Stories from Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Shown l-r are Lion Eddie Wright representing Tennessee Lions Charities and Lion Katie Guthrie-Shearin who is currently Council Chair for Lions of Tennessee and Lion Marc Majors who is president of Shelbyville Lions Club. Katie was presented the Lindsey Jennings Fellow award, the second highest award honor given to Lions of Tennessee.  This was given by Shelbyville Lions Club to honor her for her year serving as District Governor for Lions of District 12-S in Tennessee. Katie is currently serving in a higher rank as Council Chair for the state of Tennessee.

The Shelbyville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce welcomed the Nash Family Creamery with a ribbon cutting this week. The business features locally made ice cream and other local farm products including cheeses and meats, and fresh baked goods. Nash Family Creamery is located at 4019 Hwy 41A North in Chapel Hill. The creamery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The phone number is (931) 294-2999.

Planet Fitness – one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand – will hold a weeklong grand opening celebration, Oct. 19-27, at of its Shelbyville fitness center...

(Editor’s note: This article was originally published by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news organization based in Washington, D.C.The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates betrayals of public trust.)...

I’ve been asked how we are doing here at the office, and how we’ve handled the pandemic and the issues associated. It’s been a big adjustment. As a part of the University of Tennessee and Tennessee State University, we’re bound by their regulations concerning health and social distancing. We’ve had to take steps that are not our favorites, but we’ve always been able to talk with folks who needed us...

One of former Shelbyville City Manager Shanna Boyette’s final recommendations to Council recently concerned the safety of children in regard to continued use of deteriorating playground equipment at H.V. Griffin Park. “We have to stay in compliance with playground regulations to keep our kiddos safe,” Boyette said during a recent special called meeting...

The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Tennessee is going in the wrong direction — up. Over the weekend, Saturday and Sunday, the state health department reports there were 5,251 new cases. In the last seven days there were 14,127 new cases of the coronavirus reported in the state...

The Shelbyville Central Golden Eaglette finished second in the District 8-AAA Tournament over the weekend. Shelbyville Central rolled past Coffee County 3-1 in the semifinals before falling to host Franklin County 1-0 on Saturday night in the title game...

Approximately 60 people gathered to stand up for inclusiveness and against racism and the Ku Klux Klan at a rally Saturday on the east lawn of Bedford County Courthouse. Organizer Stephanie Issacs said the event was planned by the Shelbyville Loves group specifically in response to a small number of flyers supposedly distributed by the KKK in a Shelbyville neighborhood last week. ...