Stories from Friday, February 3, 2017

Margaret May Delffs Featherstone, 90, of Bell Buckle died early Thursday, Feb. 2, 201 Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Ryan Lawell officiating. Burial will follow in Hazel Cemetery in Bell. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Dorothy Loretta Lankford, 79, of Shelbyville died Friday, Feb. 3, 2017 at Lynchburg Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Jeff Curtis officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Methamphetamine use drove the manufacture of a large number of counterfeit bills passed in Shelbyville over the past few weeks, police say. Five suspects are in custody – William Wesley Bates, 46, whose address is listed on jail records as America’s Best Value Inn, North Cannon Boulevard; Aaron Zane Little, 33, of Murfreesboro; James Raymond Evans, Jr., 24, of 231 South Trailer Park; Mika Jean O’Neal 36, of East Lane Street, all charged with criminal simulation and being held on $150,000 bonds at Bedford County Jail — and Ashley Taylor Brown, 21, of Raby Avenue, charged with criminal responsibility for conduct of another and held on $10,000 bond. ...

All Bedford County public schools are closed today due to widespread illnesses and absenteeism amid reports some students wore face masks in class Thursday. Bedford County Schools Superintendent Don Embry informed parents of the plan at 2 p.m. Thursday. The public school closure also includes SACP, which was shut down today as well.

A local charity started by members of Shiloh United Methodist Church in Wheel collects clothing, shoes and accessories to be given to at-risk kids from throughout Bedford County, such as children who've had to be removed from their home. Clothe Our Kids of Bedford County was inspired by a program of the same name in Lincoln County, which has assisted over 1,000 children since it opened in 2013. ...

Christina Warinner has joined the newsroom staff of the Times-Gazette. Warinner moved from Kentucky to Shelbyville this past July. "Being new to the area, especially in this capacity, can be a challenge," she said. "However, I choose to see it as a positive in that I hope to offer a fresh set of eyes and ideas."...

Thomas Magnet School is accepting applications for grades kindergarten-5 for the 2017-2018 academic year. The deadline has been extended to Tuesday, Feb. 7. Applications are available online at thomasmagnet.tn.bcm.schoolinsites.com. Evaluations for incoming kindergarten students will take place this month and for other incoming students on March 10. Acceptance/denial letters will be sent to parents later in March. Intent letters are due in April...

They say hard work can take you anywhere. Kris Kelso may be the living embodiment of that. The Cascade senior defensive tackle has put in the countless hours of work and in doing so, earned a scholarship to Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky...

I love college football. There are few things in the world that compare to waking up on a brisk, autumn Saturday morning and tuning into all the top games of the day. And I’ll be the first to admit when the season is over, I’m that guy who puts a countdown clock on his phone...

Dogs and drones were unsuccessful in finding a man who eluded Shelbyville police by vehicle and on foot Tuesday afternoon. Patrol officers were notified by a detective that Joshua Brown was allegedly driving without a license in a red Jeep Cherokee. Officer Jon Cooke said he saw the SUV at the intersection of Belmont Avenue and Myers Street. Brown allegedly sped out State Highway 130 at speeds up to 90 mph after being blue-lighted...

Pharmacist Tripp York has shaven his face. A man's shaving habits may not always make the news, but in York's case, the trim was made for charitable reasons. York had grown his beard and mustache out since Halloween 2015 for No-Shave November. No-Shave November, or Movember, is an annual initiative where men grow mustaches for a month to raise awareness of cancer. Around the first of this year, York began collecting money for charity and let people vote for whether or not he would shave...