by Amanda E. West | May 14, 2026 | Cover, Shelbyville
AMERICAN NOVELIST Thomas Wolfe famously said, “You can’t go home again.” Our lives — and everything around us — change constantly. Family members and close friends pass away. Communities evolve. Unpaved country roads become four-lane highways dotted with subdivisions....
by Amanda E. West | Apr 9, 2026 | Cover, Shelbyville
THE SPEED limit isn’t the only change that has taken place on Fairfield Pike over the last several years. A once undeveloped piece of land is now a state-of-the-art learning facility. Cartwright Elementary School opened for the 2024-2025 school year with a capacity of...
by Amanda E. West | Apr 9, 2026 | Shelbyville, Stories
COURTNEY BOGLE applied to Thomas Magnet School (TMS) three years ago, hoping to teach English to seventh and eighth graders. When the principal, Mrs. Tracy Watson, asked if she’d be willing to start an extracurricular club for the middle school students, Bogle had...
by Amanda E. West | Apr 9, 2026 | Shelbyville, Stories
THE CONNECTED Community 5K on May 10, 2025, left many participants with more than just shin splints. Not long after everyone crossed the finish line of the “Run, Walk, and Roll,” Beth Davis and Aaron White formed a nonprofit to keep pumping positive energy...
by Amanda E. West | Apr 9, 2026 | Feature, Shelbyville
TINA CORLEY looked on in grateful awe at the rows of pallets stacked near her husband, Ryan, and their adult children, Chloe and Caden. Every pallet was stuffed with school supplies for the Bedford County Adopt a Teacher campaign. The July heat — coupled with no air...
