The Manchester City School Board wants to settle lawsuit action with the City of Manchester and the Coffee County government.
The school board is offering a settlement with Manchester that would stop legal action. The Manchester school system would drop the $40,000 that it says that the city owes in trade-off for the city paying all future taxes for liquor-by-the drink owed the school system.
In the proposal to the county would pay the system $500,000 over a 10 year period, beginning in 2018, in $50,000 yearly increments and the county could not raise taxes to pay for the settlement.
An agreement vote by the board of Mayor and Aldermen is needed on the city side and county commission will have to approve the county end of the proposal. (Portions of this story from the Manchester Times)

A man wanted for robbing a Tullahoma man was arrested in Lincoln County and now faces charges there and here. In addition to the robbery charges the man also faces charges for burglary in Tullahoma.
Zedekiah Cates Wooten of Tullahoma told Officer Sam Campbell that a white male approached him in the parking lot off of Wall Street Christmas night. The man asked him if he was okay and when he said yes the man then allegedly pulled out a pistol and stuck it to Wooten’s neck. He ordered Wooten to get into his own vehicle and empty his pockets into the passenger seat. He also demanded that Wooten hand over his phone and wallet.
The thief told him that he would throw the phone out at the end of the street.
The offender then jumped into a vehicle a drove away with Wooten chasing him. Wooten also was screaming that he had been robbed and two men leaving London’s bar heard him yelling. The men, Trevor Schmit and Thomas Gregory also gave chase on foot.
Wooten described the thief as being a white male wearing a dark colored ball cap, with blondish brown hair, about six feet tall, face mask, and a gray hoodie.
All three men stated that the robber was driving either a gold or silver colored hatchback Honda.
While Officer Campbell was searching the area he located Wooten’s phone in three pieces. He also found three vehicles with broken windows and had been burglarized.
Dispatchers with the Coffee County Communication Center notified area law enforcement of the description of the vehicle and the robber. Around 1 a.m. a Lincoln County officer located the vehicle and stopped it.
The driver, Michael Wilburn of Fayetteville was taken into custody on other charges in Lincoln County. He was charged with his third DUI, possession of schedule VI, possession of schedule III, driving on revoked license, possession of a firearm while intoxicated and violation of implied consent law.
In addition to matching the description that Wooten provided, the Lincoln County officer stated that he found a .380 caliber handgun.
Detective Rana Pawlowski was notified and will take the burglary charges to the Coffee County Grand Jury.

Motorists traveling for the year-end holidays saw the cheapest Christmas day gasoline since 2008. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded was $2.18 in Tennessee. These prices broke the previous lows set in 2009 of $2.45.
“Low gas prices are helping consumers save more than $21 for a tank of gasoline compared to the highs earlier this year ($3.70), and that has a positive effect on holiday shopping and travel,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “The new year will bring new expectations for even cheaper gasoline. Prices could drop another 3-6 cents by New Year’s Day.”
Crude prices settled at $54.73 per barrel at the close of formal trading on Friday, a decline of $1.79 from the week before.
Gas prices are also forecast to be lower in 2015. The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded will be $2.60. So far, the national average price for 2014 is $3.35.
The low price in Manchester is $2.03 per gallon and $1.99 in Tullahoma.

Call Manchester Police if you can identify this woman.

The Manchester Police Department is asking for the public’s help.
Authorities need to talk to a female that was inside Wal-Mart in Manchester on December 21, 2014 at 4:29 PM.
A picture of this particular woman was taken by a Wal-Mart security camera. The female in the picture is wanted for questioning concerning an on-going theft case.
If you recognize this person or have any information that could help, please contact Manchester Police Investigator Jackie Matheny at 931-728-2099.