Stories from Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Robert G. Sons, 73, died Thursday April 19, 2018. Robert was born August 4, 1944 in Shelbyville.

Heber Robert “Bobby” Burke II, 59, of Shelbyville died Thursday, April 19, 2018. Celebration of Life service 3-5 p.m. Sunday, April 29 at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. His ashes will be scattered at his favorite fishing hole prior to the service.

AAA is reporting the highest nationwide gas prices in almost three years, and Tennessee gas prices are the highest they’ve been since September, when prices were affected by two hurricanes. On Sunday, the national average gasoline price was $2.76, the highest it has been since July 2015. Tennessee’s state average was $2.55, up three cents from the previous week and 37 cents more than the same week last year...

A woman who allegedly bit a Shelbyville policeman and punched him in the face Saturday night has been charged with aggravated assault on an officer. Officer David Curley was attempting to question a suspect in a traffic accident when her niece attacked him, his report said...

Potts’ Meat Processing will soon be able to process meat for retail thanks, in part, to a grant provided by Tennessee’s Agriculture Enterprise Fund (AEF). The Wartrace processing plant was one of nine Tennessee businesses awarded the grant last week...

DURHAM, N.C. ­— Nine Duke student-athletes were tabbed to the 2018 All-ACC Academic Women’s Indoor Track and Field team, as announced by the conference Thursday. Earning spots for the Blue Devils were seniors Madison Heath and Maddy Price, juniors MacKenzie Kerr, Jaida Lemmons and India Lowe, sophomores Brittany Aveni and Laura Marty, and freshmen Rivka Arbiv and Kethlin Campbell. ...

Two men were charged with resisting arrest by Shelbyville police in unrelated incidents over the weekend. •William Chadwick Henderson, 41, allegedly refused to allow officers to place him in handcuffs Friday night and allegedly “took an aggressive stance,” stepped toward an officer and yelled curses. Henderson was being arrested at his Cedar River Road home on a domestic assault charge, police said...

For the past several years, Community High School athletics have branded themselves with the “U”. Borrowed from the University of Miami, Community began using the “U” representative for the town of Unionville. With various sports incorporating the “U” into uniforms, hats, etc., it was only a matter of time before the “U” chain, made famous by the University of Miami football team, found a home in Unionville...

FAYETTEVILLE — It was a busy Saturday of softball for the Cascade Lady Champions. Cascade took part in Lincoln County’s Border Battle tournament and participated in five separate games. Each team played in a pair of pool games before advancing to the single elimination tournament...

On Saturday, the Bedford County FFA of Shelbyville Central High School competed in the Tennessee FFA State Veterinary Science Event and the Tennessee FFA State Poultry Judging events, both of which were held at the University of Tennessee at Martin...

Shelbyville native Pam Cooper graduated from Central High and then attended and graduated from MTSU with a Masters in teaching, but not without being in the hospital with a bleeding ulcer. She then got a job teaching 3-4 split grade at Wheel Elementary School, still having to go for check ups in Nashville...

High School sweethearts, Bob and Clara Shapard's love story began many years ago in Shelbyville. It’s a picturesque story, one whose narrative is ripe with moments and memories of the very best kind. The two spent four years traveling with the United States Air Force before welcoming their son and only child, Greg, to the family on Nov. 3, 1972...

Jodi Wood, his wife, Alice-Faye and their six children packed up everything they owned and moved from Gainesville, Florida to Shelbyville a year and a half ago. With his career in the trucking industry supporting the family they had their sights set on Nashville as it would give him an opportunity to travel less around the country and spend more time at home...