Stories from Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Donette Dedmon Doak, 76, of Lebanon, stepmother of Bill Doak of Shelbyville, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016 at her home. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Partlow Funeral Chapel in Lebanon with Larry Locke and Ed Albright officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday. Doak-Howell Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

David Maxwell Welsh, 78, of Murfreesboro died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at World Outreach Church with G. Allen Jackson officiating. Entombment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Mausoleum. Visitation will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the church. Murfreesboro Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Imagine this: You have cancer, and you're discussing treatment options with your oncologist. There are two options. One is administered intravenously and the other is taken orally. Ideally, the choice between the two should be based on which is best for your medical needs, but there's a major financial consideration...

Monday is the deadline to register to vote in the March 1 presidential primary and the Bedford County wheel tax referendum. The wheel tax referendum will ask voters to approve or deny a $50 tax on motor vehicles. Three-quarters of the tax revenue would be used for county school and jail projects, while the remainder would be used for paving and maintenance of county roads...

The Tennessee Comptroller's Offices of Research and Education Accountability (OREA) has created two new interactive maps featuring a wide range of education data at the school and school district levels. The maps illustrate the state House of Representatives and Senate legislative districts overlaid with school district and school level information, according to a press release by the comptroller's office...

Checkpoints for February have been announced by the Tennessee Highway Patrol. l Wednesday, Feb. 3, Highway 437 (the Shelbyville bypass) at the 5.8-mile marker, 7 p.m., safety belt l Thursday, Feb. 4, Highway 82 South at the 6.5-mile marker, 7 p.m., safety belt...

A driver who told police he's never had a license was arrested after allegedly "cutting donuts" in the parking lot of a Shelbyville church while intoxicated Friday night. Jonathan Robert Arsenault, 24, of Enden Avenue did not have permission to drive the car, police said...

MANCHESTER -- It was a stellar defensive performance in Shelbyville Central's 74-34 win over Coffee County in a District 8-AAA matchup on Monday evening. The Eaglette defense only allowed 10 first half points, with Coffee County only scoring one point in the second period...

MANCHESTER -- A comfortable lead slipped away in the fourth quarter but Shelbyville Central's Golden Eagles held on to claim a 52-51 win at Coffee County in a District 8-AAA matchup on Monday night. Coffee County held a slim 15-14 lead after the first but the Eagles took control of the game in the second stanza to hold a 30-21 advantage at the intermission...

Mary Elsie Rogers, 96, of Shelbyville died Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Ardmore Chapel Funeral Home in Ardmore, Alabama with the Rev. Charles Redmond officiating. Burial wll follow at Gatlin Cemetery in Ardmore, Alabama. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday.