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Man Arrested in Manchester in a case out of Shelbyville could face More Charges
Frank T. Johnson… Photo provided by the CCSD
Now Johnson is suspected of stealing a 1988 Toyota truck from Manchester earlier Sunday.
After Shelbyville Police talked to a Manchester officer, they suspected the truck might have been driven to Shelbyville. The truck was found in the parking lot of La Riviera Mexican Restaurant on Sunlite Drive across from McDonald’s. A canoe that had been strapped to the truck was missing. Charges are reported as pending.
Tennessee Cities Top List: “Fattest Cities in America”
Tennessee’s high rate of obesity is partially attributed to its traditional Southern fried and rich foods. (gracey/morguefile.com)
Bible as Official Book of Tennessee back on State Agenda
A controversial bill seeking to declare the Holy Bible the official book of Tennessee is headed back for a vote in the full state Senate.
The measure narrowly passed the House last year, but the Senate sent it back to committee amid constitutional concerns raised by the state attorney general.
Republican Sen. Steve Southerland of Morristown revived the measure Tuesday, and it cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 7-1 vote. Southerland said it is aimed at highlighting the historical significance of the Bible in Tennessee, not as an official endorsement of a religion.
Opponents like Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey of Blountville last year argued that the Bible is far too sacred to be placed alongside other official symbols like the state fruit, or a rock.
New Audit Questions DHS
3d person watching a word
An audit of the state Department of Human Services by the Comptroller has called into question management and spending in the children’s food program.
Media outlets report most of the spending questioned in Tuesday’s audit involved an $80 million food program intended to provide meals to kids who lack access to nutritious food in Tennessee. It also called into question more than 10 percent of the program’s annual operating budget.
The audit described multiple violations of federal regulations and basic accounting practices, including examples in which DHS provided cash advances for food purchases to agencies that never requested them.
The audit places responsibility for the oversight failures on DHS management, including Commissioner Raquel Hatter.
Spokeswoman Stephanie Jarnagin issued a statement to the Tennessean on Hatter’s behalf saying the audit doesn’t mean the costs in question are the result of fraud, waste or abuse.
04/09/16-Coffee County Democratic Party Meeting
COFFEE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY
APRIL 2016 MEETING
Saturday, April 9, 2016
9:00 am
Community Room
Coffee County Administrative Plaza
1329 McArthur Street, Manchester TN
“Tennessee Assures That
Millions of Women
Gain the Right to Vote”
With Guest Speaker
YVONNE WOOD
Founding Member and Past Chair
Tennessee Economic Council on Women
Ms. Wood will discuss the important role
Tennessee women played in the
Suffrage Movement
and the importance of women voting today.
For more information, contact the CCDP at
coffeecountydemocrats@hotmail.com
or by calling 931.247.3692.
4/1/16 — Janie Naomi Gipson
Funeral services for Mrs. Janie Naomi Gipson, age 86, of Manchester, will
be conducted at 1:00 PM on Friday, April 1, 2016 at Manchester Funeral
Home Chapel with Bro. Marvin Davenport officiating. Burial will follow
in Summitville Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 5:00 PM
until 8:00 PM on Thursday evening at the funeral home. Mrs. Gipson
passed away Wednesday morning at her residence in Manchester.
Janie was born in Pelham, TN, the daughter of the late Barney and Ella
Mae Hamby Johnson. She was a retired hairdresser and attended Forest
Mill Baptist Church. Janie enjoyed bowling, needlepoint, and working
puzzles.
In addition to her parents, Janie was also preceded in death by her
husband, Hollis Gipson; two daughters, Nancy Sweeney and Brenda Cleary;
one son, Jimmy Gipson; son-in-law, Mike Cleary; one sister, Mary
Trussell; two brothers, Ralph and Gordon Johnson; and great grandsons,
Jathan and Jaylon Hershman. She is survived by two daughters, Linda
(Wayne) Cox of Altamont, TN and Diane (Terry) Hershman, of Manchester;
one son, David Gipson of Manchester; one daughter-in-law, Margie Gipson;
grandchildren, Matt Sweeney, Janie Gassman, Ray Gipson, Carol Ann Jones,
Mike Cleary, Jr., Ruth Brenner, Anthony Childs, Mario Childs, Rocky
Childs, Angel Childs, Lisa Shaffer, and Jeremy Hershman; 31 great
grandchildren; and one great, great grandchild.
The family requests memorial donations be made to Coffee County
Children’s Advocacy Center, 104 N. Spring Street, Manchester, TN 37355.
MANCHESTER FUNERAL HOME IS HONORED TO SERVE THE GIPSON FAMILY
CCMS Raider Baseball Blasts South Franklin on Tuesday NIght
Brandon Jernigan
A four run 5th inning for the Coffee County Middle School baseball team lifted the Raiders to an 11 to 1 revenge win over the South Franklin Trojans on Tuesday night at CCMS. Brandon Jernigan tossed a complete game 2 hitter and hammered a 2 run home run for his 2nd home run of the season to key the victory and a spilt in the season series. Jernigan finished the night with 2 hits and 3 RBI at the plate and 7 strikeouts from the mound. Griffin Meeker was 3 for 4 on the night with a pair of RBI as the Raiders bounced back from Monday’s 11 to 9 loss at South. The Red Raider varsity team is off until Thursday, April 7th when they take on White County in Sparta in a makeup game from March 1st. The varsity game gets underway at 5 PM with the JV to follow. The JV team will host a JV doubleheader on Monday, April 4th when they welcome Cannon County to their home field at CCMS. Game #1 will get underway at 5 PM.
Eight Run Inning Leads Lady Raider Softball to Rout of Columbia
Tori Bell (Photo by John StClair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)
Leading by 1 run entering the bottom of the 6th inning on Tuesday night, the Coffee County Lady Raider softball team banged out 7 hits to plate 8 runs and coast to a 14 to 6 win over the Columbia Lady Lions. The Lady Raiders looked like they were gonna breeze to an easy win after plating 5 runs in the 1st inning as Raven Rogers again led off with a triple followed by 3 doubles for Coffee County. But 4 Coffee County errors, including 2 in the 2nd inning, allowed 4 unearned runs to score for the Lady Lions. Coffee County banged out 16 hits on the night led by Tori Bell who was 3 for 4 on the night with a pair of doubles. The Lady Raiders are back at home on Wednesday night as they welcome Lincoln County to Terry Floyd Field. Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you the broadcast. First pitch is scheduled for 7 PM, Lucky Knott will begin exclusive coverage of Lady Raider softball with the pregame show at 6:50.
Lawrence County Rallies to Drop Red Raider Baseball
Cade Giles
A 2 run home run by Cade Giles highlighted a 3 run 2nd inning but it was not enough on Tuesday night as the Coffee County CHS Baseball fell to Lawrence County 6 to 3. Giles blast over the left field wall was the first of three 2 out hits for the Raiders in the inning that plated their only runs. Zach Wise drew a 2 out walk and scored on the Giles home run followed by a single from Nathaniel Tate and an RBI single from Jacob Langham. Langham finished the night 2 for 3 with a double. Lawrence County rallied to take the lead in the 6th inning with a pair of runs and added a pair of insurance runs in the 7th to drop the Raiders district record to 2 and 3 on the season. With his home run, Giles was named the Thunder Radio player of the game. The Raiders will travel to Lawrenceburg on Wednesday for game #2 in the series with the Wildcats. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 PM.
You can download the Thunder Radio broadcast of the game at: http://www.thunder1320.com/downloads/
Effort Doesn’t Equal Results as Preds Fall to Stars
Pete Weber’s Postgame Report
Goals from Ryan Ellis and Viktor Arvidsson weren’t enough for the Nashville Predators as they fell 5-2 to the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center on Tuesday night on the second half of a back-to-back slate.
Despite the lopsided score, the final tally was not reflective of the team’s effort, as the Preds outshot, outhit and won the face-off battle against the Stars.
“Our guys played really hard tonight,” Head Coach Peter Laviolette said. “We made a couple of mistakes, but our effort under the circumstances, the travel and back-to-back, I thought our guys played real hard.”
Dallas went on their first power play early in the opening frame, but it was the Preds who capitalized when Ellis intercepted a pass at his own blue line and skated the puck to the right face-off circle, blasting a shot over Kari Lehtonen’s shoulder to take a 1-0 lead.
Stars Captain Jamie Benn evened the score at 1-1 before the period was out, followed by tallies from Radek Faksa and Jason Spezza, who scored less than a minute apart midway through the second, to give Dallas a 3-1 advantage. Before the middle frame concluded, Arvidsson took a feed from Ryan Johansen on the power play and blasted home his first career man-advantage tally and his eighth of the season to bring the Preds to within one.
Nashville continued to press in the third, hitting a number of posts before Dallas ultimately closed things out.
“We battled until the end, and we generated a lot of chances and hit the post a bunch of times,” goaltender Pekka Rinne said. “It doesn’t count, but it shows that we still generated a lot. It’s too bad we didn’t get the tying goal, but it’s disappointing. We had two games here to have a chance to clinch the playoff spot and couldn’t do it, so just have to go to Pittsburgh and hopefully get it done over there.”
Having played three games in the last four days, the Preds will get a much needed day of rest on Wednesday before facing the Penguins at Consol Energy Center on Thursday night, with playoff implications continuing to exist.
“The main thing right now is it’s right after the game, and we’re not happy with the result, but it’s important to get a big day of rest tomorrow,” Johansen said. “We’ve had a back-to-back, it’s late in the season and we really need to take these days and manage our bodies well, get some good meals and good sleep in us, and just get back to work when we get into Pittsburgh and try and take care of business there.”
The Predators take on Pittsburgh on Thursday night with the puck drop scheduled for 6 PM. Thunder Radio will bring you the broadcast as part of the Fifth Third Bank/Nashville Predators Radio Network.