Stories from Friday, June 26, 2015

Anita Louise Crowder, 71, of Shelbyville died Friday afternoon, June 26, 2015 at her home. Graveside services will be at noon Monday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens with Scotty Sorrells officiating. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Sunday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Sandra Goosby Milstead, 66, of Shelbyville died Thursday, June 25, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home with the Rev. Kenneth Smith officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Sunday.

The Tennessee Department of Education on Thursday announced Tennessee students made significant gains in all high school subjects and in the majority of subjects in grades 3-8 except reading. High school scores on the 2015 Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) continued to show strong growth for the third consecutive year, increasing in all seven tested subjects across English language arts, math and science, the department reported...

A man falsely claiming to be a New York City police officer scammed a Shelbyville woman out of $4,000 earlier this week. The woman was called about noon Monday and told her grandson, whose actual name was given, had been arrested with drugs in a taxi in New York and needed the money to make bail, Shelbyville police were told...

A reception in honor and recognition of retiring airport manager Hank Williamson is scheduled for Monday. The reception will take place from 3-4:40 p.m. in the courtroom at Shelbyville police headquarters. Williamson announced his retirement in April after 17 years of progress at the airport...

A man who a Shelbyville police officer said appeared to be possibly reaching for a weapon was "immobilized" by a taser early Thursday. Ronald Douglas Yates, 47, of Dunnaway Street allegedly reached into his right front pants pocket while running from officer David Dye into a wooded area near an Oak Street residence shortly after 4 a.m. A "large, folding pocket knife" was found in that pocket following Yates' arrest, police said...

Residents living in and around Shelbyville can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and other chronic, serious conditions with affordable screenings by Life Line Screening. Bedford County Farm Bureau will host this community event on Tuesday, June 30 at 323 Bethany Lane...