Stories from Friday, January 31, 2020

Martha Frances Phelps Hix, 81, of Flat Creek died Wednesday, January 29, 2020. Funeral services 11 a.m. Monday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Rosebank Cemetery in Flat Creek. Visitation will be 1-4 p.m. Sunday.

Joel Sorica Bruno, 50, of Shelbyville died suddenly Monday, January 28, 2020, at Tennova Healthcare-Shelbyville. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, February 4 at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Pastor Willie Brown officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Murfreesboro. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

Lawrence S. Garrison, 88, of Fayetteville died Thursday, January 30, 2020. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens with Military Honors. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m.

On Jan. 24, the Bedford County FFA Chapter of Shelbyville Central High School traveled to Blackman High School in Murfreesboro to attend the 2020 FFA Tennessee Leadership Conference. The members were able to work with former state FFA officers on different aspects of FFA and how building their leadership skills can help them to achieve the highest levels of accomplishment in their lives and FFA. ...

On Jan. 27, the Bedford County FFA of Shelbyville Central High School traveled to attend Agriculture Night at the Nashville Predators NHL game. Students were able to participate in a pre-game discussion with business leaders in the agriculture industry and watch the Predators take on the Toronto Maple Leafs. Sam Davis was a chaperone for the event. Back row, from left: Brooke Minnick, Alex Ochoa, Ian Alcox, Alissa Cobble, David Carben, Zoe Spence, Savannah Martineau, Elizabeth Atonsa, Nick Moore, Allison Davis. Front row: Bella Reed, Abigail Betancourt, Jonathan Carbolloso, Amber Jernigan, Kalcee Ward, Emma Ashworth, Allison McCarty, Khloe Davis, Dorothy Brandon, Cali Mason, Cameron Waller.

To the Editor: The ongoing travesty the Congressional Democrats have instigated drags on with acquittal a given. However, in the interim the United States moves right along with the economy booming and if anything with the cheap theatrics put on by the House of Representatives, all they have done is displayed their ignorance of the Constitution in that President Trump has not committed a single violation of any of the true articles of impeachment as set forth in the Constitution in Article 3, Section 3, Clause 1. ...

At long last, the game everyone has waited for has come. Super Bowl LIV aims to be one of the best in recent history—and that’s saying quite a bit. It truly is the tale of an unstoppable force against an immovable object. That unstoppable force is the Kansas City Chiefs offense, led by rising star Patrick Mahomes...

The Webb School just had too much firepower for Zion Christian to match on Thursday night. Webb placed three in double figures and coasted to a 73-52 win in front of a home crowd. Alex Garrett led the way with 20 points, followed by JJ Platt’s 16. Junior Chambers chipped in 12 for the winners...

Harris Middle School Eaglettes named all conference in basketball are Anayah Harris (left) and Paige Blackburn.

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. — Colossians 3:17 The second year of the 111th General Assembly started back in Session at noon on January 14th. We have a new Speaker of the House, Cameron Sexton, from Crossville. ...

A Shelbyville woman has been charged with going on a $500 spending spree using a stolen credit card, police said. Melissa Delynn Sanders was arrested Tuesday night at a Shelbyville motel after Officer Sam Campbell saw a list of charges on the card that included the motel and an adjoining store...

Bedford County Mayor Chad Graham signs a proclamation recognizing Tennessee Quit Week, Feb. 3-7, as Bedford County Health Department educator Jennifer Thomas looks on. Smoking, including secondhand smoke, is the cause of 480,000 deaths each year in the U.S., including 11,400 in Tennessee. An estimated 125,000 Tennesseans 17 and under are projected to die from smoking unless smoking rates decline. For information and resources to help quit smoking, call the Tennessee Tobacco QuitLine, 800-QUIT-NOW (800-784-8669).

We are going to be looking at a fantastic Super Bowl Sunday across our county with sunshine and a high temperature of 55 to 60 degrees. Rain chances return Monday night and Tuesday and I think it will stick around all the way to Thursday, it will be off and on but 1 to 2 inches is possible next week. Temperatures will be continued mild for early February with above normal temperatures and precipitation expected through February 12...

When Eddie Carroll visited with the Wartrace Board of Mayor and Aldermen on Dec. 19, he serenaded them in a rich baritone singing “The Christmas Song.” “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose. Yuletide carols being sung by a choir, and folks dressed up like Eskimos…”...

Bedford County Financial Management Committee, meeting Tuesday night, gave its recommendation to a proposal that the county purchase the old state employment office on North Main Street, just off the square, for use as a county archive. The $100,000 purchase price, as well as any expenses for renovating and repairing the building, would come out of a dedicated archive fund generated by records fees charged by the county clerk’s office and the Circuit Court clerk’s office. ...

Shelbyville Parks and Recreation Director Mike Alsup and staff are doling out a lot of apologies today due to the indoor pool being closed. As much as they’d like for swimming to be available, Alsup advises he’s waiting on state inspections and permits, due to some new improvements which had to be made recently to the pool area...

Two Bedford County corrections officers were charged with aggravated assault Thursday following an alleged scuffle with an incoming suspect at the jail early Monday morning. Jailers Dayton Taylor and Cameron Reynoso have been terminated from their positions, Sheriff Austin Swing said...

Newell Brands plans to add 115 jobs in an expansion at its Shelbyville facility, company and Tennessee economic development officials announced Friday. The expansion represents an $11 million investment in Bedford County over the next five years. “Newell Brands is excited to expand our Shelbyville operations into an existing 211,000 square foot facility on Eagle Boulevard and continue our investment in the local Bedford County community,” Don Woods, Newell Brands Plant Manager, Packaging Operations Center, said.. ...

Mitzi Pugh, 59, of Shelbyville died Friday, January 31, 2020 at The Waters of Shelbyville. Funeral services were held Sunday, February 2 at Hillcrest Funeral Home, Jonathan Boyce officiating. Burial followed at Simpson Cemetery.