Juan Antonio Lopez Juarez will spend the next 27 years behind bars for the murder of Juan Gutierrez at a trailer home on Lower Halls Mill Road on Oct. 11, 2020.
more
By TERENCE CORRIGAN - Special to the T-G
|
1/29/22
|
A resident of an Elizabeth Street apartment died when fire broke out in his small apartment Wednesday night. Scotty Haynes, who police said was “around 51” years of age, was dead when firefighters pulled him from the home around 7 p.m., Shelbyville police said.
more
By DAVID MELSON - dmelson@t-g.com
|
1/27/22
|
Send Community Calendar items to tgnews@t-g.com, notify us on Facebook, call 931-684-1200 or stop by our office, 323 E. Depot St.
TODAY
Wild game BBQ
Grace Outdoors, a …
more
1/27/22
|
Learning Way Elementary opened back up Monday after shifting to virtual learning from January 19-21 due to many students and staff quarantined or in isolation with COVID.
more
T-G STAFF REPORT
|
1/27/22
|
The small town of Bell Buckle is a busy place. So much so, town officials have been working on “traffic calming” in an effort to slow drivers down. Speed limits on residential streets are being lowered to 15 MPH.
more
By DAWN HANKINS - dhankins@t-g.com
|
1/27/22
|
Cascade Elementary made it a clean sweep on Saturday, wrapping up the inaugural Bedford County Elementary School league. Both teams were presented with trophy and posed after their championship games over the weekend.
more
1/25/22
|
Tennessee drivers will receive newly designed license plates this year. They will be available online, by mail, and in-person as residents complete their annual motor vehicle registration renewals.
more
T-G STAFF REPORT
|
1/25/22
|
A Bedford County firefighter sprays the remains of the Robert Trollinger home on Noblitt Road south of Flat Creek. The home was “on the ground” when fire trucks arrived following a call from a passerby shortly after noon Saturday.
more
1/25/22
|
The Vanderbilt I Solar Farm going on Frank Martin Road in Shelbyville will sit on 375 acres and cost upwards of $30 million, invested by Nashville-based solar platform Silicon Ranch.
more
By ZOË HAGGARD - zhaggard@t-g.com
|
1/22/22
|
At the 74th Annual Chamber Luncheon, guest speaker Keith Weaver, co-founder and board member of Uncle Nearest Whiskey, talked about updates on their “fastest growing” independent spirit company.
more
By ZOË HAGGARD - zhaggard@t-g.com
|
1/22/22
|
An alleged attempt to run a vehicle off the road Friday night, Jan. 14, led to the arrest of Mason West Warner, 21, on assault and reckless endangerment charges.
more
By DAVID MELSON - dmelson@t-g.com
|
1/22/22
|
Bedford County Board of Education approved several departmental reports Tuesday—those which demonstrated that the school system is in good financial and academic standing. Still, school health …
more
By DAWN HANKINS - dhankins@t-g.com
|
1/20/22
|
The Vanderbilt 1 Solar Farm groundbreaking event was held Wednesday on Frank Martin Road, marking the start of the first solar field of its kind for the university and for Bedford County. Funding the project are Silicon Ranch Corporation, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Nashville Electric Service (NES), and Duck River Electric Membership Corporation (DREMC), whose representatives attended Wednesday’s event.
more
By ZOË HAGGARD - zhaggard@t-g.com
|
1/20/22
|
Send Community Calendar items to tgnews@t-g.com, notify us on Facebook, call 931-684-1200 or stop by our office, 323 E. Depot St.
more
1/20/22
|
A small group of senior citizens who frequent Shelbyville Recreation Center gave Shelbyville Parks & Recreation staff a load of ideas for potential activities at a planning session Friday.
more
By DAVID MELSON - dmelson@t-g.com
|
1/18/22
|
As Shelbyville approved a resolution for the settlement in the National Opioid Litigation against distributors and Johnson & Johnson, Bedford County has hired the Branstetter law firm to handle …
more
By ZOË HAGGARD - zhaggard@t-g.com
|
1/18/22
|
A man intentionally drove into Duck River in downtown Shelbyville and died Monday afternoon in what police say was an apparent suicide.
more
By DAVID MELSON - dmelson@t-g.com
|
1/17/22
|
The Gilliland Historical Resource Center held its annual Dr. Martin Luther King Day event, virtually, on Monday. The theme for the holiday program was, “Let’s continue the dream."
more
By DAWN HANKINS - dhankins@t-g.com
|
1/17/22
|
Having been shaped by storm winds and rioters’ fires throughout the County’s 200-year history, the Bedford County Courthouse today stands as a testament to the men who built Bedford up from the time of Tennessee’s frontier to its present-day industrialization.
more
By ZOË HAGGARD - zhaggard@t-g.com
|
1/15/22
|
Bedford County Highway Department, as a result of several traffic accidents, has converted the intersection of Midland Road and Whiteside Road, north of Shelbyville, into a three-way stop.
more
1/15/22
|