Stories from Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Charles M. Gannon Sr., 87, of Washington, Illinois, a Shelbyville native, died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Shelbyville. Remmert Funeral Home, East Peoria, Illinois, is in charge of arrangements.

Randy Alan Morton Jr., 34, of Unionville died Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Gowen-Smith Chapel with Jonathan Hedge officiating. Burial will follow at Cothran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-9 p.m. Wednesday.

What is a moment? It is that tiny bit of time that can be happy or sad, unimportant or life-changing. Powerful moments occurred for many this past weekend in Bell Buckle when The Moving Wall was on display, brought there by Cheryl and Asad Khan of 82 Market in Bell Buckle and by Martha Akers in association with the Bell Buckle Motor Rally held Saturday...

Downton Abbey enthusiasts were treated to high tea and high fashion Sunday at Shelbyville-Bedford County Public Library. Tori Taff and Judy Osborne of Bell Buckle's Southern Charm Tea Room presented a tea table laden with deliciously dainty sweets and hearty tea sandwiches. Brightly colored bone china teacups and saucers were provided to everyone by the tea aficionados...

Shelbyville's city council will be holding a special called meeting today at 4:30 p.m. to discuss the underground flume situation. The only item on the agenda with be the consideration of an agreement with Shelbyville Power, Water and Sewerage System in regards to the city's storm water flume system...

George W. Sinquefield, 95, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, at his home after an extended illness. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Eastview Baptist Church with the Rev. Kenny Collins officiating. Burial will follow at Hurricane Grove Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 12:30 p.m. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.

MANCHESTER -- A strong first half landed the Community Middle Vikings a 34-24 win at Westwood on Monday night. Community scored double figures in each of the first two quarters and held a 21-13 lead at the half. Though Westwood threatened in the third and cut the Viking lead to five, the Vikings slammed the door shut with seven more in the fourth quarter to claim the 10-point win...

CHAPEL HILL -- A lack of offense proved more than the Cascade Middle Lady Champions could overcome on Monday night at Forrest Middle. Forrest capitalized off an explosive first half and coasted to the 41-23 win over the Lady Champs. In the first half, Forrest had little trouble finding success in the paint...

LYNCHBURG -- Keon Johnson just wouldn't be denied Monday night at Liberty. Johnson led all scorers, posting a staggering 50 points against the Raiders in a 68-49 victory. From the get-go, Liberty started on fire, posting a 16-8 lead after one quarter of play, and finishing the first half with a 26-16 lead...

An estimated $1,600 worth of 1973 Ford Mustang parts, a tool cart valued at $1,500 and hand tools were stolen from the detached garage at a home on Yell Drive East in Wartrace, the Bedford County Sheriff's Office was told Friday. A side door was found open two times in three days, the victim said...

Emma Anne Armstrong of Unionville is a new junior member of the American Angus Association, reports Richard Wilson, interim CEO of the national organization with headquarters in Saint Joseph, Missouri. Junior members of the Association are eligible to register cattle in the American Angus Association, participate in programs conducted by the National Junior Angus Association and take part in Association-sponsored shows and other national and regional events...

Scammers often send individual victims to stores to purchase phone cards. But here's a new twist: A store itself being scammed. A caller to a Shelbyville convenience store Saturday afternoon claimed he was "calling to fix the problem with the phone cards," police were told...

Volunteers from Cook's Pest Control recently assisted local veterans with placing flags along Lane Parkway in honor of the upcoming Veterans Day on Wednesday. (Submitted photo)