Stories from Saturday, May 30, 2020

W e celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, and important dates and milestones in a variety of ways. Back in the 1970s, while I was in Bible College in California, I celebrated my spiritual birthday with a friend. We both had surrendered our lives to Christ on the same date...

B oth fiction and nonfiction often date themselves as belonging to certain eras, before or after world events have occurred that forever change the way we do things. I remember when you could visit with someone who brought you to the plane until seconds before the last call to board. ...

“Late at night when it’s hard to rest/I hold your picture to my chest/ and I feel fine, I feel fine/But it’s a rainy night in Georgia…” – written by Tony Joe White and performed by Brook Benton I need your input. I know this is a terribly personal question, but which songs make you cry? And why? (And would you be miffed if you suddenly, inexplicably started receiving spam emails for Kleenex and Visine?)...

It is going to be a fantastic weekend of weather across Bedford County and all of Middle Tennessee with sunshine and lower humidity, high temperatures in the mid to upper 70s and dropping into the 50s at night. This nice weather pattern will continue through Monday and then the heat will quickly come back starting on Tuesday and Wednesday with highs in the upper 80s. Rain chances next week look to stay low until at least Thursday or Friday...

A domestic assault suspect was charged with resisting arrest Thursday, police said, Fillip Beau Kiser, 23 of Elizabeth Street is also charged with aggravated domestic assault and violation of an order of protection. Kiser allegedly admitted he’d been to his ex-girlfriend’s nearby Elizabeth Street apartment in violation of an order of protection. The victim and another family member told police Kiser physically abused them...

It’s now OK to play baseball, softball or volleyball in Tennessee so long as participants stay away from each other as much as possible (social distancing), wear protective masks when feasible, and take more care sanitizing. It’s not clear how catchers should react when a runner is about to slide into home plate...

Wartrace firefighters claim that Bedford County Fire Department officials are orchestrating a coup, trying to undermine their department, hoping that it fails so they can take over firefighting operations in Wartrace. Wartrace firefighters are also upset because of the amount of time they spend eight miles from town, compromising their readiness for local incidents, covering County Station 1 in Shelbyville, when county firefighters are out on a call. ...

A Dowelltown man has been charged as a suspect in a murder last March in Shelbyville, police said. Colby Ray Watford, 26, was picked up by Shelbyville police and DeKalb County deputies at a Dowelltown residence. He is charged with first degree murder and is being held on $1 million bond...

This motorist has no qualms about expressing her discontent with signs on her car. “LAW ENF (enforcement) is using my phone + T.V. (Placed bugs) to threaten me + my Home. Why? I stand up to corrupt Gov’t THUGS AND GUN PERMITS are a POLL TAX, period. This has gone on for many yrs. I will continue to Stand up to CORRUPT GOV’T MURDERS + PARASITES !!!!!!!!!!! *marana scum*” And “U.S. MILITARY, (ARMY) Get on our border, Get out of the mideast and, keep your helicopters OFF MY ROOF!”