Stories from Thursday, June 25, 2020

“With dismay, I have read twice in the local newspaper that the town of Wartrace is taking steps to break away from the Bedford County Fire Department,” is how Wartrace Mayor Cindy Drake, put it on Wartrace Town Hall, the town’s Facebook page. “… at no time did any person on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen or any Wartrace Fire Department member present at the meeting, suggest, propose, recommend or outright say we want to break away.”...

Students and learners, the times we are facing as cities and nations in the world are unprecedented. We are being challenged like never before, but we at Motlow State Community College know the importance of your educational and social growth needs. We must pull together as one people more now than at any other time in recent history...

To the editor, This letter is in response to the article “Upset Renters Told to Work with Landlords” from Thursday June 18, 2020. I am JoAnne Vasil, and I am a member of the Bedford County Listening Project. We initially presented a proposal for the County to adopt URLTA (Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act) at the May 2020 Rules and Legislative Committee meeting. ...

To the editor, I agree with Mr. William Davis' letter to the Times Gazette where he replied to Stella Adcock. Ms. Adcock makes the ridiculous claim that 80% of Americans believe Democrats are communists without any proof of her claim.  If she does claim proof it will be from some conspiracy theorist or Fox (Trump Propaganda) News.  It may even be from the John Birch Society...

An employee of Valley View Market near Normandy told a deputy he was attacked as he closed the store Monday night. The victim, who refused medical treatment, told Deputy David Burns a man who arrived at the Huffman Road store on a four-wheeler at closing time cursed him when told to leave. Moments later, as the victim was getting into his truck to leave, he was struck in the back of the head, Burns’ report said...

A forlorn mule stands in a wealth of refuse in a yard on Carr Creek Road in Normandy.

Olivia Mason provided an instrumental background for Father’s Day visitors to Bell Buckle Sunday.

While it’s still up in the air as to whether students will return to classes on Aug. 3, due to COVID-19, Bedford County school maintenance and previously contracted construction crews have continued to finish their site punch lists, while reportedly staying on schedule, despite pandemic downturns...

Fearing its newest construction project is being deliberately delayed, Bedford County Board of Education members asked county officials during the June board meeting exactly when work can begin on the wing at Community High School. Board member David Brown voiced the allegation, “It just appears someone is delaying our project.”...

The number of newly found cases of COVID-19 in Bedford County is up sharply in the last two weeks but so is the number of tests so much of the increase may just be that with more tests it follows that there will be more positives. The total number of cases in Bedford County (March 5 through June 23) was up to 436. Of that number, 306 have recovered and 126 of the infections are still active...

In its 50th year, the bright lights of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration Fun Show will shine on at Maverick Arena through Saturday night. TWHNC officials have decided to pay it forward during this year’s event by honoring those who work on the front lines during the pandemic...