by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2023 | Feature, Shelbyville
COFFEE FROM a favorite mug, their children’s hugs, and that exhausted feeling from a hard day’s work—all these little things were traded for soul-numbing choices leading to their incarceration. A lot of things are missing from life inside the Bedford County...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2023 | Shelbyville, Stories
TWO WORDS strike fear and dread in our hearts. Cancer is number two. While number one is associated with it, it is no longer exclusive to it. Any number of conditions can lead to a call for it; the word is hospice. Whispers of a patient in the care of hospice paint...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2023 | Feature, Shelbyville
FOR OVER 35 years, Trena Tucker Cook stood behind the chair. Today, her appointment book is entirely cleared, making time for the most important things in her life—her family. Cook said, “Between working 50+ hours a week, taking care of Daddy and my 14-year-old, I was...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2023 | Cover, Shelbyville
THE NEON invitation to entertainment and escape has stood for almost 75 years at the corner of Depot and North Brittain Streets. But on Wednesday, May 22, 1968, it shined brightest, announcing “The Sound of Music” would reopen the former Princess Theatre as The Capri....
by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2023 | Shelbyville, Stories
LABOR DAY weekend 1974, Saturday, September 7. The city inhaled Celebration energy and exhaled excitement and anticipation. Nine days of hopefuls— present and future—had entered the ring, walked, cantered, and run-walked to the organ’s cadence as 112,499 spectators...
