Looking Ahead to the Future of Shelbyville Is a Collaborative Effort
PICTURE THIS... imagine what your “ideal Shelbyville” looks like. Look out five or ten years into the future. Imagine what would make Shelbyville even better, even nicer, even more appealing to you...
A New Era of Improvements Is Underway
HAVE YOU felt the rumble of activity in Bedford County? If you’re feeling a movement under the earth below your feet, it’s not an earthquake – it’s the massive improvement that is coming to the...
2021 David T. Craig Memorial Scholarship Recipient
Congratulations to Anna Parsons on receiving the 2021 David T. Craig Memorial Scholarship. Ms. Parsons, daughter of Tim Parsons and Susan Huff, is a graduate of Shelbyville Central High and will be...
Introducing Dr. Tammy Garrett -Investing in Our County & Our Students
“ WORK HARD and be kind.” Those are words that Dr. Tammy Garrett, Bedford County’s new school superintendent lives by and instills in the students with whom she connects. Dr. Garrett sees her- self...
State Representative Pat Marsh Talks About His Hometown of Shelbyville, the Traditions That Keep This Close-Knit Community Thriving, and All the Good Things in Store.
COMMUNITIES DON’T get bet- ter by chance. It takes people with ideas, foresight, and the willingness to put in the hard work required to make positive change. And most of all, it takes people who...
Justin Bird – Why a Firefighter Will Never Leave the Bedford County Community.
“I’m not gonna lie,” Justin Bird said. “There have been plenty of nights when I’m laying in bed at night while I’m on duty at the station thinking ‘I’ve got the greatest job in the world.’” Justin...
Jarylin Bishop, an ICU Nurse, Shares Miraculous Recoveries That Are So Often Forgotten.
‘Am I completely gowned up? Do I have everything on correctly?’ Jarylin Bishop thought as she stood in front of the doorway to the patient’s room. On the other side of the door was her first...
How Cathy Purcell Shows Gratitude for the Community Through Her Hard Work.
Cathy Purcell is a certified nursing assistant, or CNA, in Shelbyville. She lives in Unionville, just a quick 17-minute drive up the road from the hospital. She lives on the same road as her mother,...
How Ricky Donovan Brightens Every Day to Make Shelbyville Feel Like Home.
If you get the pleasure of walking by Rich- ard “Ricky” Donovan in the hallway of the hospital, he will speak to you. A simple hello, at the least, can brighten anyone’s day. Ricky is an...
How Dr. Austin Mackens Led the Hospital Staff to Win a War.
“I heard a bad quote in mid-April of last year from a healthcare provider. It was not someone I knew directly,” Dr. Austin Mackens said. The bad quote he heard was “I did not sign up for this.” “My...
How Donya Neal Fought the Pandemic Every Day for More Than Eight Months Straight.
January 1, 2021, was the first day in more than 250 days that Donya Neal got to take a day off as an Infection Control Practitioner at the Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital. Since mid-April 2020, she had...
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