Stories from Thursday, June 25, 2015

J.C. Robertson, 88, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, June 26, 2015, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Tom Henry and Jimmy Gray officiating. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

A Shelbyville man has been charged with stealing a car in Smithville and putting a neighbor's license on it upon his return. Comer Thomas Vance, 45, of Railroad Avenue was charged with theft of property, officer Bobby Peacock of the Shelbyville Police Department said...

You're just running into the store for one minute. It can be tempting to just leave your young child in the car for that minute. You leave the window cracked. Inside, you run into an old acquaintance who wants to catch up on happenings. Or the person in line in front of you takes his time paying. The "one minute" stretches into several minutes...

A conviction for attempted terrorism against a man who made threats of violence at a Shelbyville school in late 2012 has been overturned by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. Tyrone L. Watts of Tullahoma was sentenced in 2013 to a 16-year sentence for charges of attempted terrorism and disorderly conduct after he threatened to return to Thomas Magnet School with an AK-47 and kill everyone and himself...

For two Shelbyville men who participated in a Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., the "honor" part stood out most. "There were people cheering as we arrived at every stop and a motorcycle escort almost all the way to the airport," said Doyle Caffey of Shelbyville, who took the flight with two other locals, fellow Korean War veteran Ralph Pierce and World War II veteran Clifford Allison, who was not available for comment...