Stories from Friday, August 14, 2009

Shelbyville Central will have a "dress rehearsal" for the upcoming season when the Golden Eagles host Page in a jamboree tonight at 7. The freshmen will face off in the first half with the varsity playing in the second. Shelbyville coach Jason Hardy thinks this is a great opportunity and wants to make it an annual event, perhaps including Cascade and Community along with each middle school in the future...

Shelbyville's city council voted Thursday night against a motion to adopt a new solid waste collection program that would include a monthly fee. The council meeting attracted about 30 citizens attended the council meeting, which frequently has no visitors...

Parents living in the outskirts of Shelbyville may be feeling the impact of the new magnet school in Bedford County, and they're not happy. Buses left about 25 minutes earlier than normal on the first couple of days of school, which began Monday, to accommodate children attending the magnet school, said Jimmy Williams, school transportation director. ...

Shelbyville joined other cities around the state Thursday that have chosen to opt out of a new law that would allow citizen with handgun carry permits to possess their firearms in public parks. With little comment, the council unanimously voted to prohibit handguns from city parks and other areas of Shelbyvile...

Four-year-old Alexa Powers, whose keen eye and determination may have saved a Bedford County landmark from fire, was named an honorary "junior deputy state fire marshal" and presented with everything from proclamations to stuffed animals during Tuesday night's meeting of Bedford County Board of Commissioners....

A Shelbyville police officer said he was forced to use chemical spray to stop a suspect from damaging his patrol car Wednesday morning. The suspect, Charles Antwain Smith, 32, of Apache Drive, repeatedly slammed his head into the partition that separates the car's front and rear seats and kicked the right rear door and window, Officer Justin Smith said...

Shelbyville's city council will wait for advice from the city's attorney before deciding how to compensate a man who bought property from the city, only to later learn it actually belonged to the railroad. In December 1995, Bobby Sanders purchased land from the city on East Lane Street. ...