Stories from Friday, June 28, 2019

Bedford County Board of Commissioners, meeting Thursday night, approved end-of-fiscal year budget amendments to close out the 2018-19 fiscal year that will end Sunday night. Budget amendments, whether mid-fiscal-year or end-of-fiscal-year, shift money between line items to account for unexpected revenues in order to bring the budget back into balance. ...

More than $10,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from a Baker Street home Monday, Shelbyville police were told Thursday. The victim alleges two visiting friends sneaked into a bedroom, unlocked a window and took six rings, three watches, two earrings and two bracelets...

Gov. Bill Lee, during a meet-and-greet in Shelbyville on Friday, said he was trying to fulfill his campaign promise of good schools, good jobs and safe neighborhoods. Lee made a swing through Southern Middle Tennessee, with meet-and-greet events in Lewisburg, Shelbyville, Fayetteville, Pulaski and Lawrenceburg. In Shelbyville, he was joined by State Sen. Shane Reeves and State Rep. Pat Marsh...

Shelbyville Police Department was presented the Excellence in Police Services award at Tennessee Municipal League’s annual convention in Memphis earlier this week. The award, given annually, recognizes the department’s response to the white nationalist rally and counter-protests held in Shelbyville in November 2017, City officials had less than three weeks to prepare for what was feared would result in an influx of thousands of people...

A very typical summertime weather pattern for Bedford County is expected through the Fourth of July — partly cloudy, hot and humid with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. High temperatures will range from the upper 80s to low 90s and it will drop to about 68 to 70 degrees at night...

U.S. Marine Corps veteran Dave Sliger was the guest speaker at the June 27 meeting of the Shelby Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Twenty members and one guest were present. Regent Muriel Robinson called the meeting to order. Devotion was given by chaplain Roxanna Francesconi...

Sharon Kay Edwards and Paige Hendrickson are branch librarians at Motlow State's McMinnville and Smyrna campuses respectively. While they provide critical service and support daily to patrons who need to access information through the library, they also have become literary advocates who are leaders in moving Tennessee forward in library awareness with elected officials and state organizations...

Last weekend, W.A.B. Sports hosted its fourth annual football camp and celebrity golf tournament, featuring 15 former NFL and Hall of Fame players. The weekend started on Friday and concluded on Saturday with the football skill scamp. The weekend concluded with Sunday’s celebrity golf tournament where one lucky golfer managed to win the putting contest and the prize of $35,000...