Stories from Tuesday, July 31, 2018

To the editor: This letter is addressed to our city and county offices. Paying taxes is a part of our pact to keep the city running smoothly. Your part is to keep the services running smoothly. There is a huge breakdown in animal control. Some people who rent move and leave animals, especially cats, behind. ...

To the editor: If I have to believe everything a political party stands for, then I guess I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican. There is no party for me, and I do not think I am alone. There is a disturbing trend of allowing a party name to override everything else. This is wrong for local elections. These are people that we know. Examine their personal character, their abilities, and their reputations of standing for what they think is right...

Bedford County Farm Bureau Vice President Matt Ledbetter recently attended the first-ever Tennessee Farm Bureau County Presidents Leadership Investment Meeting held at the state Farm Bureau headquarters in Columbia. At the conference, Matt focused on understanding the organization as a whole, confronting challenges and opportunities facing agriculture, increasing volunteer involvement and ensuring positive, healthy leadership transitions. From left are Ledbetter and Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation President Jeff Aiken.

People’s Choice winners from the 2018 Fairest Of The Fair pageant were recognized during the opening ceremonies of Bedford County Fair, along with a presentation to Homes of Hope of money raised during the pageant. Rex Bicknell accepted the check on behalf of Homes of Hope from winners Evelyn Adams, Alexis Krieg and Emma Whitaker.

A suspect caught allegedly attempting to steal an SUV from an East Lane Street home Sunday night faces multiple charges. Gaspar Juan Sebastian, 32, of Cobb Street began driving away in the GMC Yukon with keys left inside when a friend of the owner noticed and woke him up, police said. The owner ran outside and yelled and Sebastian and a female companion, who was not charged, allegedly got out and ran away...

Ann Spencer reported the July 16 meeting of Liberty FCE. The annual club picnic was held with family members attending. A short business meeting followed with Sara Kelly presiding. Jim Kelly gave the devotion. Dues are to be sent in by Sept. 1. Sunshine report: Betty Renegar had a birthday and anniversary and Dorris Turrentine had an anniversary...

Liberty Lions Club held its mid-year banquet July 10 at Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church. The club’s 2018-19 officers were installed, and new member Jason Troyer was inducted. From left are Larry Hames, Bob Finney, Paul Gambill, Alvis Turrentine, Thomas Crockett, Tim Parker and Troyer. (Submitted photo)

New to Southside Elementary, and the United States, are Amber Martinez, Alexia Licea and Manuel Mantinez. They’re starting the new school year this week. (T-G Photo by Dawn Hankins)

A total of 4,882 Bedford County citizens participated in the early vote period, which ended Saturday, for Thursday's primary and general elections. That's about 22 percent of the county's 22,164 registered voters. Of the 4,882, there were 3,558 who voted in the Republican primary and the general election and 1,137 who voted in the Democratic primary and the general election. ...

According to a survey released this month by PC Magazine, 35 percent of people never change their passwords unless a web site tells them to do so. Another 27 percent change them several times a year and 12 percent change them once a month. At the obsessive end of the spectrum, 11 percent of users change their passwords every day...

A Bell Buckle resident has been arrested on multiple child pornography warrants from Kentucky. Bradley James Richmond, 23, originally from Orlinda, Tennessee, was arrested Thursday following an investigation by the Technical Services Unit of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Bedford County Sheriff's Office and federal law enforcement officers...

The 2017 preseason didn’t exactly go according to plan for then-junior quarterback Colby Melson. At Eagleville in a preseason scrimmage, Melson went down with a broken collarbone, sidelining him through the first month of the season, and thus setting the Cascade offense back light years...