by Wesley Bryant | Dec 1, 2021 | Shelbyville, Shelbyville-Feature
IN JULY of 1996, Detective Joyce McConnell was called out to a scene she will never forget. Detective McConnell was heartbroken at what she saw. Years after this event, Joyce founded Junior’s House, Inc. in 2001. Junior’s House, Inc. helps provide treatment for...
by Wesley Bryant | Dec 1, 2021 | Shelbyville, Shelbyville-Feature
HALLOWEEN IS Leland Blessing’s favorite holiday, when all his friends can get into the costumes of their favorite heroes and villains. They get to visit with friends and go knock on doors for candy from their Bedford County neighbors. Leland, who is six and will turn...
by Wesley Bryant | Dec 1, 2021 | Shelbyville, Shelbyville-Feature
HONEY AND Haley were ready on the starting line at a horse race in Kentucky. She was surrounded on her left and right by racers in her young adult age bracket. One racer after the other looked forward, ready to take the winning trophy. She squinted her eyes and looked...
by Wesley Bryant | Nov 1, 2021 | Shelbyville, Shelbyville-Dept
IN 1918 on the eleventh day of November at the eleventh hour, the dust settled and the world was no longer at war. Armistice Day, later known as Veterans Day, signaled the end of the first world war. Soldiers could go home and countries could rebuild after four years...
by Wesley Bryant | Nov 1, 2021 | Shelbyville, Shelbyville-Feature
AS CUSTOMERS, we walk into businesses not always knowing the history or hard work that it takes to make a successful business. We often don’t know the first days when a business was just dreams and a garage. Working every day in a local factory for 19 years, John Long...
