Stories from Friday, June 24, 2016

Jason Hardy has resigned as Shelbyville Central High's head football coach. Hardy informed the administration on Thursday and was scheduled to meet with the team this morning. He has also been an assistant girls' basketball coach over the past few years...

You know what a Tennessee license plate looks like -- a background of green hills, or mountains, in the background, fading off into the distance. The design suggests a view of the Great Smoky Mountains. But you also know that's not the only kind of Tennessee license plate...

Bedford County Ministerial Association will sponsor a God & Country event, featuring a dinner for veterans, a parade to the courthouse, and a patriotic rally, on Wednesday. This is the fourth year for the event, but the first year for the Ministerial Association to be involved. Calvary Baptist Church originated the event but has consistently promoted it as a community-wide observance...

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Jack Daniel Distillery, the oldest registered distillery in the U.S., Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey has announced the Jack Daniel's Barrel Hunt, a global scavenger hunt that will unite Friends of Jack across the world...

An attacker repeatedly demanded, "Give me your money," and "Give me what you got," as he knocked a Shelbyville man to the ground late Wednesday night. The victim told Shelbyville police he was tackled outside his Woodbury Street shop around 11 p.m. by a man he described as black, in his mid-20s to mid-30s, approximately 6-feet-2 and 200 pounds and wearing all black...

Tennessee's 129th Army Band will be performing at Center Field of Grider Stadium Saturday, July 2 at 2 p.m. for the Tullahoma Kiwanis Club Independence Day Regional Celebration. "We want to invite all of Tullahoma and visitors from our surrounding communities to enjoy this excellent group of musicians," said Mayor Lane Curlee...

Haven of Hope, the domestic violence program serving Bedford and several other counties, has announced that Kellye Gilbert, its program director, will become executive director on July 1, succeeding Mona Mason, who will drop into the part-time position of director of finance and administration...

The Shelbyville Lions Club held their annual Chamber of Commerce Coffee Tuesday. (T-G Photos by Jason Reynolds) Tonya Davis and Andrea Miller-Davis.

Kent Evans is a native of Louisville, Kentucky. His parents were middle class, hard working people. They divorced when he was 17 or 18. He says he became bitter as a result of that traumatic experience. Vowing to change his own narrative, Kent was able to lean on a community of men who challenged him to understand the concepts of Biblical manhood. ...

Timothy Martin of Shelbyville attended Harding University's 60th annual National Leadership Forum in Searcy, Arkansas, June 5-10. Martin was sponsored by Bedford County Farm Bureau as a delegate to the forum, which is presented by the University's American Studies Institute...

Ola Earline Crosslin McCormick, 98, died Monday, June 20, 2016, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 28, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Steve Atwood and Jeffrey Hester officiating. Burial will follow at Cothran Cemetery in Rover. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Monday.

Lyn R. DuRose, 41, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Bills-McGaugh Funeral Home in Lewisburg. There will be no visitation prior to service.