Stories from Wednesday, May 18, 2016

The Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee presented the Good Neighbor Award last Thursday to the Bedford County Ministerial Association. Pictured are Tom Henry, Sylvia Pinson, Jen Buckner, Sara Wood, Rita McDonald, Doug Dezotell, Lanita Monroe and Ron Adams. (T-G Photo by Jason Reynolds)

Representatives of the Middle Tennessee Association of Realtors join County Mayor Eugene Ray as he signs a proclamation marking the 48th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. From left are Teresa Smith, Joyce Johnson, Ray, Janice Carlton and Bryan Nerren. Realtors are beginning a year-long commemoration of the Fair Housing Act. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

It couldn't get much closer. After playing to a 1-1 tie at the end of regulation, Shelbyville Central's soccer team fell 2-1 in double overtime to visiting Oakland on Tuesday evening in the semifinals of the Region 4-AAA Tournament to close out their season...

According to a story this week at TechCrunch (techcrunch.com), Twitter may soon -- possibly in the next couple of weeks -- stop counting link URLs towards its 140-character limit. The social media site Twitter's identity is that 140-character limit. That's what defines Twitter; it's a place where you go for pithy, real-time comments and bursts of information...

Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI)'s Division of Regulatory Boards has released its latest Disciplinary Action Report, which compiles the actions taken by its boards and commissions during the month of April. David Phillip Daniel of Shelbyville was listed by the Motor Vehicle Commission for a $1,000 consent order related to possession of open titles...

A Fayetteville bookkeeper has been accused of diverting more than $3 million from her employer. Valorie Diane Bradley, 47, allegedly took the money from Palatec Manufacturing for her own purposes between May 2007 and January 2016, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation...

A cashier at Walmart has been charged with taking more than $2,500 from the store through the use of Green Dot money cards. Anferenee Isiah Allen, 19, whose home address is listed as a Shelbyville motel, cashed out six cards totalling $2,512.64 between May 7-15, the store's asset manager told Shelbyville police Monday...

Bedford County commissioners have been talking for months about the possible need for a tax increase to pay for a state-mandated jail and a badly-needed high school. But those are capital expenses -- there are also regular operating expenses, the day-in, day-out costs of operating county government, and several county department heads said during budget hearings on Tuesday that they, too, need additional money...

Bedford County schools have not received any requests for restroom accommodations by students who identify as transgender, Superintendent Don Embry said Tuesday. "Quite frankly, it's created quite a firestorm all across the country," he said. The firestorm has not directly touched the local school system, he said. ...

Discussion during Tuesday evening's Bedford County Board of Commissioners committee meetings centered around the county's jail plans. During the law enforcement committee meeting, Commissioner Bill Anderson questioned whether it made sense to make Bedford County Workhouse a part of the new jail project as opposed to leaving the current workhouse where it is on Lane Parkway...

Noah Ezell Wilson, 84, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, May 18, 2016. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m.