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Sheriff Warns About Scam

Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves

The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department has received complaints from area residents that a person posing as a fake deputy are calling their phones advising that they have warrant for their arrest. The caller then states to get a green dot credit card and deposit money into an account or they will be arrested by the deputy.
Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves told WMSR News that this a 100% SCAM. Neither the local police departments nor the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department would attempt to collect money for this, nor would they request any payment in lieu of going to jail.
Contact the sheriff’s department at 728-3591 if anyone calls you and attempts to collect money in this manner. Do not give these people any money or personal information.

Gas Falls To Lowest Price Since 2010

U.S. oil production has soared to its highest level since 1985, placing downward pressure on oil and gasoline prices. Crude settled at $82.75 on Friday, after dropping below $80 a barrel for the first time in two years on Thursday. The savings at the pump, created by the US “Shale Boom”, comes as a relief to consumers as the holiday shopping season approaches.
“Motorists are paying $5 to $15 less to fill their tanks than they were around July 4th,” said Josh Carrasco, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “This is extra money that consumers can use for the holidays, either to put presents under the tree, or dinner on the table.”
Gas prices slid 10 cents nationally to $3.11 a gallon compared to last week, the lowest average since February 2011. Motorists in Tennesseans are seeing gas prices at their lowest point since December 2010. The average price at the pump in Tennessee is $2.89, down 11 cents from last week.
In Coffee County gas prices are as low as $2.78 per gallon in Manchester and $2.75 in Tullahoma. Memphis has the lowest price in Tennessee at $2.55 per gallon at several stations.

Tennesseans Paid $47-Billion In Federal Taxes In 2013

A new report on the federal budget and Tennessee finds that federal taxes paid by residents and businesses in the state in 2013 was $47 billion. Photo credit: MoneyBlogNews/Flickr

Residents and businesses in Tennessee paid $47 billion in federal taxes in 2013, according to a new report analyzing the federal budget’s impact on individual states. Becky Sweger, director of data and technology for the National Priorities Project, said most of the federal taxes coming out of Tennessee were paid by or on behalf of individuals in the form of income tax, self-employment tax and payroll tax. “On a per capita basis,” she said, “taxes paid by Tennessee comes out to about $7,300 a person in 2013.” The analysis also looked at how much is received in Tennessee from the federal budget over the course of a year, which totaled $66 billion. Sweger said that figure includes federal grants and contracts, the salaries of federal employees in the state and direct federal assistance. “Most of the money coming is aid to individuals,” she said, “and that has certainly been trending up for a total of about $66 billion, so that’s about $10,000 per capita.” The aid-to-individuals category includes programs such as Social Security, Medicare, food stamps and unemployment benefits. The report’s data is online at nationalpriorities.org/smart.

Unity Walk Among Motlow Breast Cancer Awareness Month Activities

2014 Pink Unity Walk at Motlow

Motlow College kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with its annual ‘Pink-Out’ event on the Moore County campus recently.
The Student Government Association, Phi Theta Kappa and the Office of Student and Campus Relations worked together to plan the event. Motlow students, faculty, staff, and the public participated in a ‘Unity Walk’ to show that those affected by cancer are not alone in the fight.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. While most people are aware of breast cancer, many forget to take the steps to have a plan to detect the disease in its early stages. The National Breast Cancer Foundation encourages people to be tested.

Powder Puff Football Coming To Carden-Jarrell Field

It is here! Powder Puff Football. That’s right girl’s football, Monday Oct. 27 at Carden-Jarrell football in Manchester. 6pm Freshmen girls vs Juniors then at 7pm it’s the Seniors vs Sophomores. On Tuesday October 28 the 3rd place game is played at 6pm and the championship at 7pm. Admission is only $2. This is a fundraiser for Coffee County Lady Raider Softball.

10/25/14 —— Danny Ray Lemons

Funeral services for Mr. Danny Ray Lemons, age 47, of Manchester, will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at Manchester Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor L.E. Butler officiating.

Burial will follow in Summitville Cemetery.

Visitation with the family will be held from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM on Friday at the funeral home.

Mr. Lemons passed away on Monday, October 20 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

Danny was born in Elkhart, IN, the son of Eugene W. and Sandra Steiner Lemons.

He is also survived by two brothers, Tracy (Lisa) Lemons and Shawn Lemons; and two sisters, Elizabeth Lemons and Samantha Smith, all of Manchester; and his former wife, Stephanie.

Danny was an avid CB radio user and was known by many as “Croaker.”

MANCHESTER FUNERAL HOME IS HONORED TO SERVE THE LEMONS FAMILY

10/24/14 —– Troy Glenn Grant

Troy Glenn Grant of Tullahoma, passed this life on Monday, October 20th, 2014 at his residence at the age of 49.

Mr. Grant was born in Manchester, Tennessee to the late Curtis Smotherman and Mary Lou Grant.

During his life, he worked as an Auto Mechanic with Al White Motors in Manchester and was a member of Grace Baptist Church.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Grant is preceded in death by his grandmother, Goldie Pearl Armstrong Teal; grandfather, Jess Armstrong; uncle, Jerry Teal; and aunt, Sandra Dudley.

He is survived by his daughter, Ashley Diane Grant of Tullahoma; sisters, Sue Ann Sellers of Texas, Diane Riddle of Manchester, and Jennifer Testerman of Texas; niece, Jessica Sellers; nephews, Chad Riddle of Michigan, Dusty Riddle of Manchester and Zachery Testerman of Texas; several cousins and hundreds of friends.

Visitation for Mr. Grant will be held on Friday, October 24th, 2014 from 10:00 am-1:00 pm with the funeral to immediately follow at 1:00 pm in the Kilgore Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial will follow at Blanton Cemetery in Manchester with a white balloon ceremony.

Pallbearers will be Neal Williams, David Anderson, Dwayne Burt, Rick Louis, Ricky Riddle, and Ricky Trail.

Kilgore Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Prep Roundup For Monday

Coffee County JV Football defeated Lincoln County Monday night by a final of 14 to 6.

The 6th grade Lady Raider basketball team opened their first ever season in the new Coffee County Middle School gym with a convincing 50 to 16 win over Morrison on Monday night. The Lady Raider defense allowed Morrison only 4 field goals on the night. Leading the scoring for the Coffee County was Bella Vinson who had 17 1st quarter points and finished with 28 points total. Baylee Haithcock added 12 points for the Lady Raiders. The Red Raiders fell by a final score of 17 to 13. Trenton Scrivnor led Coffee County with 4 points while Tanner Kistler added a 3 point goal.

Westwood traveled to Murfreesboro to take on Middle Tennessee Christian on Monday night. The girls finished the game with a furious 15 point 4th quarter before falling 35 to 31. Morgan Jones led the Lady Rockets in scoring with 14 points, including 9 in the 4th quarter. Ashley Starks had 4 points in the fourth quarter to finish with 13 points. The boys fought hard but came up short in a 47 to 34 defeat. Marcus Pendleton had 13 points while Jake Hollandsworth and Augie Burch each added 7 points. The Rockets travel to Fayetteville on Thursday night. The girl’s game will begin at 6:00 PM.

10/20/14

Birthdays:

Windsong Prittchet – 4 – Pizza Winner!

Anna Johnson – 10

10/19/14

Birthdays:

Josh Davis – 5 – Pizza Winner!

Anniversaries: James & Ginger Hockett

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