Stories from Thursday, April 30, 2020

There are lessons to be learned while living and working as a journalist within a pandemic. One thing I have learned is that that there are some people who likely wouldn’t make good partners if ever stranded on a desert island. Of course while I would choose to be with my family, you don’t always get that choice. So I thought a lot about the people I would and would not chose to become my “Wilson.” (From Tom Hanks’ movie “Cast Away.”)...

A marijuana odor from a box delivered to a Shelbyville apartment complex’s office resulted in the arrest of two people on drug charges Tuesday, police said. An employee noticed the odor and called police. K9 officer Trigger alerted on the box, which allegedly contained a small package of what police described as “marijuana wax substance known as dab” wrapped in hair extensions...

To the Editor, Those of us that had the pleasure of going to a barn dance can still hear words called out to the people dancing. “One step forward and one step back, step to the right and step to the left, take your lady and turn her all about.” Yes, that was some good entertainment and it always made me dizzy. The Mike and Bubba Trump show has become an entertainment, and it will make you dizzy if you watch it long enough...

Expected COVID-19 related economic worries concerned county commissioners and County Mayor Chad Graham on Tuesday as Bedford County Commission’s finance committee met. Finance Director Robert Daniel told the panel the county hasn’t yet felt the loss of sales tax revenue due to pandemic-related business closures, but that loss should pick up in the next few weeks. Tax revenues usually run around two months behind purchase dates, Daniel said...

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Bedford County continues to be a hot spot for the increase of COVID-19 cases in Tennessee. From Monday (April 20) to Tuesday (April 28) the case count in Bedford County rose 119.7 percent — from 76 to 167. (The number as of Wednesday, April 28 was 169.)...

Jacqueline Hoskins lives on White Street in Shelbyville. She’s had enough of motorists speeding by her home and those of her elderly neighbors. She said the last straw came Monday morning when a hit-and-run motorist took out her neighbor’s mailbox. “Children are outside all hours of the day. ...

Dayton Lee Warren Jr., 50, of Shelbyville, died Friday, April 24, 2020. Private graveside services will be Saturday, May 2 at Talley Cemetery in Petersburg. Feldhaus Memorial Chapel is handling arrangements.