Stories from Friday, May 13, 2011

eresa Jorene McClain, 52, of Shelbyville died Thursday. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Bird Street Church of Christ. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Monday. Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Elder W. H. Reed, 88, of Unionville died Thursday at Heritage Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with Bill Chester, Dudley Stovall, Sr., Dan Reed and Scott Reed officiating. Burial will follow at Simpson Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2-8 p.m. Sunday.

Funeral services for Joe Lloyd Darnell, age 73, of Shelbyville, will be at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 2011 in the chapel of Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Randall Harmon officiating. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Darnell passed away Thursday evening May 12, 2011 at his residence after a short illness. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m., 2 hours prior to the service Saturday at the funeral home....

Another attempt was made to oust city manager Michael Dill from office Thursday night -- an effort halted with a tie breaking vote from Shelbyville's mayor. Council member Jo Ann Holland added an item to Thursday's agenda that asked Dill to vacate his office immediately without pay. The motion was seconded by member Jean Pruitt...

Jostens has announced that it will move the manufacture of diploma covers from its Topeka, Kansas facility to Shelbyville. The company has not announced the potential number of jobs created or saved in Shelbyville, but about 83 full-time and seasonal positions in Topeka are affected by the move...

A Shelbyville man could be facing a long stint in prison after pleading guilty to two charges related to the armed robbery of a local convenience store. Justin Pickle, 24, of Central Avenue pleaded guilty Wednesday in Chattanooga to robbery charges and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence for the robbery of Wedge Market on Belmont Avenue on Sept. 2, 2010...

Bedford County has joined the Smart 9-1-1 program, and while it will take two months for the equipment to be installed at the local com center, director Cathey Mathis has urged citizens to go ahead and enter their personal information at the Smart911.com web site so that the information will be ready when the com center is...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners approved amendments to the current, 2010-2011 county budget during its meeting on Tuesday night; a session to bring commissioners up to speed on the proposed 2011-2012 budget will be held as early as next week, although details weren't yet available Tuesday night...

Residents of Shelbyville have another opportunity to see the documentary "Welcome to Shelbyville" Saturday afternoon when it is screened at the Nashville Public Library. The documentary is scheduled for more than 60 screenings across the country this month before it debuts on National Public Television's Emmy Award-winning series "Independent Lens" on Tuesday, May 24. Nashville Public Television has scheduled it at 9 p.m...