Stories from Friday, June 17, 2011

Steve Locke may have narrowly escaped injury as roaring winds struck his Hart Road home late Wednesday afternoon. "I had been sitting on my front porch and just as I got up and went inside I could hear the roof pop," Locke said. Part of the roof blew off, landing in Locke's front yard and leaving a mass of torn tin, wooden beams and exposed nails...

Interviews of city manager candidates have been completed, and now Shelbyville's council must decide who will get the job. However, no date has been set by the council for when they will make that choice. City recorder Betty Lamb said that all of the applicants had good experience and all gave "really good interviews."...

City officials were mystified Thursday morning over the source of a foul-smelling liquid that was dumped on city streets. Public works director Mark Clanton said that he received a number of calls about a white truck that was leaking a watery substance that had a "terrible" odor...

Despite delays from Mother Nature earlier this year, work on the Shelbyville bypass is drawing closer to completion and may be ready for traffic fairly close to its projected opening date next month. Work on the bypass, officially called State Route 437, began in fall 2009 and has been plagued with stops and starts...

The Bedford County School Board revised its policy regarding extracurricular activities during their regular monthly meeting in the Central Office Building board room Thursday. The policy was amended to read, "To be eligible to participate in extracurricular or curricular activities, a student shall be enrolled as a full-time student in Bedford County Schools."...