Stories from Friday, June 19, 2015

Christine Montgomery Bonner, 83, of Shelbyville died Thursday, June 18, 2015. Per the family's request, funeral services will be held at noon Thursday, June 25 at Bird Street Church of Christ with Anthony Booker as eulogist. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. The services were previously scheduled for another date. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

Roy Melvin Harris, 66, of Lebanon died Thursday, June 18, 2015. Graveside services will be held Saturday at Union Cemetery. Dickson Funeral Home and Cremation Center of Dickson is in charge of arrangements.

Shelbyville's city council amended an ordinance Thursday that, if passed, will hike Shelbyville's property tax by 16 cents to pay for a damaged flume and boost the general fund. A public hearing and third reading on the proposed tax hike is set for the next regular city council meeting July 9. The new rate, if passed, will be $1.81 per hundred dollars of assessed value...

In order to make next year's budget balance, Bedford County Financial Management Committee voted Thursday to deny several requests by emergency service agencies and abandon the county's plan to install a new fuel management system. The committee also voted to keep contributions to non-profit agencies at the same level as in the current fiscal year, denying increases to agencies that had requested them...

A counterfeit $50 bill was passed at one Shelbyville store and an attempt was made to pass another Wednesday, police. The suspect paid for a bag of chips and a soft drink at one of the Family Dollar stores shortly before 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, then walked to a blue car with a license plate with red letters, police were told...

The Bedford County Historical Society held its spring quarter meeting on Monday, June 15 in the Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church. Randy and Freda Head, Polly Frazier, Della Nelson, Rod Lindsey and Jean Pruitt hosted the meeting and did a masterful job of preparing the fellowship hall and organizing the meal to accommodate an overflow crowd. ...