Stories from Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Police charged a suspect with domestic assault Sunday afternoon after his girlfriend passed a note to a convenience store clerk saying he was trying to kill her. Officers arrested John David Wiser, 40, of Crestview Circle after checking the area near his home, where approximately an hour earlier a report was received of a man punching a woman in the roadway before driving away in a red hatchback car. The note described Wiser’s car as a red 1989 Dodge Omni...

An intoxicated man who allegedly claimed he was driving a stolen bulldozer from his “kingdom” to his home left behind a trail of more than $28,000 worth of damage Saturday morning, a Bedford County Sheriff’s Office report said. Deputies investigating a report of a bulldozer in the front yard of a home on Horse Mountain Road near Highway 437 Bypass found Ryan Matthew Sheehan, 32, of Mankin Road in the driver’s seat. ...

NASHVILLE (AP) — Former Republican state Sen. Jim Tracy is joining the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance as a senior adviser. The department announced Friday that it has hired the former Shelbyville lawmaker and insurance agent. Tracy most recently served as state director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in rural development under then-President Donald Trump's administration...

Shelbyville Central High School has teamed up with the Bedford County Sheriff’s Department to create a new experience for Criminal Justice students enrolled in Work-Based Learning. Criminal Justice III students who are Seniors now have a new opportunity to learn what it takes to serve in the realm of corrections. This is not only a first for Bedford County, but for the State of Tennessee with Shelbyville Central High School and The Bedford County Sheriff’s Department leading the way...

It has been a long year for everyone, given the pandemic, but probably no more so than for Shelbyville-Bedford County Senior Citizens Center. The halls have been quiet . . . no crafts, public birthday parties and no conversations around the table since the outset of the pandemic...

The numbers over the last seven days are indicating that the so-called holiday spike in the spread of the coronavirus has peaked and is starting to decline. The average daily number of active cases in the most recent seven days in Bedford County (Jan. 18-24) was 353. In the previous seven days the daily average number was 515...

Ricky Khottavong, 21, of Christiana died Saturday, January 23, 2021. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, January 30, 2021, at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel. Pastor Sourideth will officiate. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.