Stories from Friday, October 23, 2015

Shirley Chambers Cannon, 86, of Nashville, formerly of Shelbyville died Thursday morning, Oct. 22, 2015 at The Meadows Nursing and Rehab Center in Nashville. A gathering of family and friends to celebrate her life will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home.

Albert Elmore, 75, of Hermantown, Minnesota, a native of Bedford County, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. A memorial service was held Thursday in Duluth, Minnesota.

Bobby Ray Bean, 64, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, October 21, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Bird Street Church of Christ. Burial will follow at Highview Cemetery in Lynchburg. Mr. Bean will lie in state Sunday from 3-5 p.m., followed by visitation from 5-7 p.m. at Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel. Visitation will also be held beginning at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the church.

What do you want to see in the addition to H.V. Griffin Park? A Master Plan Open House is scheduled for 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Shelbyville Recreation Center to hear citizens' ideas for developing the 58 acres adjoining H.V. Griffin Park purchased earlier this year...

A fair at an assisted living center promoted good health on Thursday. The Community Health Fair was held at Celebration Way. More than 20 vendors offered information about a range of topics from funeral pre-planning to hospice care to information about physical therapy...

All the steel parts needed to replace the city's failed underground flume system should arrive today, according to public workers director Mark Clanton, as workers continue to piece together the tube. Clanton stated that if everything goes well, the flume itself could be finished by the first week of November, and that they are "shooting for" the complete repair of Lane Parkway and its reopening by the end of November...

Approximately $6,700 worth of jewelry, $800 cash, a revolver and a hedge trimmer were stolen last fall from a home on Riverbend Country Club Road, the Bedford County Sheriff's Office was told Wednesday. Two men hired to perform work at the home are listed as suspects in the report...

It's a matchup between two teams in desperate need of a win. Shelbyville Central travels to Columbia for a Region 5-5A contest tonight. The teams enter with a combined seven-game losing streak. The Golden Eagles (5-3, 2-3 5-5A) have lost three consecutive games at home after starting the season 5-0...

It was total domination for the Cascade Middle Lady Champions on Thursday night. Cascade completely dismantled Fayetteville and cruise to a 42-6 win over the Lady Tigers. The win also marked the Lady Champions' first win of the year. From the opening tip-off to the final buzzer, the game was never in doubt...

The Cascade Champions just had too much for the Fayetteville City Tigers to overcome. Led by Seth Countess and Brandon Heath, the Champions were able to fend off an athletic Tiger team on Thursday for a 45-30 win. Though able to score double figures in each quarter, Fayetteville was able to hang around the Champions in the first quarter...

Some food writers are inspired by James Beard, or maybe Julia Child. J. Kenji Lòpez-Alt was inspired by Mr. Wizard. Lòpez-Alt was 6 years old when the Nickelodeon show "Mr. Wizard's World," featuring Don Herbert, inspired his interest in science. It wasn't until later when he found himself in the world of cooking and began to apply scientific principles to the great questions of the kitchen, such as how to cook a perfect hard-boiled egg...