Stories from Friday, January 19, 2018

Claudia Ann Owens, 75, of Shelbyville died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 at Tennova Healthcare-Shelbyville. Funeral services 1 p.m. Monday at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home, Tullahoma. Burial at Lynchburg Cemetery. Visitation begins at 11 a.m.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue recently announced the individuals who will serve on the Tennessee USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) state committee. The state committee is responsible for the oversight of farm programs and county committee operations, resolving appeals from the agriculture community, and helping to keep producers informed about FSA programs...

Cheryl Pendergrass was recently named executive director at Lynchburg Nursing Center, a Life Care Centers of America skilled nursing and rehab center. Pendergrass comes to this facility from Lincoln/Donaldson Care Center in Fayetteville, where she served for three years, first as assistant administrator and then as administrator. She has worked in senior care for more than 18 years, including in home health and in managing assisted living facilities...

Bedford Builds Habitat for Humanity is planning its 20th annual Habitat Ball. The ball is Saturday, Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. at the Blue Ribbon Circle. The ball is open to the public. For tickets, which are $100 each, call Fay Womble at 580-3176. For a sponsorship, call 684-4300...

The bitterly cold temperatures in Tennessee this week are prompting the Tennessee State Fire Marshal's Office (SFMO) to remind residents to keep safety in mind when using portable heating devices, such as electric space heaters, to stay warm. Portable heaters are common sights during winter, but they can be dangerous. ...

A suspect was charged with resisting arrest Wednesday after allegedly arguing with family members and police officers at a Maplewood Drive home Wednesday night. Officers say Shawntel Monce threatened officers kicked and spat on a patrol car and refused to follow orders to show his hands. ...

LEWISBURG -- Pam White isn't happy, and she doesn't mind letting 17th Judicial District Attorney General Robert Carter know about it. "He knows very little of what he speaks," White said of Carter. "He should be ashamed that he did this." What Carter did was single out the Lewisburg pain management clinic that White and her husband Ed own -- Montclair Health and Wellness, which does business as Specialty Associates on Cornersville Highway -- as a pill mill. ...

Editor's Note: This is one of several stories addressing the city's goals for 2018 and beyond. The City of Shelbyville creates a list of goals for each department every year. The Times-Gazette has published several of those departments' goals recently...

Shelbyville-Bedford County Public Library was one of 52 across the state which have been given digital literacy and broadband adoption grants, announced Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett on Thursday. Bedford County will receive a Training Opportunities for the Public, or TOP, grant, to extend its computer training classes...

Hadley Leverette snow photo

An all-clear was given before noon today for a bomb threat which resulted in the evacuation of the US Bank building on the square, which is also home to a number of county offices. Bedford County Emergency Management Agency director Scott Johnson said nothing was found following a search which included use of a bomb-sniffing dog....

William Ross Bledsoe, 85, of Wartrace died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 at St. Thomas West Hospital in Nashville. Per his request he will be cremated. No services will be held. Arrangements: Hillcrest Funeral Home.

Repeat Bedford County Jail escapee Andrew Phillip Marshall is back in custody. Marshall, who ran out of a door left slightly ajar early Thursday, was arrested early Friday night at the home of a relative of his wife in Franklin County, Sheriff Austin Swing said...