by Amanda West | Feb 24, 2025 | Shelbyville, Shelbyville-Feature
“You’ve got to get up here to the First Baptist Church. They’ve got one of the best-looking groomsmen in this wedding…” After what she’d heard her sister say, Barbara quickly set the rotary phone on the table and pleaded with their mother to drive her the...
by Amanda West | Feb 24, 2025 | Shelbyville, Shelbyville-Feature
In a time where true love often feels like a fleeting dream, Joyce and Bobby McGee’s story stands as a testament to enduring romance and lifelong friendship. In November, they celebrated 61 years of marriage, proving that their bond has only strengthened over the...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2024 | Shelbyville, Shelbyville-Feature
LIFE WITHOUT someone who’s always been there is not just hard. “It’s just weird. That’s the only word I can say when people ask me about it. It’s just the strangest thing,” said Mary Pitner. This ‘thing’ is her world without her husband, Allen Pitner, a presence in...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 13, 2024 | Shelbyville, Shelbyville-Feature
SOME BELIEVE it doesn’t exist; others think it might but believe they’ll never experience it. Some believe it exists only in Hallmark movies and chick-lit novels. You know how it goes. Curled up on the couch with a crackling fire under your favorite fuzzy throw, the...
by Clinton | Jan 1, 2022 | Shelbyville, Shelbyville-Feature
JEANNIE CAMPBELL knows from personal experience that there is a lot to deal with when a person with an addiction decides to get clean. It’s not only the body that detoxes, it is a process of detoxing people, thoughts, habits, and your very heart and soul that is...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2022 | Shelbyville, Shelbyville-Feature
THE COSTS of prescription drugs drain household budgets. Navigating insurance, manufacturer coupon programs, and the barrage of information from mailings and the internet is overwhelming. United Way of Bedford County can help, and it’s as easy as stopping by their...
