Deadline for submitting absentee by mail applications for the March 5 primary election. They must be received by the election office by that day.

The Bedford County Standing Committees will meet beginning at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in the second floor of the historic courthouse. The Rules and Legislative Committee meets at 5 p.m., immediately followed by the Law Enforcement Committee and then the Courthouse and County Property Committee.

The Bedford County Democratic Party will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 19, at their headquarters in the Executive Building (yellow brick building next to the Fly) at 210 South Main in Shelbyville.