Stories from Tuesday, August 28, 2018

South Central Tennessee Development District is seeking volunteers to serve as long term care ombudsmen. A long-term care ombudsman visits residents at local long-term care facilities, monitors conditions and reports issues to the district ombudsman on a monthly basis. Ombudsmen also help to educate staff, residents and visitors about the ombudsman program and purpose...

A stolen car involved in a hit-and-run accident in Shelbyville on Friday night was abandoned overnight behind a Warners Bridge Road home. A resident returned from work around 11 a.m. to find the white Chrysler 200 in his back yard with front end damage. The car had been left unlocked with keys left inside early Friday night at a Riverbend Country Club Road home, a Bedford County Sheriff's Office report said...

Community Clinic of Shelbyville and Bedford County will celebrate National PSA Day Sept. 17, and will be providing free PSA tests for its male patients from 6-8 p.m. that day. PSA (prostate-specific antigen) testing is a blood test to screen for prostate cancer. PSA is a protein produced by the prostate. High levels of PSA can be an indicator of prostate cancer -- although there are other conditions that can also increase PSA...

As far as I’m concerned, there are two seasons — football season and waiting for football season. Finally, after months and months of anticipation and waiting, college football is back. Nearly seven years ago when I moved here, I became immersed in the landscape of Tennessee football fandom...

BELL BUCKLE — Johnathon Savage placed second in the high overall (HOA) junior level three division at the Junior World Skeet Championships on August 3-5 in San Antonio, Texas. During the tournament, Savage placed at the top of his division in the 28-gauge, third in the 20-gauge, and fourth in the .410. Savage of Unionville is a ninth grader at The Webb School in Bell Buckle...

Barry Hargrove, 67, of Lewisburg died Monday, August 27, 2018 at his home. He was a native of Shelbyville. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Friday at London Funeral Home, Lewisburg. No memorial services are planned.