Stories from Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Edna Ophelia Isom, 96, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Funeral Services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Allen Cross officiating. Burial will follow at Holt Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday. at Hillcrest Funeral Home.

Nyla Sue Hall enjoyed seeing snow for the very first time!

Chloe Thomas enjoyed bird watching with her mother on Friday and captured this beautiful photo of a cardinal while doing so. To submit your own photo, or see photos submitted by others, go to t-g.com. (Submitted photo)

Thursday's Shelbyville City Council meeting will include consideration of a proposed ordinance pertaining to building code updates. The action will include a public hearing and second and final reading of the penalties for violations of updated chapters of the building code ordinance, City Manager Jay Johnson said during last week's study session. ...

After weeks of holiday indulgence -- and overindulgence -- January arrives, and for many people, New Year's resolutions tie in with improving their health and perhaps losing some of that holiday weight. Shelbyville Parks and Recreation Director Mike Alsup said that Shelbyville Recreation Center sees the results of such resolutions...

Nothing throws a wrench in a basketball team's momentum like a snow day. All three Bedford County schools saw games last Friday canceled due to snowy weather. Shelbyville Central was originally scheduled to face Tullahoma, Cascade was set to host Marshall County, and Community was slated to head to Fayetteville to face Fayetteville City...

Houston Buchanan, winner of the $500 first-place prize in the Big Event gas giveaway, said the Shell gas cards would come in handy in the New Year. Winners were drawn randomly from among entries with the correct answer of 13 logos in a special section sponsored by the Times-Gazette and Southern Energy. (T-G Photo by Jason Reynolds)

A woman who police say denied using or possessing marijuana was arrested Sunday after officers found a half-gram in her vehicle. Cortney A. Markley was stopped for allegedly crossing the right "fog line" of Belmont Avenue several times. Officer Nathaniel Everhart and Sgt. Cody King both smelled the marijuana and Markley later admitted it was in a bag in the center console, Everhart's report said...

Motlow State Community College is offering the Accuplacer assessment test at all Motlow campuses multiple times through the 2017 calendar year. The Accuplacer assessment test replaced the Compass test. Students planning to enroll at Motlow for the spring semester who need to take the Accuplacer, which is used to assess a student's readiness for college-level work, should do so as soon as possible...

Now that the Tennessee Promise program has been in place for two years, Tennessee's four-year colleges are expecting a wave of transfer students who were able to attend community college under Tennessee Promise and are now looking to further their education...

As last weekend's snow and ice melt away, warmer temperatures are expected this week. But Tennessee Department of Transportation says it is ready for any future episodes of snow and ice. In preparation for the winter season, salt supplies have been replenished in all 95 counties, says TDOT, and crews have readied snow plows and brine trucks...

The University of Tennessee at Martin has announced its Fall 2016 Chancellor's Honor Rolls for the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, College of Business and Global Affairs, College of Education, Health, and Behavioral Sciences, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts...

The Tennessee Valley Authority is hosting a public meeting Wednesday to involve interested residents in learning more about proposed changes to its land management plans associated with eight reservoirs, including Normandy and Great Falls. The public will also have the opportunity to provide comments during the meeting...

The Shelbyville FCE Club met on Jan. 3 at the UT Extension Office with seven present. The call to order was "A New Years Blessing," which was read by president Lucille Sorrells. Helen Williams gave a devotion titled "Words to Live By." Margaret Hicks read the minutes and called the roll. The secretary's and treasurer's reports were given...

A Shelbyville Public Works crew, including Christopher Wilhoite (left) and Pride Velasquez, sweeps up salt from the sidewalks on the square early Monday morning. (T-G Photos by Jason Reynolds)