Bethany Ferguson will reign as 2012 Bears of Blue River Festival queen. The recent Shelbyville High School graduate was Shelbyville High School May Queen this spring.

Ferguson is scheduled to talk with Penny Lane Wednesday afternoon on Giant 96.

SHS senior Kim Hall  was named first runner-up.

Waldron senior Brooke Settles was named Miss Congeniality.

The festival begins Friday and runs through Sunday in Shelbyville.