Stories from Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Willie Margaret Johnson, 93, of Shelbyville died Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. Funeral services will be noon Thursday at Brandon Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Mt. Ararat Cemetery. Public viewing will be from 3:30-6 p.m. Wednesday at Nelson & Sons Memorial Chapel. Family visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church.

Support crew trainees attach a cargo load to a helicopter, which then takes off in the rain on Friday. The Tennessee-Kentucky Wildland Fire Academy conducted the class to train 20 firefighters to work as helicopter crew, said instructor Scotty Myers (not pictured). The Wildland Fire Academy finished its annual training program for nearly 600 students from across the country Saturday at the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Academy. (T-G Photos by Jason Reynolds)

The Wartrace fountain was frozen as temperatures neared 10 degrees Tuesday morning. Forecasters say more ice -- along with snow and freezing rain -- is possible this week. (T-G Photo by Becky McBee)

Shelbyville Central High School is hosting a regional honor band event this weekend. The Tri-Lakes Honor Band Camp will culminate in a free community concert Saturday at 5 p.m. at SCHS, said one of the organizers, Kayne Gilliland, band director at Central...

A Flat Creek man died this morning when his pickup truck ran under the trailer portion of a tractor-trailer on U.S. 231 near the Shelbyville airport Monday morning. Phillip C. Matthews, 40, of Old Flat Creek Road died at the scene, said a report filed by State Trooper Christopher Judd...

Bedford County Schools will be closed Wednesday due to expected severe winter weather. The announcement was made by School Superintendent Don Embry just prior to 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Harriet E. Dowell, 72, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, January 19, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Roosevelt Phillip Conway as eulogist. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon.