Stories from Tuesday, September 26, 2017

William Thomas Driver, 81, of Shelbyville died Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 26, 2017 at his home. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Doak-Howell Funeral Home with Randall Harmon and Joe Hill officiating. Burial will follow at Willow Mount Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon.

Elfreda Mingle Wassom, 84, of Shelbyville died Monday, September 25, 2017. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel in Murfreesboro. Burial will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m.

A church, in keeping with the Bible's calls for evangelism, wants to be welcoming, accepting, even to strangers -- especially to strangers. And yet, as Sunday's shooting in Antioch reminded us, a church is also a gathering of people -- which may make it a target, in today's violent society...

The City of Shelbyville is looking for a few good firefighters. The Shelbyville Fire Department is recruiting volunteer firefighters. Three volunteers are being promoted to full-time status and the department needs to replace them, said Interim Chief Matt Doak...

A British man has been convicted of sexually blackmailing children worldwide -- including two victims in Bedford County. "I can't stress enough the need for parents to keep up with what social media sites their kids are on," Det. Lt. Jason Kennedy of the Bedford County Sheriff's Office said Monday, "Sextortion is a major threat to children."...

I remember simpler times. Sports have such a unique power over the human psyche. People of all races, creeds, ideologies and backgrounds unite to support a team—at least in simpler times. Society may have indeed reached a point of no return in professional sports with the recent NFL protests kneeling during the national anthem...

UNIONVILLE — The momentum swung back and forth between the Community Viqueens and Ezell-Harding Lady Eagles in a volleyball matchup Monday night, but in the end, the pendulum swung in the Lady Eagles’ favor as the Viqueens lost in five sets on Senior Night...

WINCHESTER — It was a third-place finish for the Shelbyville Central Golden Eagle golfers on Monday afternoon at Bear Trace in the Region 4 Large Division match. The Eagles finished 22 strokes behind Coffee County, who claimed the region win with a score of 300...

Fay Clanton (left), Janice Clanton and Gizmo the Shih Tzu enjoy music and collector cars with a classic Mustang as the backdrop at Friday night’s Cruise-In sponsored by Celebration City Car Club. The event is held on the Shelbyville square on the last Friday of warm months, with this year’s finale set for October. (T-G Photo by David Melson)