Stories from Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Shelbyville police say they were forced to physically confront a suspect allegedly causing a ruckus on Veterans Memorial Bridge at Fisherman’s Park on Sunday afternoon. Callers told police a man had jumped from the bridge. Officers said they saw Ricky Rutledge, 35, jumping over the guardrail back onto the bridge and running into oncoming traffic...

Bedford County fee offices have continued to operate during the safer-at-home order, but closed their doors to walk-in traffic, requiring citizens to call and make an appointment for services requiring in-person contact or transfer of paperwork. County Clerk Donna Thomas will re-open her office to walk-in traffic Monday, May 11. ...

Bill Gregory said while Sunday night’s wind storm was quick and apparently mighty at times out toward his farm on Gregory Mill Road, it was actually minor in comparison to last Tuesday’s which split a large tree in a nearby field and damaged a portion of his back porch. While at his barn feeding his cows Monday morning, Gregory talked over the fence about how there was another storm forecast for Monday night, one which he hoped would take a different direction and stay away from his road...

The federal government’s “Guidelines for Opening Up America Again” advised state and local governments to wait for a 14-day “downward trajectory” of cases. That has not happened in Tennessee and it hasn’t happened in Bedford County. The trajectory in Tennessee and Bedford County is steadily upward...

Part of the Times-Gazette’s roof landed in an alley behind the building as high winds — referred to by the National Weather Service as a “gust front” blew through Bedford County late Sunday afternoon. A gust of 60 mph was reported by Bedford County Emergency Management Agency.