Stories from Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Willie W. "Bill" Miller, 80, of Gallatin died Tuesday, October 25, 2016. Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. at Hillcrest Funeral Home.

Clifford Allison now lives on Clifford Allison Drive. Actually, he's lived there for a while. But until this week, it was known as North Dover Street. The dead-end drive was officially renamed in the World War II veteran's honor on Tuesday. The street was a dead-end spur of Dover, cut off when Lane Parkway was built in the 1960s. Allison's white house sits by itself behind a barber shop and restaurant off the corner of Lane Parkway, Union Street and Colloredo Boulevard...

The 231 North Business Park has been approved by Tennessee Economic and Community Development as a Select Tennessee Certified Site, one of only 44 in the state, a designation which should help in marketing the park to potential industries. "It's very important," said Allen Pitner of Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce, who is the county's top industrial recruiter. "It lets prospects know that a lot of due diligence has been done on the front end for that site."...

When Julia Claiborne Johnson was a student at The Webb School in Bell Buckle, one of her teachers told her she'd become a writer. At the time, the prediction seemed abstract and far away -- she'd much rather the teacher have predicted she'd be popular, she said Monday...

TULLAHOMA -- Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagle freshmen scored early and finished strong in a 33-14 victory over Tullahoma's freshmen in the annual Tullahoma Lions Bowl on Tuesday night. The Eagles (6-3) got on the board first when running back Caleb Marsh scored on a five-yard run. Slayde Simmons connected with Jaquarius Shafer for the two-point conversion and the 8-0 advantage...

A taxi driver said two men took $36 from a bank bag while being transported to a Cedar River Road home Monday night. One was described as white, wearing a white shirt with screen print and black gym pants, and the other as black wearing all-black clothing...

First Community Bank held a "Throwback Thursday" Oct. 13 at its Elm Street branch to honor the Sydney "Bud" McGrew, one of the bank's founders and a long-time executive with the bank. (Submitted photos)

The Community Development Center received a grant from The Healing Trust, which awarded funds totaling over $1.1 million in its most recent grant cycle. The Community Development Center's grant was for $23,000 and will be used for The Children's Center for Autism's Behavior Therapy & Family Services. ...

In the classic "Golden Age" of Hollywood, starting with the introduction of the talkie and continuing through the 1940s, the biggest and best-known movie studios were vertically-integrated. A company like MGM or Paramount employed all the people required to make movies -- actors, directors, screenwriters, and various technical experts. ...

Jeff Robinson, 49, of Murfreesboro died Sunday, October 24, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at Woodfin Chapel in Smyrna. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m.