Stories from Sunday, July 10, 2016

Buddy Koonce of Shelbyville readies his booth in the Southern Summer Chili Day cookoff on Saturday. Koonce, a dentist, is an experienced International Chili Society cook and has traveled to ICS and Chili Appreciation Society International events across the country...

Home sales in Bedford County are so hot, one real estate broker says buyers are bidding over the asking price in some cases. "You can make an offer for the full amount and lose it over and over and over again," said Harold Segroves, broker of Coldwell Banker Segroves-Neese Real Estate...

David M. Brown has announced his candidacy for a District 1 seat on Bedford County Board of Education in the Aug. 4 general election. Brown, a resident of Covered Bridge Estates near Bell Buckle, has been associate pastor of Shelbyville Mills Baptist Church since July 2000. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of North Alabama and a master's degree in education from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary...

Here's our look back at the past seven days in local news. Choose the best answer for each question. 1) Our Sunday, July 3, issue included a story about former employees of what local industry visiting the site where they once worked? A. Uniroyal B. Dixie Grain Co...

A man was charged with assault and domestic violence Thursday after allegedly refusing to let a woman leave an apartment on Green Lane. Brock Jordan Smith, 27, and the woman had been arguing over rent money when he took her phone and tried to keep her from leaving, police were told...

Keith and Emma Jean Williams show their armbands to the video camera as each person participating in the World Record Square Dancing attempt in Murfreesboro on Thursday had to wear an armband to be officially counted as participants. They are also members of Uncle Shufflo and his Haint Hollow Hootenanny Band, which will perform at Uncle Dave Macon Days, of which the contest is a part...

Help is coming for Marcus Mariota and the Tennessee Titans. In his rookie year, Mariota was virtually the only bright spot on an otherwise abysmal Titans team. Mariota connected for just 19 TDs in his rookie year, but completed nearly 62 percent of the passes...

CJ Shelton isn't quite sure on the instructions from the dugout during Thursday night's games in the First Christian T-Ball League. (T-G Photo by Chris Siers)

After graduating from seminary and being ordained in 1969, Ellen Hill went to work for a socially-active Lutheran church in Chicago, even though at the time the Lutherans weren't ordaining women. There was a traditional Lutheran worship service upstairs and a "guitar service" downstairs...

It's the time of the year when the Tennessee humidity lingers around like warm, sticky honey. You step outside and the air feels thick and sweaty, like a locker room after a football game. You know it's hot when even the atmosphere is sweating. It's okay because the hotter it is, the longer we are allowed to spend by the pool chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool. In our great state, we are afforded a lot of acceptable leisure time by the pool. This is good...

It's amazing how a normal conversation can turn weird or take an entirely different direction so quickly as the result of one simple and innocent question. I was in Lake George, New York, over the weekend visiting family and friends. I spent one afternoon at my aunt and uncle's lake house where I had the pleasure of catching up with them as well as their grown children, my first cousins, who are just a few years younger than me. ...

Amy Elizabeth McGowan and Mason Eldridge Gassaway of Shelbyville were united in marriage on the afternoon of May 28 at Herd Farm in Belvidere. The bride is the daughter of James and DeLynn McGowan of Shelbyville. She is the granddaughter of Dee and Normalyn McCullough, and Wayne and Imogene McGowan, all of Shelbyville...

Timmy and Diane Hall of Shelbyville announce the birth of a daughter, Nyla Sue Hall, on June 22 in Tullahoma. The baby girl weighed 11 pounds, 1.2 oz. She is the granddaughter of Mark and Susan Hall, Rosie Parker, and Mark and Donna Parker, all of Shelbyville. She is the great-granddaughter of Sue and Buddy Whitlock of Birmingham, Alabama, and Betsy Steavman of Lawrenceburg...

Summertime is corn time. Fresh, sweet, juicy and bursting with flavor, there's nothing like fresh corn. They always say to put the pot of water on to boil and then go to the garden and harvest the corn, shucking it on your way in so it goes into the pot as fresh as possible. This is actually good advice as the sugars in the corn start to turn to starch as soon as it's picked. So try to use your picked or purchased corn as soon as possible...

We are moving right along through a busy summer! Recent summer reading program events have included a visit from the NHECM Wildlife Program with their amazing animals and Super Science with Mr. Science Guy. This Wednesday, we will have a visit from WSMV's Snowbird. He is a personal favorite of mine. Remember that this event will be at Learning Way Elementary School...

Tuesday, June 28, marked this year's Share Fair for Bedford County Family and Community Education clubs. The event was held at the UT Extension office, where seven of the county's 13 clubs gave short presentations on the subject "Pinterest For The Home."...