Stories from Friday, January 24, 2020

Motlow State Community College is now a Registered Apprenticeship Program provider as approved by the U.S. Department of Labor. The College can now quickly design apprenticeship programs based on the needs of area employers, providing them access to larger talent pools. RAPs also help to reduce unemployment...

On Jan. 16, Shelbyville Lions Club had Ellen Averso of Tennessee Rehabilitation Center for its guest speaker.

This year's National Engineers Week, or EWeek, runs Feb. 16-22. As part of the event, founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers, many Arnold Engineering Development Complex engineers and other volunteers from Arnold Air Force Base assist with local science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities -- during EWeek, and throughout the entire month of February...

Still more snatch-and-run store burglaries occurred in the Shelbyville area this week, with two in two days and a possible third attempt, authorities say. A bank bag containing thousands of dollars was stolen from a locked desk, according to a Bedford County Sheriff's Office report. More money was taken from a change jar along with approximately 29 cartons of cigarettes...

Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate has announced the Dean's List for the Fall semester of 2019. To be placed on the Dean's List, the student must be a full-time undergraduate and have a 3.5 or higher grade point average for the semester. Included on the list were:...

Sylvia Pinson, center, chair of Bedford County’s 2020 Census Complete Count Committee, was the speaker at Shelbyville Rotary Club. She gave an update on the procedures in place to ensure that everyone is counted. In March, local residents will receive invitations to respond to the Census. Online response is encouraged. An accurate count is important because state and federal governments base many funding decisions, as well as state and federal legislative districts, on population; if a city or county’s population is not completely counted, it may not receive its fair share of revenues or its full voice in the governmental process. From left are Barbara Blanton, Pinson and club president Jeff Haynes.

Tennessee Department of Human Services is seeking rural communities as it opens the application process for organizations to participate in this year's Summer Food Service Program. The goal of the SFSP is to ensure that children 18 and younger who benefit from meal programs during the school year continue to have that same access to nutritious meals during the summer. ...

U.S. 41A South resident Van Ayers recently explained how Tennessee Department of Transportation, as a result of the four-lane highway widening project, has left his Thompson Creek Rural Historic District neighbors a dangerous point of access to their drives -- one which will require them to turn at a 135 degree angle, slow down to about 10 miles per hour, then navigate a 15 percent grade slope...

Normandy Board of Mayor and Aldermen discovered a sure-fire way to draw a crowd to its January meeting: schedule a discussion on annexation. The town is considering annexation of additional properties, extending the town boundaries, as one way to raise additional revenue. However, property owners are not universally in favor of being annexed -- which results in higher property tax bills...

Because of overcrowding and long lines at many driver's license testing stations -- overcrowding that predates, but has been made much worse by, the conversion to Real ID driver's licenses -- the state is trying to get county clerk's offices to take on the added function of driver's license renewal...

Shelbyville Police Department officers Mitchell Warren and Jeff Goodrich recently administered the opiate reversing drug NARCAN to an overdose victim, ultimately saving the person's life, according to Bedford County Emergency Medical Services Training Captain Chris Cox. The two men in blue, as a result, have been presented with challenge coins and letters of commendation...

Bedford County Board of Education approved several business items Tuesday night, including an $80,000 anonymous donation, which will be placed in a restricted account and used as a salary supplement for Shelbyville Central High School football coaches...

Mary Ruth Renegar, 99, of Shelbyville died Friday, January 24, 2020. Funeral Services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 28th, at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Rev. Jeff Rasnick officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.