Stories from Thursday, July 27, 2017

Lizzie Benton Floyd, 94, of Shelbyville, died Thursday, July 27, 2017. Funeral services will be noon Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Carroll Crosslin officiating. Burial will follow in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

Hops, according to Madeline Fontenot, can be used to make a healthful and flavorful tea. Their oil can be used to make soap, and hops can be used as part of an organic poultice for animal husbandry. Animals with intestinal parasites can benefit from .... OK, OK. When most people think of hops, the beverage they think of isn't tea. It's beer....

The exact budget and specifications for Bedford County's new jail and justice center are still fluid, according to discussion at Tuesday night's meeting of Bedford County Financial Management Committee. In May, architect Jim Langford gave a cost estimate for the project between $32.2 million and $34.5 million, which was well beyond the original estimate of $26.9 million discussed a year earlier, and on which the county based its financing for the project...

The Shelbyville Destroyers claimed the 2017 TYBA 9-10 kid-pitch state tournament title, which was held last weekend. Shelbyville remained unbeaten through five games to claim the title. The Destroyers also were unbeaten in the 2017 Firecracker Classic and the 2017 State Warm-Up Championship...

The 20th annual Bedford County Fair continues through Saturday at Bedford County Agriculture and Education Center on Midland Road. Evening admission $10 Carnival midway opens 6 p.m. Smoker Truck & Tractor Pull, 7 p.m. Open beef show Entertainment: Mid-State Cloggers, Heather Hershow Band...

Two men stole clothes belonging to two women at North Main Laundry Tuesday night, police said. A witness said the women left while the clothing was drying. Two men in a white Honda arrived, asked the witness which clothing in the laundromat belonged to him, loaded two baskets with the women's items and left...