Stories from Thursday, June 28, 2018

These girls are ready for Independence Day! From left to right are Chevy Parks, Olivia Parks, Izzy Parks, Winter Holman, and Clarabelle Holman of Bell Buckle.

Pottery instructor Sue Wood compared learning to make pottery to her experience learning to swim as an adult. “You’ve got to keep on keeping on,” she said, everyone makes mistakes, but mistakes are sometimes our best teachers.” Becoming proficient at swimming or making pottery “won’t happen overnight she said...

A man and woman were charged with robbery after allegedly taking $40 from a woman at a Barksdale Lane apartment complex Tuesday night. Michaela Lynn Gardner, 19, and Justin Dale Gray, 21, both of an address in the 100 block of Hickory Drive, are each charged with robbery and being held on $100,000 bonds...

Dawn Hankins, a former news reporter with the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, has returned to the news desk, according to Editor Terence Corrigan. “We are glad that Dawn has returned to her place in the T-G newsroom,” said Corrigan. “We believe she has a lot of passion for news and feature writing. She is already acquainted with most of the T-G staff, so we believe it will be a good working chemistry for the news department.”...

The next time Cascade High School football fans step foot into the Stable, the football facilities might look just a little different. Over the past year, Bedford County has upgraded the facilities, complete with new home and away bleachers, giving the stadium a much-needed face lift...

Marijuana and a suboxone pill were found on a man who a deputy detained following an argument with a woman at a store on US 41A North in Unionville late Tuesday morning. Off-duty deputy Justin Gaines said Michael Schwab, 22, of Unionville-Deason Road allegedly tried to run and conceal the substances. but was taken to the ground...