Stories from Saturday, December 21, 2019

The Shelbyville Central High School Criminal Justice Student Organization completed its third annual toy drive on Dec. 16. The student organization was able to provide toys for a total of 25 families with 48 children. Yoes Barber Shop, Bedford Farmers CO-OP, and Dollar General are some of the sponsors who helped to make this toy drive a success.

Do you share my frustration at being required to update smartphone apps at the most inopportune of times? With aggravating regularity, my quick lunchtime stops at fast-food chains have become anything but efficient. Silly me, I turn to the restaurant's "trusty" app for the daily deals, only to be told that the app I updated two weeks ago is suddenly in need of ANOTHER crucial update and will not function at all until I genuflect to the code-writing gods and redo the whole process...

I love Christmas! I love Christmas decorations. I love Christmas trees and all the presents underneath. I love Christmas cheer and Christmas joy and Christmas celebrations. But, one of my absolute favorite things about our Christmas celebrations is the Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion Services...

Hey there! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Dobby, the library guinea pig, here. Rita is super busy with extra Christmas duties, so I told her not to worry and that I will would make sure the holiday article for the library is submitted on time. After all, I want to do my part again this year as a contributing staff member!...

Shelbyville-Bedford County Public Library hosted its own "Family Gingerbread Wars" last Friday to the delight of several kids and adults. During this rainy Friday afternoon, participants selected their gingerbread house ingredients from a table supplied by the library-one filled with everything from sprinkles to cookies...

Second of two parts. Shelbyville's recent snow showers weren't enough to hamper attendance of about 60 people during a local Christmas tour of Homes. It's a local tour hosted every two years for a limited number of guests. Janice Carlton and Linda Brown served graciously as 2019 hostesses...

Nikia Elliott's dad, Dale, was a Shelbyville police officer and chief deputy of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department, but growing up Nikia did not consider a career in law enforcement. But, since law enforcement was "the family business," Elliott said, he decided he should at least give it a try to find out what it is like. "After years and years of hearing stories, hearing them talk about it, I thought being a reserve deputy would be a good way to get a taste of it," he said...