Stories from Wednesday, December 13, 2017

The City of Shelbyville hopes to supersize the trash cans offered to businesses. The City Council is expected to debate changing commercial cans during Thursday's meeting. The proposal is to swap out businesses' existing 34-gallon cans for two 96-gallon bins, according to city documents. Currently, businesses are allowed up to four of the smaller carts...

Patsy Wells, 69, of Shelbyville died Wednesday morning, Dec. 13, 2017 at The Waters of Shelbyville. No services are planned at this time. Doak-Howell Funeral Home handled arrangements.

Bedford County Board of Commissioners, without debate or explanation, indefinitely postponed filling the vacant 14th District State Senate seat during their meeting Tuesday night. State Sen. Jim Tracy resigned in November to take a position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A special election will be held next year to fill the last two years of Tracy's term with party primaries on Jan. 25 and the general election on March 13...

Shelbyville lawyer M. Wyatt Burk has been appointed to fill retiring Judge Lee Russell's term in the 17th Judicial District Circuit Court. Gov. Bill Haslam's office made the announcement Tuesday afternoon. The 17th Judicial District includes Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall and Moore counties...

Latanya Wyatt of Bell Buckle filed suit in federal court Dec. 8 alleging that her supervisor at Nissan in Franklin sexually harassed her throughout 2015 and then he and other supervisors at Nissan "harassed her and interrogated her" and "severely overloaded" her with work in an "effort to cause her to fail and/or to force her to quit."...

The Waters of Shelbyville will host the annual Lights for Love open house and fundraiser for the Bedford County Medical Association Alliance at 5 p.m. Thursday. There will be light refreshments and singing of Christmas carols. Free photos with Santa start at 6 p.m. For each $5 donation, an ornament will be placed on the Christmas tree in the front lobby either in honor of or in memory of a loved one. Pictured at the 2016 event is Cindy Womack (left) preparing to light the tree. Also pictured are medical alliance president Barbara Blanton (center) and Janet Boyce. (T-G File Photo by Jason M. Reynolds)

Each year from Dec. 26-31, the number of donations at Goodwill Donation Express Centers skyrockets. In 2016, donations of clothing and household goods tripled during that period compared to other days of the year. Donations are sold in Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee stores to fund the nonprofit organization's mission of changing lives through education, training and employment. ...

Town and Country Garden Club visited the Tennessee Governor’s Mansion in Nashville for its December meeting. Hostesses for the event were Catherine Daugherty, Alice Armstrong, Kate Canady, and Nancy Reak, who treated the group to lunch at the Puffy Muffin in Brentwood. (Submitted photos by Charlene Nelson)

Bedford Vision and Eye Clinic employees pose with members of the Bedford Cancer Foundation with a graphic representation of a $7,280 donation to the charity from the clinic’s annual style show. (Submitted photo)

SMYRNA ­— Shelbyville Central pulled away in the second quarter in a 59-32 win at Smyrna on Tuesday evening. After playing to a 10-10 tie in the first stanza, the Eaglettes (4-5) outscored the Lady Bulldogs 21-9 in the second period to hold a 31-19 advantage at halftime...

SMYRNA – After leading at halftime, Shelbyville Central fell apart in the second half in a 45-26 loss at Smyrna on Tuesday night. “We came out with good energy in the first half and defended well,” Central coach Ben Holl said. “In the second half our scoring struggles compounded to where we were missing layups. We’ve got some scorers, but we’ve got to do a better job of reversing the ball to find them.”...

During their first meeting against Central Magnet School, the Tigers coasted to a comfortable 59-40 win over the Cascade Champions. Knowing his team needed a change in pace, Champion coach Mike Edmondson challenged his team to feed the post and score within the paint...

After a lackluster defensive effort in the first half, Cascade Lady Champion coach Rece Chumley challenged his team to deliver a better effort in the second half. His team delivered, notably in the fourth quarter when the Lady Champions outscored the Central Magnet Lady Tigers 21-6 to seal a 56-35 win...