Stories from Thursday, October 15, 2015

Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security has named the Shelbyville Driver Services Center on Railroad Avenue as its center of the month. From left are regional manager Rochelle Bryant, district manager Glyndora Graves, Teresa Pendergrast, Earnest Kenly, manager Ronda Wilder, and Michael Hogan, director of license issuance. Vickie Caneer is not pictured. Wilder had been named the department's employee of the month. (Submitted photo)

The Dutch Safety Board took their time, but they finally reported that it was a Russian-developed Buk missile that blew a Malaysian airliner out of the sky last year. Of course, they can't, or won't say who actually fired the missile, but suggested the jet carrying nearly 300 souls should not have been in the area due to the armed conflict in Ukraine...

On Saturday, September 26, the Cascade FFA conducted its annual feed drive at Tractor Supply Co. in Shelbyville. The chapter had 30 members working three shifts to collect donated feed and money. The chapter took the money collected and purchased supplies in the Tractor Supply Store...

The Normandy Fire Department fall chili supper and auction will be held Saturday from 4-7 p.m. at the fire hall. The auction will begin at 5 p.m. Cost for chili, drink and dessert is $5 with carryouts available. Anyone wishing to donate auction items should call 931-857-3340...

Families with children in kindergarten through seventh grade are invited to learn more about The Webb School's middle school program at the annual Middle School Preview from noon-3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 25. Webb is an independent college preparatory boarding/day school for grades six-12. The oldest continuously operating private school of its kind in the South, the school is known for its dual emphasis on academic excellence and character development, according to a Webb School press release...

Two store clerks were charged with selling alcohol to an underage buyer Tuesday during a Shelbyville Police Department investigation. "After receiving multiple complaints of local convenience store employees selling alcohol to persons under the age of 21, Sgt. Charles Merlo and I conducted a covert investigation utilizing the assistance of a 19-year-old," Det. Lt. Brian Crews said...

Joanus Fordham of the Bedford County schools maintenance department lays sod outside the Central Office on Tuesday. The sod work was part of a project that included rebuilding the sidewalk to the main entrance, making it level with the door and eliminating the need to step up to enter. According to the maintenance department, they performed the project using their own staff for a cost of less than $2,000, versus spending between $3,500 to $4,000 by hiring an outside company. (T-G Photo by Jason Reynolds)

The usual slow and easy pace of Wartrace becomes just a little bit slower as two trains pass slowly in the center of town. (T-G Photo by Jim Davis)

Bedford County's U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program is asking for donations during the Nov. 7 MTSU-Marshall University football game. Col. Ken Crowell (retired) asks that you bring new, unwrapped toys...

Organizers of this weekend's 39th Annual Webb School Art & Craft Festival are taking action to help with parking problems, and the Bell Buckle Chamber of Commerce Facebook page will be updated each hour with the latest information on which parking lots have spaces available...

The student charged with carrying a gun and knife Tuesday at Shelbyville Central High School also had a pipe containing marijuana residue in his possession when arrested, officials said. Dakota Joe Lynn, 18, of Lewisburg was arrested in a classroom about 1:30 p.m. after School Resource Officer Alethia Rawn was told by a school employee that he may have had a handgun...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to approve a courthouse security plan which, once fully implemented, will close the first floor entrances and require all visitors to enter through the basement and, on court days, pass through a metal detector...

An agreement has been made between Bell Buckle and Webb School over ownership of water and sewer lines. Mayor Dennis Webb told Bell Buckle aldermen that the school wants to own the water and sewer lines around its new construction area. The school wants to be able to relocate lines at its expense. The city is working with its engineer and legal team to draw up an agreement that would give Bell Buckle full access to school property to do any needed work...

G.S. Gordon, 88, a native of Shelbyville, died Wednesday, October 14, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.