Stories from Wednesday, December 14, 2016

DREMC could see system peak Thursday or Friday morning. Mother Nature is pitching a double-whammy of frigid temperatures at the Middle Tennessee region this Thursday and Friday, Dec. 15-16. The mercury will dip into the teens both mornings, causing greater demand for electricity and the possibility of a new monthly peak...

Bedford County Board of Commissioners heard a presentation Tuesday night about automating its agenda, minutes and voting. Jody Holland of BIS Digital Inc., who attended the meeting in person, and Doug Shumway of BoardSync, who participated by teleconference, presented a proposal by BIS to use BoardSync software to manage the commission's agenda, minutes and supporting documents, which would be coupled with an electronic voting system...

A Code Red telephone alert went out to Bedford County residents this morning concerning the tractor-trailer accident involving chlorine tablets in Rutherford County. According to Bedford County Emergency Management Agency director Scott Johnson, at the time the alert went out one of several possible "plume models" showed fumes from the accident blowing down U.S. ...

Marjorie Milligan Lorance, 98, of Charlotte, North Carolina, formerly of Shelbyville, died peacefully Monday, November 21, 2016. A private graveside service for family will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 at Riverside Cemetery in Woodbury. A public visitation for family and friends will follow from noon-2 p.m at Smith Funeral Home in Woodbury.

Two former Shelbyville residents are singing the praises of a virtually unknown medical procedure after experiencing life-changing results. Addie Hornbuckle of Arizona and Sara (Bomar) Davis of Brentwood have received adult stem cell transplants from their own bodies. The results, they say, have made all the difference in their lives...

Teachers sometimes tell you that they learn more from the teaching process than their students do. Jaysen Gold, a sixth grade English Language Arts teacher at Harris Middle School, said there's science which proves that teaching something helps retain your own knowledge of it. That's why, on Tuesday, one of his sixth grade classes walked next door to Learning Way Elementary to teach first, second and third graders...

The large chicken at Three Corner Market in Longview "flew the coop," so to speak, but is now back in place. Owner Terry Davenport told the Bedford County Sheriff's Office the 12-foot tall white chicken with red on its neck, yellow claws and nose is worth $2,200 and weighs between 200 and 400 pounds...

Students from FFA chapters across Tennessee attended the 212o and 360o Leadership Conferences. These conferences are an activity of the National FFA organization made possible by title sponsor Syngenta with additional support from Helena Chemical Co. as a special project of the National FFA Foundation. Eleven members of the Cascade FFA Chapter and fourteen members of the Shelbyville FFA Chapter attended the event Nov. 18-19, 2016 in Doyle...

Lights for Love will be Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 5 p.m. during The Waters of Shelbyville's Open House. The fundraiser is sponsored each year by the BCMAA. For a $5 donation, an ornament can be placed on the Christmas tree at the facility, either in memory of or in honor of a loved one. The event includes a tree-lighting, refreshments, caroling and photos with Santa...

Mrs. Willie Arline Windrow Sudberry, age 70, of Rover, died Wednesday morning, December 14, 2016. Complete funeral arrangements will be announced later. LAWRENCE FUNERAL HOME and CREMATION SERVICES, Chapel Hill, TN in charge of arrangements.

LEBANON -- Shelbyville Central's Golden Eaglettes jumped out to an early lead and hung on down the stretch to claim a 58-47 victory over host Lebanon on Tuesday evening. Junior AJ Mitchell turned in her best performance of the season, scoring a game-high 17 points, including four 3-pointers...

LEBANON -- In a game they can't forget soon enough, Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles, fell 65-32 to host Lebanon on Tuesday night. After going up 4-0 to start the game, the Eagles trailed 17-9 at the end of the first quarter, 42-11 at the intermission and 56-23 after three periods...