Stories from Saturday, September 26, 2020

My son Gideon has now finished both his ACT and SAT college entrance exams (scoring at an impressive percentile somewhere between “It’s …it’s…go ask my wife” and “Never you MIND what his father’s score was”), but I wonder if the tests will still be relevant when HIS hypothetical kids reach college age...

Years ago I sat down with some friends and learned how to play the game of Chickenfoot. It is a game played with dominoes. I first played Chickenfoot while on a church retreat at Beersheba Springs Assembly up on the mountain top in Grundy County, Tennessee...

Most of your weekend is looking good for outdoor activities as we warm back up to 80 degrees and partly sunny skies on Saturday, There is only a slight chance of a shower on Sunday. Rain chances return on Monday and Monday night as another cold front passes through and low temperatures get back into the 40s by Tuesday night. An even stronger cold front is expected in the first few days of October with highs in the 60s...

NASHVILLE — A former Tennessee state trooper’s insistence that he never yanked the mask off a protester near the state Capitol has been refuted by surveillance footage and an eyewitness account from a fellow law enforcement officer, state records show...

Anger over repeated thefts led a Halls Mill Road resident to file a police report Thursday. The man told a Bedford County deputy three guns and a tool box with contents were taken over the past year and a half. One of the guns was a ,22 rifle, which he said was stolen from his vehicle but was unsure where or when...

Bedford County Mayor Chad Graham and Shelbyville Mayor Wallace Cartwright signed proclamations declaring September Suicide Awareness Month and recognizing the 20th anniversary of Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network. From left are Cartwright; Mary Anne Christian, south central regional director for TSPN; Graham; and Joshua Haydon of TSPN. For more information about Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network, go to www.tspn.org.

Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC) has completed an LED streetlight upgrade in the town of Normandy, resulting in a 33 percent reduction of their streetlight’s energy cost. All streetlights were converted from the traditional high pressure sodium to state-of-the-art light emitting diode (LED)...

Chamber of Commerce executive Allen Pitner announced Monday that the county is the recipient of TVA’s Rural Certified Communities designation-an honor considered prestigious among rural economic development organizations whose mission is to lead in job creation and investment...

Over the last 56 days (From July 31 to Sept. 23) every day, on average, 66 Tennesseans have been hospitalized due to COVID-19, according to the state health department. The number of Tennesseans hospitalized due to the coronavirus during that period was 3,682...

When the coronavirus arrived in Bedford County in March, Chad Odeneal had just marked 14 years as a Shelbyville Power employee. He was enjoying life with his loving family and worried very little about contracting COVID-19, especially at his age. In hindsight, the 47-year-old discusses what it’s like being a COVID-19 survivor...

For the better part of the 2020 season, the Cascade Champion defense has played at a high level. Cascade continued to wreak havoc on an opposing offense on Friday night in the “Battle of Bedford” rivalry against Community. In total, Cascade (2-3) accounted for three interceptions, two blocked punts, and held the Vikings in negative yardage for the majority of the game...

A dominating rushing attack led the way as Shelbyville Central’s Golden Eagles cruised to a 44-28 win over visiting Centennial in a non-region matchup on Friday night at the Eagles Nest. Junior quarterback Kade Cunningham rushed for 287 yards on 15 carries to lead the Eagle offense...