Stories from Tuesday, September 29, 2015

The Pleasant Grove FCE Club meeting was called to order at 11 a.m. Sept. 8 by President Sherry Brown. Members present were: Sherry Brown, Elva Lembke and Janet Regynski. Also present was guest Abby Hise. Sherry Brown was the hostess and reporter. Call to order was read by Janet Regynski. Devotion was read by Sherry Brown...

A man was charged with auto burglary after being found hiding near two vehicles with open doors shortly after 5 a.m. Monday, Shelbyville police said. Officers arrived at Victory Brothers Transmission Shop, East Highland Street, to find Clarence Alvin Layhew, 29, of Campground Road near Bell Buckle hiding under a vehicle in a fenced lot. The console was open in one of the vehicles with open doors, police said...

Gene Cunningham of Shelbyville (left) is shown holding his trophies received at the annual Studebaker Show in Lynchburg last Saturday. He placed second in the modified car class with his 1950 Starlight green coupe and first place in the People's Choice for modified cars and trucks. Shown with Cunningham is Todd Jennings of Lynchburg holding his trophies for his 1951 Studebaker, 1/2 ton, blue truck, seen here. Cunningham, a previous owner of the truck, restored the truck in 1973 and enjoyed it for 39 years, which won him many trophies throughout the years. (Submitted photo)

Shelbyville Central took a 3-0 win over The Webb School to claim the Eaglettes' first win of the season. The Eaglettes posted set wins of 25-10, 25-16 and 25-23. Shelbyville Central's junior varsity won 2-1, losing the opening set 25-22 before winning 25-9 and 15-9...

It took an extra playoff but in the end, Community freshman Grayson Garrette was able to keep his season alive and advance to the region tournament on Thursday at Harpeth Hills. Garrette, along with teammate Spencer Smith and golfers from White House and Sycamore were forced into a playoff with the final two spots on the line...

The Community Viqueens notched another District 9A/AA win in the south division, blasting Fayetteville City on Monday night, 9-0. The Viqueens found the back of the net four times in the first half and capped off the second half with five more goals, highlighted by the offensive efforts of Gloria Hernandez, who scored a hat trick in the win...

The Webb School just missed out on a trip to the Division II-A state golf tournament next week at Willowbrook Golf Course in Manchester. In a highly-competitive Mid-East Region tournament held at River Bend, the Webb School finished fifth out of 11 teams, just eight strokes out of a trip to the state and 14 out of first place...

Vickie Darlene West Bishop, 58, of Milton, Georgia, formerly of Bell Buckle, died Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Ingram Funeral Home in Cumming, Georgia with Todd Peoples officiating. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

A Shelbyville woman was able to walk home after she was struck and knocked to the pavement while crossing the Shelbyville square at midday Monday. Brenda S. Green of Maple Street only suffered a skinned elbow and knee after she was hit by a truck driven by Charles D. Tant of Normandy, police said. After being checked out by emergency personnel, Green repeatedly said she could make it home on her own two feet. (T-G Photo by Brian Mosely)

The origin of the bell from the USS Chattanooga recently given to the U.S. Navy by Shelbyville's American Legion post has been discovered. And far from the bell having been "lost" by the Navy, as the government itself thought, it was actually brought to Shelbyville through an act of Congress...

Three suspects police say were delivering cocaine and marijuana to Shelbyville from Antioch were arrested after a vehicle and foot chase early Sunday. Tyeron Parnell Phelps, 22, of Antioch jumped from the vehicle and ran after a pursuit of over a mile on North Main Street, Sgt. Gregg Loyd said...

A reporter asked Randall Crowell if there was anything new that needed to be mentioned about this year's Halls Mill Sorghum Squeeze. "We don't do anything new here," Crowell responded. "We try to keep everything old." The day-long event, planned for Saturday at 225 Paschal Road in Halls Mill, is a celebration of a bygone era, with, as Crowell puts it, "real simplicity and Southern hospitality." There's no admission charge...

Several law enforcement agencies are searching an area south of Unionville for a man allegedly involved in a domestic dispute in Shelbyville earlier this morning. Bedford County and Shelbyville officers are in the area around Unionville-Deason Road and Old Nashville Dirt Road. A vehicle driven by the man was found in that area shortly before 8 a.m...