Stories from Saturday, June 1, 2019

I read a fascinating news article several years back about two interesting characters who ended up on the wrong side of the law. According to the news reports, a woman named Evelyn M. of Kings Mountain, North Carolina and Ina G. of Selmer, Tennessee, had one thing in common: their choice of weapons...

According to NBC News, a growing number of school districts (especially in rural areas) are experimenting with a four-day week. In many cases, school boards can't raise the funds for competitive salaries and improvise by using the nontraditional schedule as a perk to attract and retain high-quality teachers. ...

Out with the old, in with the new! As Memorial Day Weekend has whipped in and out like a firestorm, gone before it even felt like it arrived, we all know by now that summer is here. If there's anything I realize, the older I get, is how fast that precious thing we call time gets away from us if we're not paying close attention...

I am sure that many of you have heard of the butterfly effect. Wikipedia defines it this way: "In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state." Thus, the theory that given the right conditions, a butterfly flapping its wings around the world from where we are now, might conceivably be the cause of a tornado here weeks after the event...

Jenny Marie Dixon and Kyle Thomas Britt were married May 4 at First Church of the Nazarene on Union Street. The Rev. Ron DeWitt conducted the double-ring ceremony before a limited company of guests. The bride is the daughter of Steve and Teresa Dixon of Shelbyville and the granddaughter of Ed and Sandy Ballard of South Shore, Kentucky; Betty Adkins of Ashland, Kentucky; Everette and SueAnn Dixon of Columbus, Georgia. ...

Shelby Chapter DAR heard a program on historic preservation during its recent meeting at River Bend Country Club. Bedford County archivist Anna Frazier was the speaker, assisted by DAR member Melissa Edwards, who is a T-G columnist and the granddaughter of former county historians the late Tim and Helen Marsh...

Bedford Builds Habitat For Humanity needs land. "We are out of land and have not been able to acquire land lately," said executive director Pam Birtcil. "The builders here are buying the lots usually left for Habitat, the ones in the lower income areas. They are putting nice homes in the mix now."...

Julian DeShaun Harris, 19, charged in 2017 with aggravated burglary and robbery at a Shapard Drive home, has pleaded guilty in Bedford County Circuit Court. Shelbyville Police Department, the state prosecutor’s office and Bedford County Circuit Court have since 2017 spent many hours on this case. Moody Wesley Hall IV has served as the defendant’s attorney...

The Summer Feed program, sponsored by Bedford County School System, is aimed at preventing local children from going hungry during the summer. “We do have students whose only meals they get are the ones they have at school,” said Julie Elliott, supervisor of Bedford County School System’s summer programs...

The Times-Gazette is looking for your photos and memories of Dad for our annual Father’s Day section. If sending a photo by itself, we’d prefer photos of Dad with the kids or family. Please identify everyone in the photo and, if applicable, tell us about the occasion...

The manager of a local convenience store has been honored by The Arc of Tennessee for hiring people with disabilities. Jay Wilson, manager of Quik Mart #9 on Lane Parkway, was nominated for The Arc’s Inclusive Employer award by Skills Development Services in Shelbyville...

Recent retiree Jackie Yoes says in total, she’s worked on concrete for 54 years. She was recently acknowledged by Bedford County Board of Education for having served 41 of those years in the East Side Elementary School cafeteria. A retirement ceremony was held by BCBE recently for Yoes and 21 other retiring employees. A special going-away shower was also given in her honor by East Side co-workers prior to her departure last week...

A man who allegedly caused a ruckus at McDonald’s, Madison Street, Thursday morning was in custody on multiple charges Friday, Jason Ruben Sours, 38, of Peebles Lane allegedly exposed himself to several customers, propositioned one, used racial slurs toward an employee and took food items without paying before police arrived, officer David Curley’s report said...

Cancer survivors open the American Cancer Society Relay for Life on Friday night at Bedford County Agriculture & Education Center with the traditional Survivor Lap.