Today's Features

‘Cornbread Mafia’ author to

speak at library next week

James Higdon, whose Cornbread Mafia, about a drug-dealing syndicate in Marion County, has been very popular, will speak about his book at the Shelby County Public Library.

Higdon will appear at 6-7 p.m. March 14, and the event requires registration for seating purposes. You can reserve your seat or learn more by calling 633-3803.

Gilda and John W. Ellis of Shelbyville announce the engagement of their daughter, Shelby Elizabeth Ellis to Marine Corps Capt. Eric Joffre Skoczenski Esq. He is the son of Robert and Parise Skoczenski of Saco, Maine.

Ellis is a 2002 graduate of Shelby County High School and a 2005 graduate of Gettysburg (Pa.) College. She is a special agent with the Department of Defense.

Joan Goodwin, who made significant contributions to removing drugs and alcohol issues from Shelby County, died Friday at Masonic Home Shelbyville. She was 80.

Goodwin was a founder and former director, from 2001 to 2008, of the Shelby County Drug/Alcohol Advisory Council, now Shelby Prevention and also had worked with the Shelbyville Police Department’s Advisory Council.

Army Pvt. Timothy M. Jones has graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga.

Jones is the son of Charles Lee Davis of Narrow Gage Pike in Eminence and the grandson of Linda Murphy and Charles Davis, both of Shelbyville. He is a 2011 graduate of Shelby County High School.