Stories from Tuesday, August 8, 2017

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Betty Jane 'B.J.' Davis Weitz, 42, of Shelbyville died Monday, August 7, 2017. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel with Jeffery Heard officiating. Burial will follow at Clark Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday.

The Shelbyville City Council is expected to offer the city manager job to Shanna Boyette during its regular monthly meeting Thursday. The council held a study session Monday to discuss details of the job offer. The hearing was advertised legally as a special called meeting but was organized as a study session. Every council member except for Henry Feldhaus was present...

The Rev. David Brown, associate pastor of Shelbyville Mills Baptist Church, led a mission trip in June to Xikumbane, Mozambique, Africa. He shared the group's experiences with the Times-Gazette. T-G: Tell me when the trip was, to what part of Africa, who all went, the purpose of the mission. Did you do training for local Christians? Relief work?...

Middle Tennessee State University has been named by NASA as one of a handful of official Middle Tennessee viewing sites for the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse. A partial solar eclipse will be visible anywhere in North America that day, and the full solar eclipse will be visible anywhere within the "path of totality" running from coast to coast. ...

NASHVILLE — Tennessee Titans coach Mike Mularkey has made it clear what he wants out of his defense this season. Turnovers. Turnovers. And more turnovers. Players say the message has gotten through loud and clear. “Takeaways,” Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Orakpo said. “We want takeaways. That’s what we want to emphasize. The key to really putting teams away is the turnover ratio, and we want to emphasize that each and every day.”...

After losing a quality amount of senior talent from a year ago, the Cascade Lady Champions are looking for a new corps of talent, as well as leadership. So far in the preseason, coach Zack Spears likes what he’s seen from the 2017 roster. “We lost a lot of senior talent, but we picked up a lot of upperclassmen that have not been playing with us before. So it was nice to up our numbers...

A suspect who eluded police in a stolen SUV last week was captured after another chase, again in the stolen vehicle, late Saturday night in Murfreesboro. Jon Canada Lovvorn was forced to a stop on Interstate 840 in Murfreesboro shortly before midnight by a Rutherford County deputy. He was driving a 2013 Nissan Armada stolen from Coffee County, in which he had outrun Shelbyville police last Wednesday...

One man was transported to the hospital following a two-vehicle collision involving a red Dodge pickup and a white compact sedan at the intersection of State Route 437 and Railroad Avenue this morning at around 7 a.m. The injured man was driving the sedan. The driver of the pickup got out of his vehicle by climbing out the back window. The pickup was hauling a trailer with a riding mower and other lawn care tools. (T-G Photo by Terence Corrigan)

The Tennessee Society of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution held their fall workshop in Lebanon on Aug. 5. Members took time to learn about the opportunities that DAR offers, leadership responsibilities and other topics. Shelby Chapter DAR members attending were (from left): Rhonda Bates, Maureen Garrett, Sherry Sorrells, Marilyn Lewis, Gay Mixon and Marie Parsons. (Submitted photo)

Freed Hardeman University has released the names of students who made the President's List and the Dean's List for Spring 2017. Recognition on the Dean's List requires full-time status and a minimum GPA of 3.40 for the semester. The following students were on this list: Jacob Houston, a senior management major from Bell Buckle and Chandler Monajjem, a sophomore history major from Shelbyville...

The Liberty FCE Club met on July 17 for an annual pot luck picnic with family members. For the sunshine report, Betty Renegar had a birthday and anniversary. Dorris Turrentine had an anniversary. Club hours and donations were reported. Turrentine entered a creative writing contest...

Marcus Bryson, a sophomore from Shelbyville, Lauren Jaykus, a Freshman from Shelbyville, and Tanaya Wilcox, a sophomore from Unionville have been named to the Dean's List for the 2017 spring semester at Cumberland University, a private university in Lebanon...