77-year-old Franklin Myers of Manchester died from injuries he received in a single vehicle crash on Ragsdale Road at Harpo Rd in Manchester Sunday morning.
Myers of Manchester was driving a 1998 Dodge Ram pickup that left the roadway and struck a tree.
According to the on scene Tennessee Highway patrolman’s report, around 10:30 a.m. Myers’ vehicle left the roadway “for an unknown reason ran off the left side of the road and struck a tree.”
Myers had to be cut from the vehicle by members of the Manchester Fire & Rescue. He was then flown to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga where he later died from injuries sustained in the accident.

Early Sunday afternoon a small storage building caught fire on Shelton Rd. in Manchester. The cause was most likely an electrical malfunction. There was some smoke damage but loss what kept to a minimum thanks to the work of the Manchester Fire & Rescue.

The City of Manchester board of Mayor and Aldermen will meeting in regular session Tuesday night at 6:30pm. Many items are planned for vote and discussion including:
• Reading of a letter from State of Tennessee Commission on Firefighting commending Chief George DeShields.
• Appreciation letter from the Lions Club
• 2nd reading of an ordinance adopting a continuing annual operating budget of Manchester, TN for fiscal year 2015.
• 2nd reading of an ordinance authorizing the City of Manchester, TN to enter into a mutual aid agreement with the Secretary of the Air Force for fire protection.
WMSR News has talked with an alderman and various people around Manchester over the past few days. All are saying that during the meeting aldermen will be discussing the job performance of Fire Chief George DeShields. Many Manchester residents are planning on attending Tuesday night’s meeting and have ask to speak. WMSR News will be at the meeting and report on the latest news concerning the City of Manchester. Thunder TV will have a video from the meeting available online as soon as possible after its conclusion.

Local authorities were busy Monday morning searching for two men who broke out of the Grundy County Jail.
30 year old Dustin Byers of Estill Springs and 31 year old Nathan Childers of the Manchester area left the jail early Monday morning in a 2001 Mazda owned by Kayla Eubanks.
Byers is described as being 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighs 250 lbs and has red hair, along with a tattoo that reads “Big Country.”
Childress 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 190 lbs with brown hair and green eyes.

A missing Tullahoma man was found alive and well Saturday afternoon by Tullahoma Police Officers.
Roger Dale Burgess, 56, was found in a wooded area behind Piggly Wiggly on East Lincoln Street by 2 officers.
The officers went to the wooded area after an individual called 911 about a suspicious man in the woods behind the store. When the officers found Burgess they said that he was a “little dehydrated” but other than that he was okay.
Burgess has been missing since May 22 when he was last seen leaving his daughter’s apartment where he lived. She said that he turned around and waved at one of his grandchildren and left.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention released the top 25 cities in the United States with high HIV and AIDS rates. Nashville came in at number 22.
Experts said the high numbers are linked to several factors including poverty, education, limited access to health care in rural areas and drug abuse.
The southern U.S. has the highest HIV diagnoses rate of any other region, yet the population of the South only accounts for about 37% of the population.
Right now, more than 21,000 Tennesseans are living with HIV or AIDS.

The Water Safety Fair was held on Saturday at the Manchester Recreation Center. Many, many people attended the 1^st annual event that was also a fund raiser for the Hunter J. Gattis fund. The young Gattis was a drowning victim 18 years ago. The playground at Fred Deadman Park is named in his honor.
Manchester Police and Fire, Clearwater Pool and Spa, TWRA and the Coffee County Rescue Squad were on hand at the event teaching about various safety aspects around water.
There was a silent auction to help the Hunter J. Gattis fund and several prizes were given away by the Manchester Recreation Center.