Stories from Tuesday, June 25, 2019

There will be a meet-and-greet with Gov. Bill Lee 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Blue Ribbon Circle club on the Celebration grounds. The event is open to the public and organized by the governor's office. The governor will be making a swing through southern Middle Tennessee, with meet-and-greet events scheduled that day for Lewisburg, Shelbyville, Fayetteville, Pulaski and Lawrenceburg...

A Wartrace man was killed in a head-on crash early Sunday on Highway 64 west of Shelbyville. Josh W. Gunn, 20. was driving a 2001 Hyundai Santa Fe toward Shelbyville around 1:30 a.m. when his vehicle crossed the center line and ran head-on into a tractor-trailer operated by Stephen A. Lewis, 42, of Turtletown, State Trooper Robert Huitt’s report said...

A Walmart security worker was able to grab all the clothing items a woman was trying to shoplift as she left the store Monday afternoon, Shelbyville police said. Less than an hour later, two women were able to get away with plates, towels and a beach bag through the garden center...

Josh Wyatt Gunn, 20, of Wartrace died Sunday morning, June 23, 2019 after being involved in a motor vehicle accident. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. from the chapel of Gowen-Smith with Brother Phillip Lane officiating. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. and on Wednesday beginning at noon.

Beverly (Bev) Conrad, age 80, of Shelbyville (originally from Wisconsin), died Sunday morning at Tennova Healthcare-Tullahoma. Celebration of Life Services will be held Monday, July 1 at 5:00 p.m. at First Church of the Nazarene with Reverend Ron DeWitt and Reverend Larry Cornett officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 3:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.

Bedford County Board of Education extended superintendent Don Embry's contract another four years Tuesday night, despite some members expressing beforehand they did not feel they had substantial time to discuss the state-required document in depth...