Stories from Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Any time a coach is hired to take over a program, there are always struggles each coach must go through—building chemistry, understanding the personnel and fitting into a new environment. Throw in a global pandemic and the challenges Cascade coach Chris Lawson has faced are pretty unprecedented...

The ongoing global pandemic has been a challenge for athletes and coaches of every classification of every sport. While nobody is truly “prepared” for handling the raging pandemic, Lady Champion basketball coach Kendall Hampton feels that having been in the gym as the Lady Champion volleyball coach has helped her coach through the basketball preseason thus far...

During the 2020-2021 basketball season, Cascade High School will limit fan capacity to one-third total gym occupancy. Tickets for home games can be purchased from gofan.co. The link to purchase tickets will be activated four days prior to the game date...

To the editor, In the world of statistics, Tennessee is ranked #16 on the population scale, just shy of 7,000,000. In the world of education, Tennessee is ranked #35, with higher education’s rating at 23 and pre-K-12 at 38. In the world of health, we are ranked #43.  Considerations in this category were access, quality, and public health in general...

To the editor, I want to extend my condolences to Stella Adcock who has lost her orange painted idol I now refer to as Nasty Old Suer.  Loser Trump is filing lawsuits right and left trying to overturn a legitimate election he lost badly.  His suits have no validity and he is in a rage.  I know Ms. ...

To the editor, I was alarmed at seeing the lead-in for an ad paid for by the Bedford County Republican Party: “Does the outright theft of the presidential election by the Democratic party have you Spitting mad”? (Times Gazette, November 14, 2020). This ludicrous assertion has me disappointed and distressed. ...

To the editor, The  national election day has passed, but to date with the lawsuits and challenged voting returns  no clear official  winner is yet legally declared but  the democrats have a sudden Christian change of heart.  They are now posturing as the smiling,  peace loving harbingers of peace, compassion and healers of wounds proffering the branch of reconciliation  and miracle- of- miracles, they have actually gone an entire week without posting a myriad of "we hate Trump" media tirades. ...

In today’s custody courts and departments of child services, mental abuse is not taken as seriously as physical abuse is. Many people may wonder why, and some may think that mental abuse is just a way for a kid to claim they are being hurt. One thing for sure is that mental abuse is one hundred percent real for many kids...

A man who told Shelbyville police he is homeless said he is trying to survive by shoplifting necessities, a investigative report said. Walmart loss prevention personnel said William Joseph Van Nortwick, 35, changed into a pair of jeans he took from the store and had $128 worth of stolen items ranging from clothing to toothpaste to beer in his backpack...

While adults are still haggling over the 2020 U.S. Election results, a few local teens say they simply feel honored to have been able to have worked at a local precinct on Nov 3. Teen Ariel Compton worked as a registrar at the precinct in Fair Haven Baptist Church, where she greeted and checked in voters. Growing up, she accompanied her mother, Annette, to the polls, where she began to learn the election process...

Shelbyville City Council took action Thursday on submitting a state grant proposal, which if awarded, could pump in thousands of dollars toward the upgrade of traffic light signals at two prominent intersections on the east side of town. Each signal upgrade, which would include video cameras, is estimated to cost $69,000...

The State Health Department reported that Bedford County had 316 active cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, the highest number since the first case of the coronavirus was recorded in the county on March 25. Sunday’s number broke the previous record of 280 which was set just six days earlier, Nov. 9...

Several months ago, Virginia Parrish contacted Amy Martin, local Quilt of Valor representative, asking her to have husband, Dan, placed on the award list. She did so, but was contacted again soon after by Virginia; she requested the presentation soon as Dan had terminal cancer. ...

A mask mandate may be implemented in Bedford County if COVID-19 cases continue rising, Mayor Chad Graham said Tuesday morning. “I remain confident that the people of Bedford County can do the right thing because it is the right thing,” Graham said in a press release...

Lannis Bright of Shelbyville died Sunday, November 15, 2020. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, November 19, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at a later date in Farmington, New Mexico.

A Quilt of Valor was presented to former U,S, Marine Capt. Patrick R.T. Brown of 2nd Force Recon. Served from 1992 - 1997. The quilt was made and presented by Shirley Brown to her son, near his home in Boise, ID.

John C. Carlton, Sr., 93, of Shelbyville died Monday, November 16, 2020, at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, November 19, at Cothran Cemetery in Rover. Chaplain Martin Nutter will officiate. The family strongly requests that masks be worn and social distancing be practiced during all commemoration events.

Robert Lamar Kimbrell Sr., 72, of Shelbyville died Monday, November 16, 2020, at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Pastor Rob McKamey officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery in Wheel. Visitation will be held 5-8 p.m. Friday and starting at 10 a.m. Saturday.