Stories from Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Barbara Ann Inmon, 57, of Bay Minette, Alabama, formerly of Shelbyville, died early Friday, August 23, 2019. Funeral services will be 6 p.m. Friday, August 30 at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Brother Jeff Collet will officiate. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m.

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood to support kids, teens and young adults battling cancer, as well as others in need of transfusions. The National Cancer Institute estimated that more than 15,000 children and adolescents in the U.S. would be diagnosed with cancer last year. Childhood cancer patients may need blood products on a regular basis during chemotherapy, surgery or treatment for complications...

Expensive English saddles have been stolen from two campgrounds on Celebration Drive near the Celebration Grounds, Shelbyville police were told. Two Fieldcrest saddles, a Lovett & Rickett saddle and a child’s saddle were taken from a trailer in the camping area across from Calsonic Arena between last Thursday and Tuesday. A door to the trailer was damaged, police said. Loss was estimated at $5,350...

For the time being, Marshall County will accept #1 and #2 recyclable plastic items from individual Bedford County citizens at its convenience centers, but it’s not clear how long this arrangement will last, according to discussion Tuesday night before Bedford County Financial Management Committee...

Beth Stubbs, past District Governor and District 6780 Rotary Foundation Chair, presented an update on where the Rotary Club of Shelbyville’s annual contributions go to make a difference in the world at this week’s meeting. With Stubbs is Ivan Jones of the club.

Do you have your ducks in a row yet? Final preparations are underway for Saturday’s “Ducks On The Duck” event, a fundraiser for United Way of Bedford County. The event, which races thousands of rubber ducks on the Duck River in downtown Shelbyville, will be held at Fishermen’s Park on South Cannon Boulevard and in the lower parking lot of Bedford County Courthouse Annex, a large white building on the square...

For nine years, Tennessee Department of Education has invited educators to complete Tennessee Educator Survey (TES). The 2019 results, a mixed impression of state education, were recently released. This year, the state received its greatest response. To break it down, 42,068 teachers and a couple thousand school administrators offered their opinions...

A suspect wanted for first degree murder in Murfreesboro was captured Wednesday at a Shelbyville home by U.S. Marshals, the TBI, Shelbyville police and the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office. Quandre Knowles had been added to the TBI Most Wanted list earlier this month...

Ernest Wayne Binkley, 56, of Shelbyville died Wednesday, August 28, 2019. Arrangements pending from Feldhaus Memorial Chapel.

Mary Searcy (Couch) King Hopkins, 96, of Tullahoma, formerly of Shelbyville, died Thursday, August 22, 2019 at her home. Funeral services were held Wednesday at First Christian Church in Tullahoma. Burial followed at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens in Tullahoma. Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home handled arrangements.

Last weekend, the 150th year of college football officially got underway with a “Week Zero” matchup of Miami and Florida, held in Orlando. This weekend, the rest of the college football world joins in the madness that will settle in for the next five months...