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1/21/17–Dorothy Marie Rabenstein
DOROTHY MARIE RABENSTEIN
(July 30, 1928 – January 4, 2017)
Dorothy Marie Rabenstein was born July 30, 1928, and was a native of West Virginia. Dorothy was preceded in death by a daughter and a grandson. She is survived by a very loving and devoted husband of 70 years, Walter (Jim) Rabenstein, two daughters, six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and three great great-grandchildren. Dorothy passed away January 4, 2017, and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Thunder Radio is Your Home for NFL Championship Football
In addition to being you local sports leader, Thunder Radio has been the broadcast home of Tennessee Titans football since 1999 as a proud member of the Titans Radio Network. Our partnership with our advertising sponsors has also allowed us to bring you selected NFL games during weeks that the Titans are not in action. This is why we at Thunder Radio have teamed up with Al White Ford/Lincoln and are pleased to once again bring you the final 3 games of the NFL season this year.
Thunder Radio and Al White Ford/Lincoln will bring you Westwood One’s coverage of the NFC and AFC Championship games this Sunday, followed by Super Bowl 51 coming up on Sunday, February 5th. Sunday’s lineup begins at 1 PM as Green Bay visits Atlanta for the NFC Championship game. Following at 5:30 PM, Westwood One Radio Sports will take you to Foxboro for the AFC Championship game between the Steelers and the Patriots. So keep you dial tuned right here to Thunder Radio for more than complete sports coverage and visit AL White Ford/Lincoln and discover why for nearly 62 years, people have been trading right with Al White.
Motlow State Lady Bucks end Walters State’s 110 Game Conference Winning Streak
Motlow State freshman point guard Tamiah Stanford pulls us for a baseline jumper against Walters State Friday night. Stanford, from Radcliff, Kentucky, has been one of the Lady Bucks’ most consistent players this season. During the weekend’s wins over Walters State and Roane State, Stanford combined for 19 points, 13 assists, 11 rebounds and seven steals. Motlow’s next home game is Feb. 3 against Chattanooga State. [Photo by Jeff Reed Photography]
The Lady Bucks (15-2, 7-0) completed their successful weekend at home on Saturday with a 70-56 win over Roane State. Motlow entered the weekend as the No. 15 ranked JUCO team in the nation and has now won nine consecutive games. The Lady Bucks will travel to Memphis on Friday to face Southwest Tennessee.
LADY BUCKS 65 WALTERS STATE 55
The Lady Senators came into Friday’s contest having won a remarkable 110 straight games in the TCCAA, a streak that stretched back over eight years. However, the Lady Bucks took control from the outset, leading 16-8 after one quarter and 35-20 at the half. Motlow had its largest lead, 33-12, with three minutes remaining in the first half.
The Lady Senators (11-6, 6-1) never quit though and fought their way back to close the gap within single digits, 51-43, after three quarters. The Lady Bucks, behind a powerful inside-out combination of Kienya Jones, Sara Vujacic and Sydney Floyd, held off the surge and took their place as the top women’s JUCO team in Tennessee.
Motlow’s defense was outstanding, holding the visitors to 33 percent shooting from the field, including 2-16 from three-point range. The Lady Bucks lost the rebounding battle to the taller Lady Senators 46-31, but Motlow shot 45 percent from the field and hit 4-9 three-point shots.
Jones was the high scorer with 18 points, while Vujacic scored 15 and Floyd had 11. Tamiah Stanford scored nine points, pulled down a team-high six rebounds and dished out three assists. Floyd added five assists and three rebounds, while Jones had four boards. Shalyn Washington added five points, Ty Jones scored four and Aja Robertson had three.
LADY BUCKS 74 ROANE STATE 60
After expending so much physical and emotional energy the night before, the Lady Bucks were somewhat flat on Saturday, although they led after one quarter 22-15. The first nine minutes of the second quarter belonged to the visiting Lady Raiders though, as they outscored Motlow 24-6 to lead 39-28 with one minute to play in the first half.
The Lady Bucks responded by scoring the final eight points of the half and trailed by only three, 39-36, at the break. Floyd was especially dynamic, connecting on 6-9 three-point shots and leading the team in scoring with 20 points.
Motlow slowly expanded its lead in the third quarter and led 57-47 after 30 minutes of play before closing the door in the final stanza.
Vujacic scored 16 points with six assists, five steals and four rebounds, Kienya Jones scored 11 with eight rebounds and three assists; Stanford had a double-double with 10 points, 10 assists, six steals and five rebounds. Washington added six points, Miranda Boutwell scored three, while Ty Jones and Ebony Shaw each had two.
Visit the official website of Motlow Athletics at MotlowSports.com for rosters, schedules, stats and more. Interact with Motlow Athletics on social media at MotlowSports.
Tullahoma woman accused of Stealing Prescription Medication
LaShawnda Ann Taylor… Photo provided by the TBI.
Special Agents in the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit have obtained an indictment for a Tullahoma woman accused of stealing prescription medication from a patient in her care.
After receiving information from the Tennessee Department of Human Services Adult Protective Services Unit, Agents began investigating LaShawnda Ann Taylor of Tullahoma on April 18, 2016. During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information that on April 7th, while working as an employee of a company providing community-based living services in Decherd, Taylor took a patient’s prescription of Percocet without her consent.
On November 18, 2016, the Franklin County Grand Jury returned an indictment, charging Taylor age 34, with one count of Theft. On Wednesday, authorities booked her into the Franklin County Jail on $5,000 bond.
County to be reimbursed for Jail Building Problem
Coffee County Sheriff’s Department and Jail… Photo by Barry West
Coffee County is about to become $218,000 richer. The county will get reimbursed for expenses related to a problem with the smoke evacuation system of the new county jail.
The construction of the jail building began in December 2012. The problem with the smoke evacuation system was identified by the State Fire Marshal’s Office after completion of the building and caused a delay in moving of inmates until May of 2015 to the new jail and additional expenses for the county.
The two companies responsible for the deficiencies of the system are Centric Architecture and Smith Seckman Reid.
The full commission approved the settlement on Jan. 10. The two companies will pay the county by the end of the month.
Emergency Crews respond to House Fire in Wartrace
Coffee County Deputy Joey Ricco responded to a call around 4am Tuesday at 1344 French Brantley Road in Wartrace due to a structure fire. Once he arrived on scene, Ricco noticed that the whole house was engulfed in flames along with the yard and the swimming pool. He then was able to make contact with the owner of the residence, and he informed Ricco that he was at home by himself. He advised that he was in the kitchen and had placed the stove and oven on clean mode and then left the residence to go to the store. Once he arrived back at the residence he then went upstairs and then started hearing the smoke alarms going off.
North Coffee Fire Department and other volunteer fire stations arrived on scene along with state forestry and stopped the fire from going over the hill side.
Motlow State Bucks Beat No. 8 Walters State, Extend Winning Streak to Nine
Motlow State freshman Rashawn Fredericks led the Bucks to a pair of wins over the weekend, including a 36-point victory over previously undefeated Walters State. During the two wins, Fredericks combined for 49 points, 31 rebounds and three blocked shots. The 6-6 freshman from Tampa is averaging a double-double on the season with 13.2 points per game and 10.4 rebounds per contest. [Photo by Jeff Reed Photography]
The Bucks (15-3, 5-2) followed that win on Saturday by capturing their ninth victory in a row, beating visiting Roane State 74-60. The weekend wins came on the heels of Tuesday’s 88-82 win over Itawamba in Fulton, Miss. Motlow will travel to Memphis to face Southwest Tennessee on Friday, then play at Dyersburg State Saturday.
BUCKS 85 WALTERS STATE 49
Motlow gained the upper hand early against the visiting Senators, who entered the contest ranked No. 8 in the nation and sporting a 15-0 record. Behind a hot start by Rashawn Fredericks and Isaiah Hart, Motlow led 18-14 halfway through the first half and 37-29 at intermission.
The Bucks started the second half on a 13-2 run in the first six minutes and were never threatened from there. Motlow blistered the nets, shooting 62.5 percent from the field, including 14-27 from behind the three-point line. The Bucks won the rebounding battle 39-30 and dished out 24 assists while forcing the Senators into 18 turnovers.
Rashawn Fredericks led the way for the home team with another double-double, scoring 21 points and pulling down 15 rebounds while adding three blocked shots, two steals and two assists. Javion Hamlet also had a double-double, scoring 11 points with 10 assists and two steals.
Hart scored 19 points, hitting 5-8 three-pointers, and added five assists and two steals. Damarcus Williams was strong off the bench with eight points and six rebounds, and Aleksandar Zecevic also scored eight. Javel Gillespie added six points, Chad Emmons had five, Kevonte Corley scored three with seven rebounds, four blocked shots and three assists, and Jalen Bell and Ross Plunkett each scored two.
BUCKS 74 ROANE STATE 60
Motlow was visibly fatigued on Saturday on the heels of their dominating win over Walters, but when the Bucks needed their bench to step up it did, scoring 25 points with 15 rebounds, six assists and six steals.
The Bucks jumped out to an early 10 point lead against the Raiders and maintained that advantage through most of the first half, which ended with Motlow leading 42-32. The Raiders cut the lead to three, 51-48 with 10 minutes remaining, but Fredericks and Bell led the Motlow offense in the final minutes to secure the win.
Fredericks finished off a tremendous weekend with 28 points and 16 rebounds. Zecevic scored 11 of Motlow’s first 18 points and finished with 13 points and four rebounds. Bell was exceptional off the bench, scoring 10 with eight rebounds, two assists and two steals. Hart had nine points, four assists and three steals, Hamlet scored eight with eight assists and four steals, and Williams added six points and seven rebounds.
The Bucks are currently tied with Chattanooga State for second place in the TCCAA standings, just one game behind Walters State. Motlow will host Chattanooga State on Feb. 3.
Visit the official website of Motlow Athletics at MotlowSports.com for rosters, schedules, stats and more. Interact with Motlow Athletics on social media at MotlowSports.
New Apartment Complex closer to Reality
A new apartment complex in Manchester is one step closer to reality after Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen recently voted 4-1 on a third and final vote to rezone the property at the end of Truckers Lane to accommodate apartments, with Alderman Chris Elam the only no vote.
Rent for a two-bedroom apartment in the complex would be $500 per month, and $550 for a three-bedroom. Rent is based on annual income in Coffee County.
Many residents of Kimberly Lane, a possible entrance to the proposed apartment complex have voiced their concerns about increased traffic and other possible problems.
The complex at full capacity could hold 264 units, the current plan is for 84 apartments to start and grow from that point.
New Jail to be Certified in Grundy County
Almost two years ago the new Coffee County Jail opened and then became state certified and now another jail in a nearby county jail is about to be certified for the first time in 26 years.
The old jail on the mountain in Grundy County was 43 years old and had aged over time and the new jail opened late last year.
Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum called the conditions inside the old jail deplorable.
The old jail held only 34 inmates, the new $7 (M) jail holds 114.
Former Sheriff Pleads Guilty
Rutherford County Sheriff Robert Arnold… Photo from WGNS Radio
The charges stem from the sale of e-cigarettes inside the Rutherford County jail. Arnold listed the company as a source of income.
Each count carries a sentence of five to 20 years and $250,000 fine each.
Before the judge accepted his guilty plea, Arnold filed a motion earlier Wednesday morning asking to be released from jail and stay with his Mother until his sentencing. The judge denied that request and decided Arnold must stay in custody pending sentencing, which is scheduled for May 8.