Stories from Wednesday, October 26, 2016

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.

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. ...

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. ...

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)

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...

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...

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...

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."...

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...

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.