by Tina Neeley | Oct 1, 2022 | Feature, Shelbyville
“IT WAS the best of times; it was the worst of times. Nothing is more simultaneously joyful and stressful than the birth of your first child unless it’s starting your own business on the same day. In 1972, Eddie Redd asked for the day off from his Nashville job as an...
by Tina Neeley | Oct 1, 2022 | Feature, Shelbyville
NURSE LORIE KEENE has seen a few things. She sees the present, the past, and the future with humor and heart, and all three have inspired her podcast, “Along Norrell Road – snippets from a Southern girl’s life.” As a pastor’s wife and registered nurse, home has...
by Tina Neeley | Sep 1, 2022 | Feature, Shelbyville
FAITH AND art have filled Marie Lane Madeiros’ heart for as long as she can remember, inseparable like muscle and marrow. Not one season of her life is without them. Her earliest art memories trace back to the Pisgah one-room schoolhouse. Mrs. Annie Cook recognized...
by Tina Neeley | Sep 1, 2022 | Feature, Shelbyville
IMAGINE A life with no hope for your child – no hope for education, to learn to read or write; no hope for growing into their dreams; no hope for what we would call a normal life. Imagine that society believed your child’s future work could only be cleaning toilets...
by Tina Neeley | Aug 1, 2022 | Feature, Shelbyville
THE SKY’S the limit for future pilots, and Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) and the Shelbyville Municipal Airport will play a vital role in the takeoff of their careers. Statista.com predicts demand for 130,000 commercial pilots in North America between 2021...
by Kali Bradford | Aug 1, 2022 | Feature, Shelbyville
Did you know that right in our backyard is one of the most biologically diverse rivers in North America? Over 50 species of freshwater mussels, and 151 fish species reside in this precious water source that also provides drinking water to over 300,000 residents,...
