Stories from Tuesday, September 11, 2018

U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, a Shelbyville native, has announced his endorsement of Mariah Phillips in the 4th District U.S. House race. Cooper once represented the 4th Congressional District, then left the Congress and moved to Nashville, then was later elected to the 5th District seat, which he now holds...

Tennessee Department of Agriculture has introduced a new Tennessee Milk logo which can be used by processors to indicate that their product comes from Tennessee dairy farms. State Department of Agriculture Commissioner Jai Templeton announced Wednesday that Middle Tennessee State University and Crossville, Tennessee-based Sunrise Dairy are the first to carry the Tennessee Milk logo on their dairy products being sold publicly....

Bedford County Emergency Management Agency has a cadre of 14 Amateur Radio operators who serve as EMA communications and logistics support volunteers. This cadre is the Bedford County EMA Auxiliary Communications Group, or Aux Comm Group for short. The group meets every other month in the EMA classroom and receives various training and presentations. ...

A panel of college professors will celebrate Constitution Day by leading constitutional issue discussions on Tuesday, Sept. 18, at Motlow State Community College. The forum, which is free and open to the public, will take place inside Eoff Hall's Powers Auditorium on the Moore County campus from 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m...

Items were stolen from two homes under construction in Bedford County last week, the Bedford County Sheriff's Office was told Friday. A vanity and five boxes of hardwood flooring were taken from an unlocked house on the 2300 block of U.S. 231 South and a generator from the patio of a house on the 1400 block of Highway 64 West...

Col. Jonathan Vannatta, U.S. Army Reserve, graduated from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pa., earning a master's degree in Strategic Studies on July 27. "The educational highlight of this program for me was an elective on Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA). ...

The weekend was rough on Shelbyville police officers as one was injured and several threatened in two incidents Saturday. A Shelbyville police officer was injured Saturday morning while struggling with a shoplifting suspect following a short foot and vehicle pursuit...

Who could forget Alan Jackson's song, "Where Were You? (When the World Stopped Turning)"? It was written out of tragedy, like a lot of country songs. But this one was certainly true to life in more ways than one. The song says: "Where were you when the world stopped turnin' that September day?" It was written in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C....

UNIONVILLE — A dominant effort landed the Community Viqueens (7-2) a non-district win over cross-county foe Shelbyville on Monday afternoon. The Purple and Gold had to hang tough in the first set, but pulled away in the final two for the 3-0 shutout...

UNIONVILLE — The Cascade Lady Champions broke out of a scoreless tie with a three-goal barrage in a five-minute span of the first half and went on to defeat the Community Viqueens 5-0 in a District 6-A intra-county soccer matchup Monday night. Cascade (5-0, 4-0) remained unbeaten and kept their season-long streak of not allowing a goal intact...

LAWRENCEBURG — The Shelbyville Central golf teams competed in the District 8-AAA Tournament on Monday hosted by Lawrence County. Both Eaglettes (186) and Eagles (325) placed fifth in the team competition and did not advance to the region tournament...

Janyce Cates Adcock, 72, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at The Waters of Shelbyville. Funeral services 11 a.m. Friday at Gowen-Smith Chapel, Scott Reed officiating. Burial in Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Thursday.