The annual MLK Celebration Luncheon will be 11 a.m. Monday at Shelbyville Recreation Center. For ticket information, contact Albert Nelson, 931-685-4200, or JoAnn Gaunt, 931-639-7152. The luncheon is sponsored by Gilliland Historical Resource Center...

Two years ago, it was discovered that hungry termites were slowly destroying the 106-year-old Longview Baptist Church structure at 101 Cooper Road. In this new year, the Rev. Jonathan Osterhaus says there are a multitude of silver linings, like the open house celebration coming up Sunday for the new worship center...

Each year, First United Methodist Church on the square sends a team of volunteers to work with the United Methodist Committee on Relief's Sager Brown Depot, a warehouse in Baldwin, Louisiana. UMCOR is the United Methodist Church's disaster relief agency, responding to natural disasters anywhere in the world. Its motto is "When the Earth rocks, UMCOR rolls."...

Back when I wrote a weekly tech column for the T-G, I covered the topic of memorialized Facebook accounts. But I made a post to Facebook on the topic the other day, and got such a response from my Facebook friends that I decided maybe it bears repeating...

Back in 2011, my wife bought me an iPad for Christmas. She also bought me a companion book to help me out with my new Christmas present. The book was called "iPad for Dummies." I remember taking to the iPad pretty easily, although I am one of the least tech savvy fellows out there. I never did have to open the Dummies book...

Australia has always seemed like a wonderful place to visit, but right now I am grieving for the losses that the continent has suffered in the recent horrid wildfires that have raged through the country. It would definitely be a poor time to consider a visit as a tourist, although when all of this tragedy has subsided I am sure they will need the income from their tourist trade to get back on their feet again...

Town and Country Garden Club held its January meeting at River Bend Country with Linda Anderton and Mary Pickhardt serving as hostesses. The program " Keep on Moving" was presented by Lindsey Trice. Winners in the floral categories were Rita McDonald, Pat Johnson, and Mary Howard...

Shelbyville FCE Club met Tuesday, Jan. 7, at the UT/TSU Extension office. President Bonnie Saunders called the meeting to order by reading "Photographs." Helen Willliams gave the devotion. Eight members were present. Meeting hostesses were assigned and club members filled out new yearbooks. Reading reports were given, and five members had perfect attendance...

David and Angie Parker of Bell Buckle announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelsey Parker of Bell Buckle, to Blake Floyd of Wartrace. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Wickey and Pat Parker of Shelbyville and Bud and Wanda Mullins of Flat Creek. She is a 2013 graduate of Cascade High School and a 2017 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and is employed as a mathematics teacher in Rutherford County...

Luis Angel Sanabia and Cinthia Sanabia of Shelbyville announce the birth of a son, JuanDavid Elijah Sanabia, Dec. 30 in Murfreesboro. He weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and is a brother to Carilu, 5, and Jadiel, 3. Grandparents are Juan C. Solis and Marilu Solis of Wartrace, David Rafael Sanabia and Luisa Rodriguez of the Dominican Republic...

The Fairview FCE Club met Nov. 14 at the UT/TSU Extension office. The meeting was conducted immediately following a countywide meeting held by Extension Agent Whitney Danhof. Danhof has prepared several foods appropriate for the Christmas season and provided recipes as well. ...

Each year, thousands of women come together across the country, united by a common purpose to end heart disease and stroke in women. The first Friday of each February, designated as American Heart Month, is proclaimed National Wear Red Day. To help bring attention to the importance of heart health in women, Tennova Healthcare -- Harton is proud to coordinate the only local 2020 Go Red for Women luncheon. ...

Shelbyville-based Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey says it was the most-honored American whiskey of 2019, earning praises from competitions and publications around the world, including critics who normally favor products from north of the Tennessee-Kentucky border...

Mike Shockey of Mike's Towing & Recovery, 833 North Jefferson St., was inducted into the Order of Towman by American Towman Magazine. The award is a Maltese Cross with a unique towing icon sculpted inside, a hand pulling a bow, but with the bottom of the bow shapped like a tow hook. ...

The rideshare services Uber and Lyft have gotten a lot of publicity in recent years -- but that doesn't help you if they don't happen to operate in your community. Jeff Garland founded Drover, the first Tennessee-based rideshare company, with the idea that it would start in the areas not yet served, or underserved, by Uber or Lyft...

Nancy Jensen is retiring from First Community Bank of Tennessee after 20 years of service. She was a Senior Vice-President and has made lifetime friendships with her customers. She was honored with a retirement reception on Dec. 18.

Merchants who participated in this month’s Wine Walk on the square present $2,000 to Shelbyville-Bedford County Public Library. The money comes, in part, from the sale of commemorative wine glasses during the free event. From left are Calvin Cannon (Torso), Tanya Coffey (Dwell), Margaret Petty of the library, Dena Landers (Merle Norman), Linda Brown (Heritage Jewelers), Jennifer Jordan Thompson (J. Jordan), Pam Birtcil (Bedford Builds Habitat For Humanity), Megan Bledsoe and Tabitha Lewis (Salon 102), and Kimberly McGee (The Pomegranate).

“Holidays without Hunger” food boxes were bought at Food Lion by customers to assist those in need this Holiday Season. A total of 800 boxes were donated to Good Samaritan Association and the American Legion. From left are assistant store manager Kevin Sloan and sales associate Jen Garrett.

Middle Tennessee State University now has a noticeable presence inside the Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee's newest contribution to teaching Middle Tennessee secondary school students about financial literacy. Junior Achievement, a volunteer-driven organization that provides programs focused on work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills, hosted a grand opening Tuesday afternoon of the JA Finance Park, a state-of-the-art program that will serve seventh- through 12th-grade students across Middle Tennessee and is the organization's first such venture in the state.. ...

Southside Elementary faculty, staff and students wore their Tennessee Titans gear on Friday to support the team, which is playing in the AFC championship this weekend in hopes of making it to the Super Bowl.

On Jan. 11, six students from Cascade Middle School and Cascade High School performed at the 2020 All Middle Tennessee Honor Ensemble at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. Back row, from left: middle schoolers Ella Jefferson (silver band), Mikey Lucich (gold band), Emma Kwapinski (gold band) and Macy Howell (gold band). Front row: Chloe Delease (gold band) and Connor Prim (gold band).

Middle Tennessee State University is partnering with Motlow State Community College to host a "Finish Your Degree" Q&A event Thursday, Feb. 6. at the D.W. Wilson Community Center in Tullahoma. The come-and-go event will run from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the center, located at 501 N. Collins St...

Youth Leadership Bedford participated in Education Day on Jan. 8. The class visited Bedford County Board of Education, Bedford County Schools Maintenance Department, Thomas Magnet School, and Tennessee College of Applied Technology—Shelbyville.

Austin Peay State University has recognized nearly 2,400 students who were on the Dean's List during the Fall 2019 semester. They include: Alyssa Amos of Bell Buckle Brandon Azar of Bell Buckle Wade Conley of Chapel Hill Lauren Nash of Shelbyville Jasmin Navarro of Shelbyville...

MOORE COUNTY — Motlow State Community College president Michael Torrence, Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville president Laura Monks, and Kimberly McCormick, vice chancellor for external affairs of Tennessee Board of Regents outlined educational achievements and needs during Motlow’s annual legislative briefing, held Friday at Motlow’s Moore County campus...