Stories from Friday, June 16, 2017

An employee of a Shelbyville convenience store has been charged with stealing almost $1,500 from the office. Video footage shown Shelbyville police allegedly shows Brandon Mitchell, 34, of South Thompson Street entering the office of Quik Mart, Lane Parkway, at 9:42 a.m. Saturday, picking up a money bag containing $1,433.09 and replacing it with an empty one. Mitchell allegedly left with the bag, replaced the money with napkins and brought it back at 10:17 a.m., police said...

Melody Teague stirs jam in the pot Wednesday during a canning college offered by the University of Tennessee/Tennessee State University Extension Office. Another session will be offered Saturday, June 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at First United Methodist Church. For more information, contact the Extension Office at 931-684-5971 or go online to http://extension.tennessee.edu/bedford. (T-G Photo by Jason M. Reynolds)

The annual event taking place next week on the Celebration grounds is "probably the most diverse horse show in the state of Tennessee," said Claudia Meeks Baney, and Celebration CEO Mike Inman said he can't dispute it. But because the show is not widely promoted to spectators, each year many people don't even realize that the Tennessee State 4-H Horse Championships are taking place...

Recent Shelbyville Central and Cascade graduates Colt Williams and Seth Gardner (above) played in the MidTN High School All-Star game on Thursday evening at Vanderbilt’s Hawkins Field. Williams faced three batters in his lone inning of work, fanning all three, the last two looking for the Triple A squad. Gardner got the start at shortstop for the Double A team and scored a run. The game finished in a 12-12 tie as was called a draw after playing 11 innings...