Stories from Saturday, August 31, 2019

Here it is Labor Day weekend already, and it feels as if summer just got started! Next thing you know the seasons will be changing and the leaves will begin to fall. There are a few changes going on at your library, too. As you may have already heard, Lis Ann Morehart, our popular youth services librarian, has accepted a position as assistant director of the Hands-On Science Center in Tullahoma. ...

First, some disclaimers. When my son Gideon was in kindergarten and first grade, I indulged him by recording countless hours of hyperactive, unseen-outside-the-family DVDs he called The Gideon Channel. For more than seven years, we have made annual trips to the local radio station to cut commercials for my retail day job...

Bob remembered hearing a dog howl off in the distance; it was almost a sad wailing, a sorrow-filled cry. And lying there in his bunk in the barracks of a US Army base in Germany, he was filled with extreme sadness. Then Bob remembered something that a relative had told him as a child: "A dog howling in the night means someone you know has died."...

Six members of the Shelby Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, recently attended the TSDAR Fall Workshop which was held in Murfreesboro. DAR members attend sessions on different officers duties and responsibilities, programs and school awards, share information and ideas from their own chapters and review the policies and commitments of the DAR. Front row, from left: Sherry Sorrells, Marilyn Lewis, Marie Parsons. Back row: Ardis Caffey, Maureen Garrett, Gay Mixon.

Students in need in Bedford County will have the necessary school supplies for the 2019-20 school year thanks to the generosity of area industries, banks, businesses and one civic club participating in United Way of Bedford County's annual "Stuff The School Bus" campaign...

Friends, family and fans of acclaimed folk artist Vannoy Streeter, 1919-1998, gathered on Sunday at The Fly Arts Center to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. "His life, his work, is truly to be celebrated," said U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, a former Shelbyville resident who now represents the Nashville area in Congress but still has many connections here and made the trip down to attend Sunday's celebration...

The 81st annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration wraps up tonight on the Celebration grounds. The show starts at 7 p.m. in Maverick Arena, and concludes with the crowning of the Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Champion. Call 931-684-5915 or go to www.twhnc.com for more information...

UNIONVILLE – For three quarters on Friday night, the Community Vikings were in a nip-and-tuck battle with the Moore County Raiders. The fourth quarter was not kind to the Vikings as the Raiders scored four unanswered touchdowns to pull away and defeat Community 43-12 in a non-region football battle...

Sophomore quarterback Kade Cunningham had a game many dream about and he did it in only his second career start as he led Shelbyville Central’s Golden Eagles to a 48-22 victory over visiting Columbia Academy at the Eagles Nest on Friday evening. Cunningham connected on 15-of-23 passes for 364 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions. He also rushed for 131 yards on 10 carries with a TD...

I’m Mayhem, ridden by Rodney Dick for JoAnn Dowell of Powell, Ohio, was named Tennessee Walking Horse World Grand Champion Saturday night, closing out the 81st Annual Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration....