Stories from Tuesday, April 12, 2016

James Franklin Stevenson, 82, of Unionville died Saturday, April 9, 2016 in Shelbyville after a short illness. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with the Rev. Ronnie Grooms and the Rev. David Wall officiating. Burial, with military honors, will follow at Simpson Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday.

Four suspects, one of who allegedly swallowed marijuana before his arrest, face drug charges after an off-duty state trooper noticed suspicious activity late Sunday night at a Shelbyville coin laundry. State Trooper Barry Qualls notified police after seeing two of the suspects come into the laundry without any clothing to wash and repeatedly go back and forth between a restroom and a vehicle outside...

The Shelbyville Recreation Center is partnering with a third-party nonprofit to offer free swimming lessons this summer to low-income children. The classes are called the Flying Fish program. Between 40 to 60 children will take part in the classes, which start in June, said Pam Henry, aquatics director at the Shelbyville Recreation Center...

It's less than 90 days until supermarkets in Tennessee are allowed to begin selling wine. In Shelbyville, Kroger, Walmart and Food Lion have been approved at the local level for wine sale, according to interim city recorder Anna Mai. The stores also require state approval...

Pit Stop Market recently held an Easter egg hunt. The winners were (0-4 years old) Alonna Johnson and Anna Rose Pratt, (5-9 years old) Aubrey Paugh and Lexi Neese, Cody Cripps and Alonna Johnson were $5 egg winners. (Submitted photo)

The Rev. Ellen Hill, pastor of Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church, provides for her flock each year in a way you might not expect. When the church holds its annual game dinner fund-raiser Saturday night, the menu will include venison, rabbit, squirrel, fish, raccoon and woodchuck. Oh, and honey garlic pepperoni ... made from bear meat...

Billy B. Norris, 79, of Shelbyville died Monday, April 11, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial, with full military honors, will follow in the Methodist Cemetery in Hillsboro. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday.

Kailey showing off her painting that she did during a painting class at Ransom United Methodist Church.

Luke reading the sports section of the t-g.

Eunice Jean Spence, 90, of Shelbyville died Saturday, April 9, 2016, at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Graveside services will be held at noon Saturday, April 16 at Willow Mount Cemetery.