Stories from Thursday, April 3, 2014

Ashley and Kaylie King were excited to find a balloon in the field next to their house with a tag on it from a little girl in Arkansas. It was in honor of Dr. Seuss week at the Arkansas school. The date on the tag was Friday, March 14. Ashley and Kaylie found the balloon with the note, Saturday, March 15. It traveled approximately 400 miles in one day. The girls are shown here writing the student back to let her know they found it...

Taylor Edward Colby, 44, of Murfreesboro died Saturday, March 29, 2014 in Orange Beach, Ala. He was a safety manager for Calsonic in Shelbyville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel with Karen Barrineau and Brian Brooks officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2-8 p.m. Friday and beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Shelbyville and the Chamber of Commerce will be joining forces to apply for the Tennessee Downtowns Program. Planning and community development director Amanda Rhinehart told the city council Tuesday that the program is commonly known as "Main Street Lite" -- designed to help cities without certified Tennessee Main Street programs become prepared for that designation...

As part of a plan by the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, the county school system saw its largest ever mass evacuation drill conducted last week. Community Elementary and Community Middle schools were to treat the drill exactly as if the adjoining buildings needed to be evacuated...

Now that Gov. Bill Haslam has signed the "Wine in Grocery Stores" bill into law, what steps will Shelbyville have to take to make it a reality? In anticipation of that question, the city manager has met with the county's election commissioner to learn procedures needed to hold a referendum...

On a sunny Wednesday during lunch at the Huddle House, two topics dominated people's minds: spring break and turkey hunting, or rather, spending time with friends while hoping for a turkey to waddle by. Lexi Sanders, a freshman at Shelbyville Central High School, was grabbing lunch with her grandmother, Dale Sanders, who had just visited the doctor's office...

The Fallout Teen Center is reopening its doors. The center will hold its grand re-opening at its new location, El Bethel Baptist Church, at 7 p.m. The center, which originally opened its doors four years ago, was started by the non-profit Bridge of Hope...

Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the May 6 primary election. You can register as long as you will turn 18 by the date of the election. You can register in person at a variety of locations, including: Early voting for the election will be April 16-May 1 at the county election office...

Second Lt. Kirby Forssell of the U.S. Air Force will receive her pilot's wings on Friday in a ceremony at Columbus Air Force Base. Forssell, a 2012 graduate of the Air Force Academy, is the daughter of Eric and Diane Pryor Forssell of Laurel, Md., and the granddaughter of Janice Pryor of Bell Buckle. She is the niece of Raymond and Renee Pryor of Wartrace and Dr. Lorie Pryor Weikers of Atlanta...

A cell phone was taken from a checkout counter at Walmart between 1-1:30 a.m. Wednesday, Shelbyville police were told. The victim returned home, realized the phone was missing and called the night manager. Video shows a woman picking the black Straight Talk phone up from the counter, police said...

Luke & Kailey take a little nap during a road trip with the family.

Shelbyville Central battled till the end but fell short in gaining its first District 8-AAA win of the season in a 10-9 loss in nine innings to Lincoln County at home on Wednesday night. The Eagles had a great chance to win in the bottom of the seventh inning, but a runner was thrown out at the plate after a single off the bat of freshman shortstop Logan Landers...