Stories from Friday, February 24, 2017

An employee at the local Burger King reported a $50 counterfeit bill was passed through the drive-through on Wednesday. Shelbyville Officer Letisia Butler responded to the location and spoke with the employee who reported that two young females attempted to purchase food totaling $3.29 with at $50 bill, a police report says...

The Tree Climbing Fish, a First Lego League robotics team from the Flat Creek area, completed its 2016-2017 season by competing at the East Tennessee FLL Championship Tournament on Feb. 11 at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. The team had a great year. ...

The Bedford County Board of Education approved a number of routine policy adjustments earlier this week to stay current with federal, state and county laws and requirements. The tweaks touched upon procedures for working with homeless students, students in foster care and reporting child abuse...

The Times-Gazette reported incorrectly on Wednesday about a proposed rezoning. Bedford County Board of Commissioners' rules and legislative committee voted Tuesday night to recommend a rezoning of the site from A-1 (agriculture) to M-1 (light industrial). The rezoning now goes to the full county commission or approval...

A livestock feed producer plans to expand and add 15 jobs by the fall. Gold River Feeds went before the Shelbyville Municipal Planning Commission Thursday for a site plan to expand its facility at 783 Eagle Blvd. The company wants to add 5,500 square feet...

"The picture speaks for itself," said Bedford County Recycling Coordinator Diane Forbes, who submitted this photo of trash dumped illegally at the Duck River bridge on State Route 82. County crews were cleaning up the site on Thursday. "This is an illegal dump site," said Forbes. "Anyone having any knowledge of who may be dumping here should report it to the Sheriff's Department or to Bedford County Highway Department. We will prosecute."...

Family and friends are mourning the loss of a Shelbyville native killed in a two-vehicle accident in southern Rutherford County late Wednesday afternoon. Tammy Bassham Simeri, 52, of Murfreesboro was flown to Vanderblt Medical Center following the accident on U.S. 231 South at Midland-Fosterville Road, less than a half-mile north of the Bedford County line, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. She died there later in the evening, investigators said...

Hard work, dedication and natural talent led to Shelbyville Central senior Darius Young's life-long dream come true. Young recently signed a letter of intent to continue his education and play football at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi...

Donald Lee Taylor, age 67, of Shelbyville, was born March 24, 1949, and passed from this life February 21, 2017. Preceding him in death were his father Jackie D. Taylor, a brother Glenn D. Taylor, grandparents Jack and Cecillia Taylor, and Homer and Mae Lentz of Shelbyville, Tennessee...

Shelbyville Police say that the body that was found in the old Harris Middle School Wednesday is that of Cecil D. Holland. Holland, a homeless man that police had been searching for, was reported missing by family, leading police to search for him, including the release of a Facebook alert Wednesday...

Another intended victim has avoided being scammed by an Internal Revenue Service impersonator. The woman was told she owed taxes from 2010-15 and, as a result, all her bank accounts would be placed on hold and her driver's license would be suspended until matters were resolved...