Stories from Friday, January 25, 2019

The Shelby Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution hosted a joint meeting at River Bend Country Club on Jan. 23. Robert Lewis Chapter from Lewisburg, Kings Mountain Messenger Chapter from Fayetteville and Tullahoma Chapter attended. Shelby Chapter Regent Muriel Robinson welcomed each chapter and led the DAR Ritual. Chaplain Roxanna Francesconi delivered the devotion...

A Haskins Chapel Road resident who noticed a pistol missing from his vehicle in late October or early November now thinks it was stolen. The gun’s owner says searches have proven fruitless. He thought at the time he might have taken the gun into his home but now suspects someone took it from the vehicle at his home...

A pedestrian walks across South Cannon Boulevard at Southside Elementary School as a crossing guard stops traffic. A police officer watches school zone traffic south of the campus. (T-G Photos by Dawn Hankins)

These dogs appear to be enjoying the ride as they ride with their owner in the bed of a pickup Thursday. (T-G Photo by Dawn Hankins)

A University of Tennessee-Knoxville research department predicts Bedford County has the potential to grow in population by 13 percent over the next 10 years. These numbers perked school board members' ears recently, because increased population could overcrowd school buildings...

Rita Allen, director of Shelbyville-Bedford County Public Library, admits that e-books can be a divisive thing. Some people love their e-readers or tablets; for others, they don't feel like they're really reading unless they have their hands wrapped around a big ink-and-paper book...

Images of two suspects in the theft of more than $11,000 worth of computer ink cartridges from the Shelbyville Walmart store have been released. The man and woman entered the store shortly before 3 a.m. last Sunday and left about a hour later with 323 ink cartridges valued at $11,427.68, Shelbyville police said...

Peggy Annette Marshall Newsom, 61, of Shelbyville died Thursday, January 24, 2019 at Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Sunday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Brother Rob McKamey officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Saturday.

Leland Jones “Buddy” Brothers, Jr., 80, of Unionville died Friday, January 25, 2019, at his home. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill with Issac Bourne and Russ Countess officiating. Interment will follow at Wheeler Cemetery near Chapel Hill. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Saturday.