Stories from Monday, April 17, 2006

Ashley Corley McDonald has joined the Times-Gazette's advertising department as a sales representative. Advertising Manager Sissy Smith said McDonald "will be a tremendous asset to the department" and she along with other team members -- Janis Cannon, Kristen Moore and Kelly Hittson -- are excited to have her come on board...

Owners of a new business opening on Shelbyville's Public Square will operate in a building used by one of their ancestors. Remarkably, they didn't know they were buying a building once owned by the wife's grandfather. That realization came while renovations at 100 East Depot St. were well underway, after a business card was found, and a former employee confirmed what, by then, the couple saw as a personal bonus of family significance...

A candidates forum is to be held Thursday night in a Shelbyville church for candidates running for sheriff, county executive and trustee. "It's just for the contested races on the May ballot," according to James Darden, a leader of the NAACP in Bedford County which is sponsoring the forum...

A couple dozen people were asking for water service at last week's meeting of the Bedford County Utility District Board of Commissioners. Some were told their requests would be considered next year while others, like that of the Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church in Wheel, were given some priority...

Shelbyville's Golden Eagles capped off a very successful weekend, winning four straight games in the Franklin County Rebel Classic including a 4-2 victory over Friendship Christian on Saturday afternoon. Freshman right-hander Jordan Cooper started on the mound and claimed the win after going his pre-determined three-inning slant...