the Tennessee Walking Horse Futurity to Murfreesboro could end up costing horse owners who were hoping to qualify for the Celebration in August. On Saturday, the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association (TWHBEA) announced that this year's Futurity will be held in July in conjunction with the World Versatility Show at MTSU's Miller Coliseum...

Futurity steps away (02/07/12)
The Tennessee Walking Horse Futurity will move to Murfreesboro this year. Formerly held on the first day of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in August, the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association (TWHBEA) announced Saturday that its 2012 Futurity will be held in conjunction with the World Versatility Show, set for July 19-22 in Murfreesboro at Middle Tennessee State University's Tennessee Miller Coliseum...

State grants $52K for airport work (02/03/12)
Tennessee Department of Transportation on Thursday announced a grant of $52,200 towards $58,000 in engineering services to study taxiway repairs at Shelbyville Municipal Airport. City government will have to furnish only 10 percent of the budget, or $5,800...

Horse show rep asks council to donate $10K (02/02/12)
Shelbyville's city council will decide next week how much funding they will donate to an upcoming horse show. The Foundation for the Advancement and Support of the Tennessee Walking Show Horse (FAST) has made a request for funding help for their Spring Showcase set for March 15-17 at Calsonic Arena...

New shows seek support (01/25/12)
There are a couple of new horse shows coming to Shelbyville, and organizers are looking for support from both the city and county. The Foundation for the Advancement and Support of the Tennessee Walking Show Horse (FAST) will hold a Spring Showcase from March 15-17 at Calsonic Arena...

World-class care right here at home (01/20/12)
When it arrives, a diagnosis of cancer can be among the most devastating of news to a patient and their families. For local residents, the course of treatment has often meant weekly trips to nearby Murfreesboro or Nashville for chemotherapy. "I don't know what I would do if I had to drive to Nashville every week for treatments," said Chris Adams, who has been receiving treatment for lymphoma at Tennessee Oncology for the past four months. ...

Quake drill is critical (01/19/12)
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is encouraging schools, families and businesses to participate in an earthquake drill next month. Registration is open for the second annual Great Central U. S. ShakeOut earthquake drill, scheduled for Feb. 7 at 10:15 a.m.. Last April, more than 3 million people in 11 states, including 250,000 Tennesseans, took part...

Another step forward for hospital light (01/13/12)
Shelbyville's city council accepted bids Thursday night for a long-awaited traffic signal to be placed in front of Heritage Medical Center. Low bidder was Stansell Electric Co. of Nashville at a price of $58,498, which was under engineers' estimates of $79,000...

CodeRED system to be tested Friday (01/11/12)
Expect a call Friday afternoon. Bedford County 911 Communications Center will use the CodeRED Emergency Notification System on Friday to call more than 15,000 land-line telephones in Bedford County. The calls, which will be made during the afternoon on Friday, are meant as a test of the CodeRED system, but will also serve to promote the system to local residents, whom officials say can benefit by registering themselves at the CodeRED website. ...

Winning play by Titan star (01/10/12)
There's no doubt that Tennessee Titan cornerback Cortland Finnegan loves Shelbyville. And for the hundreds of fans who showed up to meet him at a local restaurant on Saturday afternoon, Finnegan is now one of their favorite players, if not their favorite...

Legislators pleased with proposed new districts (01/06/12)
Both of Bedford County's incumbent state legislators say they're happy with their proposed new districts. Proposed district maps were announced Wednesday by the Republican majorities in each chamber of the General Assembly. They won't be official until voted on by the General Assembly, which re-convenes next week...

Flanagan moves on to TCOG (01/06/12)
The Tennessee Coalition for Open Government (TCOG) has selected veteran journalist and founding board member Kent Flanagan as executive director for the non-profit organization. Flanagan has worked at the Times-Gazette since 2009 where he served in a variety of roles including editor, staff writer and photographer...

Tales of loss lead annual top story list (01/01/12)
Two stories that touched the hearts of local readers top this year's list of the top 10 local stories as determined by a poll of the Times-Gazette staff. The top story of the year was the plight of the three people collectively known as The Shelbyville Missing: Shelley Mook, Bobby Smelcer and Antonio Taylor. That story was followed by the story of a young sixth grader whose illness brought the community together and whose death broke its heart...

30 years of caring: SCHS canned food drive continues (12/25/11)
When local educator Bill Pietkiewicz took a group of Shelbyvile Central High School students to a student council workshop in 1981, all he really hoped for was the students returning home feeling inspired. The motivational speech they heard that day, given by well-known speaker Mark Scharenbroich, planted a seed in the students' minds to start a canned food drive. That first year, 1,000 cans were collected...

Religious music OK'd for schools (12/20/11)
In a community where faith-based values are treasured, educators attempt to maintain a careful balance during a time of year traditionally set aside by Christians to honor the birth of Jesus. When the student council of Shelbyville's Central High School set out to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital by playing student-requested holiday songs in the cafeteria, they were reminded to keep the music strictly secular...

TWH groups form unity committee (12/15/11)
Four groups representing the Tennessee Walking Horse Industry have selected members of a new "unity committee" that is to focus on the future of the business. Two weeks ago, the boards of directors of four industry groups -- the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' and Exhibitors' Association (TWHBEA), Walking Horse Owners' Association (WHOA), Walking Horse Trainers' Association (WHTA) and The Celebration -- met and agreed to form the committee to discuss issues related to the future of the breed in the show ring, as well as unification within the performance horse division.. ...

Remembering Mai D.: Community leader leaves a legacy (12/15/11)
Bedford County lost a true leader with the passing of Mai D. Hendricks, who died Nov. 28 surrounded by family in Columbia, Mo. In most recent years, Hendricks is known for her work in establishing the Gilliland House, a local resource center that's listed on the National Registry of Historic Places...

Council rewards Remy in retirement (12/11/11)
It's not often that a dog receives the keys to the city, but that was the case Thursday as the Shelbyville city council gave a fond farewell to the police's department's K-9 officer Remy. Officer Tracey Nelson, Remy's partner, will be taking the drug dog home for his golden years. Remy is retiring after 12 years on the force...

MTEC highlights local college classes (12/07/11)
Middle Tennessee Education Center in Shelbyville is planning a regional marketing push this week with advertising inserts in six area newspapers, including today's Times-Gazette. MTEC, located in Bedford County Business Complex on Dover Street, is a joint venture of Middle Tennessee State University and Motlow State Community College, offering on-site day and night classes for the two institutions, as well as distance learning opportunities...

Lights of Love shine at Christian Care Center (12/06/11)
Take a break from holiday shopping, and join the residents of Christian Care Center for their annual open house and Lights for Love this Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Lights for Love is an annual tradition, sponsored this year by the Bedford County Medical Association Alliance. BCMAA is a non-profit volunteer organization of physician spouses dedicated to promoting good health to all Tennesseans and supporting the family of medicine. It's led locally by Barbara Blanton...

Central students prove dreams 'can' come true (12/06/11)
Students at Shelbyville Central High School proved on Friday that dreams 'can' come true -- displaying 28,166 canned food items in a Disney-themed Great Canned Food Drive. Drawings and posters of Disney characters were hung throughout the school during November to remind students to bring in canned and non-perishable items to help those in need during the holiday season...

Celebration's Meadows to leave in '12 (12/02/11)
Dr. Doyle Meadows informed the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration board of directors earlier this week that he will step down as CEO at the end of October, 2012, following the 74th annual event. Meadows told the board at its annual planning meeting and sent a letter to the members of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration Association, the larger body from which board members are chosen...

Microchips: A pet's best friend (12/02/11)
Bedford County Animal Control and the Middle Tennessee Spay and Neuter Clinic are teaming up in hopes to give your pet the ultimate Christmas present -- a sure way back hope in the event they stray too far. "Identification Station," as they're calling it, will be held Saturday, Dec. 17. From noon until 2 p.m. MTSNC will offer microchips for $25 and from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. BCAC will have identification tags for your pets for $3...

TWH groups team up to fight change (12/01/11)
A "Unity Committee" will be formed to discuss issues related to the future of the Tennessee Walking Horse in the show ring and also to discuss unification within the performance horse division. However, the group objected to any reduction of pads and action devices for walking horses, also opposing proposed mandatory penalties by the Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

Code Red ready to go if disaster strikes Bedford Co. (11/30/11)
A new notification system gives local emergency departments a variety of new options for notifying the public in case of a disaster, and members of the public can opt in to receive notices related to severe weather. Bedford County Emergency Communications District (E-911) has signed up for the Code Red program, which gives departments options for making automated calls or sending cell phone text messages, according to Bedford County Communications Center director Cathey Mathis...

Locals see little 'Occupy' activity (11/30/11)
State Sen. Jim Tracy said Monday that the normal paths for state legislators into and out of Legislative Plaza don't really take them past the "Occupy Nashville" protestors who have camped out on the plaza since October. State Rep. Pat Marsh said he's had no contact with the protestors but that their camp is "a mess, and it looks terrible."...

Arsenic...for laughs (11/30/11)
The comedy "Arsenic and Old Lace," by Joseph Kesselring, will be presented by the Bedford Players as a dinner theater Friday, Saturday, and Dec. 9 and 10 at the Fly Arts Center on South Main Street. Dinner is at 6 p.m. with the play beginning at 7. Many people are familiar with the play from the movie adaptation, which starred Cary Grant...

Horse groups close ranks (11/29/11)
The Tennessee Walking Horse industry will meet Wednesday to appoint a committee to look at "the welfare and future" of animals in the show ring. A recently passed appropriations bill includes a large increase in federal funding for enforcement of the Horse Protection Act, used to combat the practice of soring...

Holiday spirit in the air (11/24/11)
"A perfect day" greeted the 18th annual Festival of Trees and Holiday Bazaar at The Fly Art Center, said Janice Cole. "We had great weather," she said. The festival has become a Shelbyville tradition and Cole could not be happier about this year's edition of Festival of Trees with 26 trees decorated for the theme of "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas."...

Market seized, closed (11/18/11)
Residents of Bell Buckle and the nearby area will have to find another place to gas up or get that morning cup of coffee after the state Department of Revenue's tax enforcement division seized 82 Market on Thursday, closing its doors to customers. A person at the Shelbyville state office refused to give any information on the seizure, but a property title search shows the market belonging to Sanklap, Inc. of Murfreesboro, a corporation formed in Bedford County in 2006, with Danny Brandon of Manchester as its registered agent. (T-G Photo by Brian Mosely)

City will ask for help in airport repair (11/11/11)
Shelbyville's city council approved a request Thursday night for financial help to repair the taxiway at the city's airport. A motion was passed that would authorize Mayor Wallace Cartwright to write a letter asking for $150,000 in assistance from the State Department of Transportation for an engineering consultant to give information on how best to repair the parallel taxiway...

County to sell nursing home (11/09/11)
Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to sell the county-owned nursing home on Union Street, along with the vacant adjoining building that once housed Bedford County Medical Center, to Care Centers Management Consulting, the Johnson City-based firm that currently leases and operates the nursing home...

TWH museum involves public in planning (11/04/11)
Wartrace will be having a "Night at the Museum" soon, but it's not the kind seen in the movies where exhibits come to life. Instead, the new home of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum is asking for the public's input as to how to tell their story...

Airport upgrades in city's future (11/04/11)
Shelbyville's airport could be seeing a number of state transportation projects in the future to help maintain the busy facility. Two years ago, the city received notice from the state there was enough funding to resurface the taxiway at Shelbyville Municipal Airport...

Only 1 bidder for nursing home (10/26/11)
Bedford County received only one bid for its nursing home and former hospital facility on Union Street -- from the company which is currently leasing the nursing home, Johnson City-based Care Centers Management Consultants. CCMC has bid $3,040,520, less $240,520 it claims the county owes it for improvements which had to be made to bring the building in compliance with state law, for a net cash bid of $2.8 million...

County receives $50K in traffic funding (10/26/11)
Two county law enforcement agencies have received more than $50,000 in highway state grants. The Bedford County Sheriff's Department received $52,924.22 for alcohol and traffic enforcement, while the Bell Buckle Police Department took in a total of $5,005 to be used for high visibility law enforcement campaigns...

Students donate more than 1,200 shoes (10/11/11)
During homecoming week the Shelbyville Central High School student council coordinated a successful Soles4Souls shoe drive, collecting 1,258 pairs of new shoes. Non-profit organization Soles4Souls was born from the sofa of founder Wayne Elsey while he watched the devastation of the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia. The image of "a single shoe, stranded on a decimated beach," sparked the seed of the idea...

Older barns bite the dust at TWHNC (10/07/11)
Five of the older white horse barns are being torn down this week on the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration grounds. The Celebration has made no official announcement about whether the barns will eventually be replaced, but officials have indicated that fewer stalls are needed on the grounds and that removing the older barns will add parking spaces...

Rescue Waggin' saves dogs' lives (10/06/11)
This month, PetSmart Charities will celebrate the transport of the 50,000th dog saved through its Rescue Waggin' program, including 698 dogs and puppies saved in the past two years through Bedford County Animal Control and Shelbyville & Bedford County Humane Association...

Beloved city drug dog to take it easy (10/05/11)
One of Shelbyville's finest, and a favorite of the public, is getting long in the tooth and will soon be hanging up his badge. Remy, the city's beloved K-9 officer, is 13 years old, and if you do the calculation from human to dog years, he's still working the mean streets at the age of 91...

Supreme Court refuses to hear Whitaker appeal (09/29/11)
Tennessee's Supreme Court has denied hearing an appeal from a woman who admitted guilt in a 2008 jail rape. Brooke Lee Whitaker's application for an appeal was denied, it was announced Tuesday by the court. She will be allowed to waive legal costs, but was also denied a motion for the appointment of counsel...

Salutes to fallen firefighters ring out at academy (09/18/11)
Three times the bell rang -- a soft chime that drifted over the silent crowd at the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy late Saturday afternoon in Deason. The bell, they said, was calling two firefighters home, telling them their shift had ended, their duty was done...

State's best sees success (09/16/11)
Nora Sanders has been named Tennessee Adult Learner of the Year by the Tennessee Association for Adult and Community Education, and a coffee was held in her honor Thursday at Bedford County Adult Learning Center. Sanders, a native of Mexico, took English classes, basic skills classes and GED classes. ...

Celebration attendance shows drop (09/13/11)
Attendance at this year's Celebration continued its downward trend, mirroring other recreational sporting events, with paid attendance at 168,481, down from 176,732 in 2010. "Although paid attendance was down 4.5 percent, a lot of people felt like the actual attendance at the Celebration was up," said Dr. Doyle Meadows, explaining "more people were in the stands," using tickets they purchased in advance...

Fall Classic won't be held (09/09/11)
Sometimes one show tells you all you need to know. The Celebration announced earlier this week that it would not be hosting the Celebration Fall Classic horse show it initiated last year. The show had been slated for Oct. 13-15. "The main reason we did it to start with was to explore the possibility of moving the Celebration further into the year," said Doyle Meadows, Celebration CEO. ...

231N light design plan gains funds (09/09/11)
Shelbyville's council gave the go-ahead Thursday evening to have an engineering firm design flashing warning lights to be installed in front of Heritage Medical Center. The hospital had placed $97,780 in escrow with the city's planning office for a full-fledged traffic signal in 2007, but the Tennessee Department of Transportation told the city in May that the area did not meet the requirements for the signal...

Copperfield wins four-year-old championship (09/03/11)
Copperfield and Knox Blackburn won the Four-Year-Old Walking Horse World Grand Championship (Canter) at Friday night's Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in front of a lively and appreciative crowd. Receiving huge support and applause as well, Mr. Heisman and Brandye Mills pulled in to accept the reserve title for owners Randall & Sadie Baskin of Franklin. The LA Ritz and Joe Cotton were next for the third place honors for Rock Island, TN owners, Donnie & Charlotte Taylor...

Caution lights may be placed near hospital (09/02/11)
Heritage Medical Center may be getting a traffic signal on U.S. 231 North after all, but it won't be the type they were originally asking for. City Manager Jay Johnson told the city council that Shelbyville received authorization to place flashing caution beacons at the intersection of Industrial Park Drive and Highway 231 North...

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