Several years ago I attended a funeral in another city for an old friend of mine who had died unexpectedly. As I listened to the preacher eulogizing my friend, his description of her was so different than the woman I first met years back. The preacher spoke of a woman who had found a reason to live and how she had been living life to the fullest...

Music is playing in my head a lot more for some reason. Not anything recent. I personally believe no good music, with rare exceptions, has been produced since 1979. Maybe it is because I am now one year away from being 65 or maybe it is because of my discussions about music with Neal Gordon, who co-hosts a music show, “Time 2 Time”, on Sundays on WDUC-FM (93.9) as well as “Sports Saturday”, but I have really been thinking about music associated with various points in my life...

Oh, I shouldn’t have been caught off-guard. All the joys, sorrows, friendships, jobs, technological innovations and cultural upheavals of five decades leave this former 10-year-old with only hit-and-miss memories of Sarah Elizabeth Gipson Tyree (a.k.a. “Sallie Bet”)...

The Webb School's orchestra classes will be joining forces with well-known electric violinist and original member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra–Mark Wood-during a free event slated for 7 p.m. Feb. 27, in the Barton Athletic Center. Registration is required at http://events.webbschool.com/strings. ...

I am so tired of people calling to tell me that the warranty on my vehicle has run out. And then there are the 3,087,986,457,900 other calls we get at the Dezotell household from that cacophony of voices from every nation on the planet telling me my computer is wacky, or that my television service is not the right one...

Your weekend is not looking good with a cold rain on Saturday and then cloudy and cold on Sunday with highs only in the upper 30s. From Sunday night through Monday night we could be in for some freezing rain and some snow and there could be some accumulation so keep up with the latest forecast as this is a rather strong system. If you are looking for warmer weather, we may hit 50 by next Thursday!...

Local jewelers Billy and Sharon Lowery said recently that before most of their customers shop, they generally ask about their mascot and adopted dog child, “Sir Winston.” With the dark-eyed, royal breed spaniel about to turn 10, the Lowerys plan to sweeten this decennial celebration in a couple of ways which should benefit their community...

The only out-of-town candidate making it to the final four interviews for local school superintendent, Tammy Garrett of Murfreesboro, was clearly the underdog. On Tuesday, the Murfreesboro City principal pulled out the required majority votes. 7-to-2, needed for the appointment...

Dr. Tammy Garrett was chosen to be Bedford County’s next school superintendent Tuesday by the Bedford County School Board. Garrett, principal of Mitchell-Neilson School in Murfreesboro, was chosen over three local candidates - assistant superintendent Karen Scoggins, Community High School principal Dr. Robert Ralston and Shelbyville Central High School principal Tim Harwell...

Tim Harwell — the last of four candidates for school superintendent to be interviewed recently by Bedford County Board of Education — said that he learned his steadfast work ethic from his parents. His father was a factory worker and owner of an upholstery business. As well, he was inspired by his mother, who earned her GED at age 53...

Bedford County Schools will be closed on Monday due to hazardous road conditions. Portions of some rural roads remained partially ice-covered Sunday afternoon. SACP will be open at Southside School from 6 a.m.-6 p.m.

As the third candidate interviewed for the position of Bedford County school superintendent, Karen Scoggins told board of education members Monday, “I don’t think you can throw dollars at everything and make it better. But [with] some things, you’ve got to have money to make it work.”...

President: Emma Rose Vice President: Will Melson Treasurer: Lexi Bailey Secretary: Jessica Rhodes Captain: Max Hinojosa Lieutenants: Jacob Betzelberger & Sophie Miller Sergeants: Chris Ocasio, Jordan Cooper, Sean O’Gorman, Cole Banks, Noelia Torres, Sabina Rico, Lindsey Parker, Bayleigh Stovall & Makia Woodard...

Shelbyville Central High School's National Honors Society recently held a supplies drive for the Community Soup Kitchen. The soup kitchen serves meals in drive-by and pick up fashion from 4 to 5 p.m. each Tuesday at the old Save-A-Lot building on South Cannon Boulevard. From left, Dillen Haynes, Savannah Catron and Rebekah Marshall from NHS and Kay Bartley, volunteer with from the Community Soup Kitchen.