Stories from Thursday, December 27, 2018

Bedford County Historical Society held its winter meeting Dec. 3 at First United Methodist Church. After the evening meal, President Al Simmons conducted a brief business meeting. He opened the meeting by observing a moment of silence for recently-deceased Society members...

The Fly Arts Center New Year's Eve dance will feature music by the Borderline Band. The event will be held 8 p.m. New Year's Eve through 12:15 a.m. New Year's Day. Tickets are $25 per person, which includes party favors, a champagne toast and mid-evening hors d'oeures. Except for the champagne toast, the event is BYOB. The Fly Arts Center is located on 204 S. Main St. Reservations are required; call Sylvia Pinson, 931-580-9696 or 931-684-8389 (leave a message)...

A credit card stolen Saturday from a vehicle at Shelbyville Recreation Center was used for two sizeable purchases later in the day, police were told. The card was in a purse stolen between 4:35-5:03 p.m. by a man who had followed the victim into the parking lot, security video shows...

A Bedford County student has been awarded a scholarship to attend the University of Tennessee at Martin for the 2019-2020 academic year, according to Dr. James Mantooth, executive director, Office of Enrollment Services and Student Engagement. Jazmin Clark, of Shelbyville, daughter of Kenneth and Melody Terry, will be a freshman. She received the Achieve Scholarship...

One of Bedford County School Superintendent Don Embry's goals for 2019 is to "promote achievement across the system." As part of those goals, Embry announced recently that East Side School is recipient of a $54,000 summer Read to Be Ready grant. "We applied for that grant system-wide," Embry told Bedford County Board of Education during its monthly meeting. "We rotate ... it's not just East Side which participates. This is a very useful program for our kids."...

Shelbyville Mayor Wallace Cartwright has written a letter of recommendation to Tennessee Department of Transportation in support of a proposed grant which, if approved next month, will be used to serve metal recycler Ferrous Processing & Trade Co. on Cedar King Road...

Between now and Sunday, the Times-Gazette is reviewing some of the top local news stories from 2018, covering three months at a time. Today, we look at the second quarter of the year, from April through June. l A crowd gathered April 6 to honor Mike Rogers on his last day after 24 years as deputy chief of the Shelbyville Police Department. ...

Margaret Leigh “Peggy” Reynolds, 56, of Shelbyville died Thursday, December 27, 2018. There are no services scheduled at this time. Arrangemets: Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Violet Marie Raney, 79, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at her home, Funeral services 2 p.m. Saturday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation begins at 11 a.m.