Stories from Monday, September 2, 2019

Gloria Rowe says gardening around her Shelbyville home allows her to feel closer to God and nature. "I enjoy playing in my yard," she said recently upon being awarded "yard of the month" status, sponsored by Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce's beautification committee and Coldwell Banker...

The second annual Battle of the Badges planned for Sept. 10 promises to be as fierce as a football game between Tennessee and Alabama. Maybe not that brutal, but everyone will definitely be out for blood -- donations, that is. Fire, police and medical personnel will roll up their sleeves from noon to 7 p.m. next Tuesday at Gateway Church, 1250 Madison St. to support an American Red Cross blood drive...

Although Shelbyville's attention has been turned to Tennessee Walking Horses for the past few weeks, the city's first famous horse -- a very smart Arabian-Hambletonian -- will take the spotlight in September, as "Beautiful Jim Key: The Lost History Of The World's Smartest Horse," by Mim Eichler Rivas, will be featured as an Amazon Kindle selection of the month and will go on a bargain-bin sale in the Kindle e-book format, potentially exposing the story to many more readers...