Stories from Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Lawrence Haywood Phillips Sr., 76, of Unionville died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 at Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon, Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday at Gowen-Smith Chapel. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

Bedford County voters spoke their minds through the ballot box Tuesday for president, state and local candidates. Donald J. Trump easily carried the vote for president, 74.38 percent to Hillary Clinton's 21.97 percent. Incumbents U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, state Sen. Jim Tracy and state Rep. Pat Marsh won re-election by comfortable margins. In Shelbyville City Council's Ward 3 race, Mark Clanton won 55.53 percent to Lizzie Peoples' 22.62 percent. Bryan Nerren received 21.25 percent. The seat was vacated by retiring council member Kay Rose.

The Depot Street-Holland Street site pushed by several downtown Shelbyville merchants as a potential site for a new county jail-justice center will not go back on the short list of finalists. County commissioners Linda Yockey and Billy King had the request placed on Tuesday night's commission agenda, but commissioners tied 8-8 when the matter came to a vote. Julie Sanders, Tony Barrett, John Brown, Mark Thomas, Bob Davis, Janice Brothers, Jimmy Patterson and Chuck Heflin were against re-adding the site.

Two armed men burst into a Neeley Avenue apartment and robbed two men at gunpooint early Tuesday night, Shelbyville police said. The victim said they heard a door open and the armed men ran into the living room. One of the men banged the wall with a fist and demanded their money as both suspects pointed guns at their heads...

Bedford County residents responded late Tuesday to the tight election before and after Donald J. Trump was announced as the president-elect.

Lisa Ann Grisham, 49, of Shelbyville died suddenly Monday, Nov. 7, 2016 at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Thursday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Mike Hannah and Doug Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Butler's Creek FCE Butler's Creek FCE Club hosted Liberty FCE club in a joint meeting Oct. 17 at the UT Extension Office. A welcome was extended by host president Louise Moore. Debbie Crosslin gave a blessing before everyone enjoyed the refreshments prepared by Butler's Creek members. Whitney Danhof presented her "Pretty Packages" 2016 Holiday Ideas Program. She shared 10 samples of package tags/ornaments along with written instructions on how to make them...

Col. Larry McKnight from Lewisburg recently spoke at the Shelby Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) luncheon.