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Brandon Brown failed to make the cut at the U.S. Open.

The professional golfer from Shelbyville shot a 12-over-par 152 in the first two rounds of the tournament being held at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Penn.

Brown, making his first appearance in one of golf’s four “majors,” missed the cut for the final two rounds by four shots.

Shelby County Public Schools named two near leaders for the coming school year.

Brenda King, since 2009 the county’s director of special education, will be the principal of the new Northside Early Childhood Center that  is scheduled to open in January 2014.

And Ayanna Peake, a native of Louisville with an extensive background in psychology, will served as the Reading and Math Proficiency Coordinator (affectionately known as RAMP).

“Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.”―Gilda Radner

The tornado that struck Moore, Okla., -- and those that followed in other nearby towns – remind us again that life is uncertain. I find it nearly impossible to comprehend the pain and loss those people are enduring today, especially the parents of the lost children.

Rochelle Arnold Jr. and the former Catherine Chambers were married May 6, 1963, in Shelbyville.

Her father, the late Rev. James R. Chambers, performed the marriage ceremony. Her mother is the late Genevieve Brown Chambers. She graduated from Lincoln Institute in 1961 and received a Bachelor of Science in computer information systems from Athens State University. She retired from AT&T in Birmingham, Ala., after 33 years of service.