Stories from Thursday, December 4, 2014

If you were offered a vape, would you take it? Do you know what the word means? This year Oxford Dictionaries named "vape" the word of the year. The word, derived from abbreviating vapor or vaporizer, is defined as "to inhale and exhale the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device."...

Shelbyville's city council will review a draft ordinance to deal with false alarms. City manager Jay Johnson said he utilized an ordinance from the Alarm Association, incorporating it into a local measure adopted in 1993 but never placed in city code...

Organizers will decide at noon Saturday whether or not to hold the 41st annual Christmas Parade that night. If the parade is called due to weather, it will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, a different rain date than previously announced. Check t-g.com Saturday for the organizers' decision...

A man stole a wallet from a purse in an employees-only area at Dollar General Market in Big Springs Shopping Center on Tuesday morning, police said. The victim described him as black or mixed-race and wearing a gray hoodie with designs on the front and back, yellow shirt with dark collar and a design on the front and dark jeans...

The Fly Community Theater will present the farce "Don't Dress For Dinner" in a dinner theater format opening Friday and continuing through Dec. 13, with a non-meal matinee on Dec. 14. Show times are 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. on Sundays, with the meal served an hour before showtime...

Bedford County Medical Association Alliance is sponsoring the annual Lights for Love program. The program raises funds used to purchase needed equipment for residents at Christian Care Center of Bedford County. For every $5 tax-deductible contribution by an individual or group, an ornament will be placed on a Christmas tree at Christian Care Center...

Dear Editor, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a key leader in the civil rights movement in 1960's America. His assassination is one of the most famous in history, and his death resulted in thousands of startled and distraught Americans. Following his death on April 4, 1968, a series of riots began known as the Holy Week Uprising. ...

Newt Howell Jr., 91, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014 at Heritage Medical Center after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Jeff Rasnick officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. Friday.