by Tina Neeley | Apr 13, 2024 | Stories
INSIDE HERITAGE Jewelers on the Shelbyville square, each gleaming gem seated in engagement rings and wedding sets, earrings, fashion rings, and estate jewelry is poised to hold a memory, a celebration, or a love letter engraved in gold or silver. Linda Brown isn’t...
by Guest Writer | Apr 13, 2024 | Stories
LOCATED IN the Piggly Wiggly parking lot, the aroma of smoky barbecue wafts from the Holy Smokes BBQ food truck, luring patrons in with every sniff of the air. As a connoisseur of all cuisine, and armed with my curious cravings, I knew I had to try this magnificent...
by Wesley Bryant | Mar 8, 2024 | Stories
THE METAL beams tick, tick, tick with every inch the cart climbs to the top of the hill. The experienced thrill-seekers in the front cart raise their hands as the coaster inches toward the climax of the ride. Experienced or not, every heart on the ride starts beating...
by Tina Neeley | Mar 8, 2024 | Stories
THINK SCHOOLS, and you immediately picture students in class, heads bent over computers and notebooks, and teachers at the front of the room leading lessons. You see the principal walking the halls and the cafeteria lines moving. You hear the bell tones signaling the...
by Tina Neeley | Mar 8, 2024 | Stories
FEW NAMES appear in resolutions adopted by the Tennessee House of Representatives, but it’s a recognition claimed by Julie Haynes and Layne Draper-Talbott. Haynes, Bedford County Schools’ Supervisor of the Year, and Draper-Talbott, Bedford County Schools’ Principal of...
by Tina Neeley | Mar 8, 2024 | Stories
AS DR. COLT Boyce walks the halls of Community Elementary School, the unmistakable sense of belonging he feels within the school’s walls doesn’t just come from doing the work he loves but from where he gets to do it. He’s traveled full circle, and all roads lead back...