Stories from Thursday, January 31, 2019

Normandy United Methodist Church will hold Winter Trivia Night this evening at the old Normandy school house, 110 College St. in Normandy. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. with trivia from 6:30 to 7:30. There's no charge for dinner or trivia. Other trivial and non-trivial places to be this week:...

A suspect has been charged with striking a pedestrian walking along Fairfield Pike on Tuesday, Jan. 22. Jose Luis Reyes Martinez, 51, of Raven Court was arrested Monday, officer Michael Taylor said. Martinez is charged with leaving the scene of an accident and driving without a license...

Shelbyville City Treasurer Jamey Owen has submitted her resignation, and Shelbyville City Council will meet 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the city courtroom to consider accepting the resignation and advertising for a replacement. Owen had been the city's treasurer since October 2011. City Mannager Shanna Boyette said Owen has accepted a position in the private sector...

The owner of a car offered for sale on Facebook Marketplace was robbed of the vehicle at gunpoint Tuesday night. But the BMW 328xi was ditched moments later at a Southside convenience store, police said. A man identifying himself as Jimmy Thomas arranged to see the car at the owner’s Central Avenue home at 10 p.m., officers were told...

"I see a whole lot of family here," said Bedford County Highway Superintendent Stanley Smotherman. "I see a whole lot of friends." Family, friends, employees, dignitaries and other highway superintendents gathered Wednesday to pay tribute to Smotherman, who leaves office at the end of the day today after more than 40 years with the highway department and almost 20 as superintendent. ...

Patsy Cox, 74, of Shelbyville died Thursday, January 31, 2019, at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Doak-Howell Funeral Home.