A state audit of the Board of Probation and Parole found that employees were making annual arrest checks of at least 82 dead parolees. The parolees had been dead anywhere from six months to more than 19 years.
In at least two cases, officers completed documents stating that the offenders were still alive.
The audit results were released on Monday.
In a statement on the audit, Comptroller Justin Wilson said, “If parole officers are supervising dead people, this is a waste of taxpayer dollars and makes us wonder about the supervision of parolees living in our communities.”
The audit also found that many probation and parole officers were not completing all the supervision requirements. There were many instances of no evidence that officers tried to contact offenders.

A project team at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) has successfully completed an initial site acceptance test campaign on Arnold’s new, one-of-a-kind space asset testing facility.
The Space Threat Assessment Testbed (STAT) can simulate a realistic operational environment to space hardware, using multiple source simulators to emulate the conditions existing at various orbits.
The facility will fulfill a long-standing need for a national mission-critical asset with capabilities previously unavailable anywhere in the world, according to Keith Holt, Aerospace Testing Alliance’s STAT program manager.
The STAT facility will simulate the other three conditions found outside the Earth’s atmosphere, a vacuum and extreme heat and cold.
For additional information on STAT or AEDC’s other ground testing assets, contact Arnold’s Public Affairs office at 931-454-4204.

Bacon lovers can relax. They’ll find all they want on supermarket shelves in the coming months, though their pocketbooks may take a hit.
The economics of the current drought are likely to nose up prices for bacon and other pork products next year, by as much as 10 percent. But U.S. agricultural economists are dismissing reports of a global bacon shortage that lent sizzle to headlines and Twitter feeds last week. Steve Meyer, president of Iowa-based Paragon Economics and a consultant to the National Pork Producers Council and National Pork Board, use of the word ‘shortage’ caused visions of (1970s-style) gasoline lines in a lot of people’s heads, and that’s not the case. Meyer said simply put, the talk of scarcity is hogwash.

Old Timers Day, Friday, October 5, 2012: Free concert by the group “By Faith” starting at 6:30pm.
Old Timers Day, Saturday, October 6, 2012:
Parade at 10 a.m., horses will be allowed. Food/Craft vendors, information booths, kids’ area, greased pole, games/activities throughout the day, cloggers, ice cream eating contest, music throughout the day, James Bell performing, Mike Oldham & the Tone Rangers at 6 p.m., all music/concerts are free, everything is back on the Square. Horseshoe tournament at 2 p.m.
Check out the website is www.manchesteroldtimersday.com for more information.