Stories from Wednesday, August 21, 2019

A customer at the Dollar General Store on Madison Street “felt her purse move” and saw a man reaching inside grabbing money Tuesday, Shelbyville police were told. A witness identified Thomas Melvin Smythe, 59, of Belmont Avenue as the suspect, police said. An officer and detective watched security video of Smythe taking the cash, putting it in his wallet and leaving the store, according to the police report...

There are four words which Shelbyville Municipal Airport Director Paul Perry is glad he and air traffic controllers are hearing today from pilots: “Clear of all runways.” There’s been no air traffic allowed into the airport, with the exception of some approved local flights, since May due to required FAA runway construction. Traffic was diverted to other area airports, like Smyrna’s, in the downtime...

To the Editor: The US Capitol Visitors Center opened on December 2, 2008 to serve as a visitor center and as a museum. The center cost the American people $621 million dollars. It is the anti-religious left's vision of America. On the opening of this structure, all references to faith and God had been carefully, deliberately removed from its photos and historical displays...

The Tennessee Court of Appeals in a ruling on Friday, Aug. 16, put much-needed limits around the so-called investigative exemption that has been used by the state to cloak otherwise public records. “We hold that public records created in the ordinary course of business, which are non-investigative in nature, and which are otherwise accessible by Tennessee citizens under the TPRA (Tennessee Public Records Act), do not subsequently become exempt from disclosure because of the initiation of a criminal investigation in which those records become relevant,” the Court ruled in Scripps Media, Inc. ...

To start off only the second week of school at Cascade, classes and lunch were delayed as the fire alarm was set off. Students and staff were instructed to evacuate the building Monday morning, as it was not a drill. Within 10 minutes, fire trucks began to enter the staff parking lot, the student parking lot, and the bus area. Fifteen minutes after the alarm sounded, five fire trucks had surrounded the school as kids filmed with their phones. ...

ROCKVALE — The Community Vikings dropped a tough tri-match on Tuesday afternoon at Champions Run Golf Course, falling to Eagleville and Forrest. The Vikings posted a team score of 251, while Forrest finished with a 186. Eagleville took the team win with a 172...

It wasn’t the start to the 2019 season coach Zack Spears had hoped for his Lady Champion squad. Despite being on the wrong end of a 7-3 final score against visiting Tullahoma, Spears did see several positives in Tuesday night’s season opener against the Lady Wildcats...

It was a closely-contested match between Shelbyville Central and the Webb School on Tuesday afternoon at River Bend Country Club. The pair of schools dueled each other to within one stroke and Webb was able to claim the 161-162 win over the Eagles. Marshall County finished third in the tri-team match...

Dorris Wayne Johnsey, 77, of Unionville died Tuesday, August 20, 2019 in Nashville. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday at Lawrence Funeral Home, Chapel Hill, with Rev. Dan Reed officiating. Burial will follow at Carlton Cemetery in the Clay Hill community of Marshall County. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

SEWANEE — The Community Viqueens got just the start to the 2019 campaign they wanted on Tuesday evening, defeating St. Andrews-Sewanee 5-1 on the road. Zoey Dixon didn’t need long to put the Purple and Gold on the board with a strike five minutes into the first half...

UNIONVILLE – The Community Viqueens got in a groove midway through the first set and went on to defeat the Culleoka Lady Warriors in three sets in the Viqueen season and District 6-A opener Tuesday night. The first set stayed close as neither team could muster a serious run. Freshman Jacey Collier of the Viqueens was effective from the service line while Lanie Simmons controlled the net with several kills as Community led 14-13 before widening its lead...

T-G STAFF REPORT Shelbyville Central’s volleyball team opened the season on Monday at home in a tri-match with Oakland and Cannon County. The Eaglettes defeated Cannon County 2-0 (25-9. 25-16) before losing to Oakland 2-0 (25-23, 25-21). On Tuesday the Eaglettes lost at Coffee County 3-0 (25-13, 25-11, 25-19) in a District 8-AAA match...

Jeanette Petty Moore, 70, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, August 20, 2019. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Revs. Douglas Moore, Joshua Moore and Ben Moore officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday

Finally, it’s football time in Bedford County! After the many long months of waiting, high school football returns this week. On Thursday night, Shelbyville Central will host rival Tullahoma at 7 p.m., while Cascade and Community will play their season openers on Friday evening...

Lana Craig from EdSouth recently came to speak to Shelbyville Central High School seniors about how to choose the right university, college or tech school for them after high school graduation. She also talked to them about the costs of attending these schools and how to find scholarships.

Jackie Ray Sanders, 62, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, August 20, 2019. Per his request he will be cremated. No services are scheduled at this time. Hillcrest Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

The court-appointed special advocate, or CASA, program uses volunteers to intercede for children in troubled home situations. In some cases, when children are bounced from home to home, situation to situation, their CASA volunteer can be a lifeline, the one bright spot in their life. The CASA volunteer also talks to parents, teachers and others to help make a recommendation to Juvenile Court about what's best for the child...

Bedford County farmers were not shy Tuesday in sharing their concerns about the economic bludgeoning they are taking from the meat packing industry and seed companies. The trade war with China? Not so much. During the Congressional August recess, 4th District U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais met with Bedford County farmers in the late afternoon under the shade trees in the side yard at Whit Lee's farm in Bell Buckle...

The election of a new school board chair, state accountability scores and a 5-year strategic plan were among agenda items discussed during Bedford County Board of Education's business meeting Tuesday night. "I do not wish to be chair this coming year and will not accept being chair again this year," said outgoing chair John Boutwell...

Thomas Eugene Brown Sr., 79, of Shelbyville died Tuesday, August 20, 2019, at his son’s home in Fayetteville. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, August 26,at Calvary Baptist Church in Shelbyville. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m.