by Amanda E. West | Jul 9, 2026 | Shelbyville, Stories
THE HOMETOWN Heroes & Harmony event, sponsored by the United Veterans Council of Bedford County, began as an invitation-only event before welcoming our community to a free concert on the courthouse steps. On Friday, May 1, the parking lot of the Veterans of...
by Amanda E. West | Jul 9, 2026 | Shelbyville, Stories
OKINAWA, JAPAN; Korea; the Philippines; Thailand; Australia; Singapore; Hong Kong; Saudi Arabia; the United Arab Emirates; Qatar; Kuwait; Iraq; Kosovo; Cuba; Greece; Italy; Spain; France; Germany; Norway; Scotland; Israel; Crete; Egypt; and Somalia. This isn’t a...
by Amanda E. West | Jul 9, 2026 | Shelbyville, Stories
I PLUNKED MY keys and cellphone into the plastic tray. Two windowless metal doors separated us from the outside world. A third interior door was unbolted, and Lt. Chris Cook, the director of the Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) program, invited us deeper into the bowels...
by Amanda E. West | Jul 9, 2026 | Cover, Shelbyville
1967 WAS BOTH a tumultuous and transformative time in the history of our nation. January began with a national tragedy when three astronauts were killed during the prelaunch mission of Apollo 1. Overseas, the war in Vietnam was escalating. President Lyndon B. Johnson...
by Amanda E. West | Jul 9, 2026 | Feature, Shelbyville
HER MOTHER had reluctantly signed the papers. Twenty-four days after Jennifer Clever turned 18, she was on her way to Fort Dix in Burlington County, New Jersey. As a native of Dunkirk on the southern shores of Lake Erie in Western New York, Fort Dix was over 400 miles...
