A Manchester man was arrested Saturday on burglary and drug charges. He was found at a house belonging to his former girlfriend. Linda Youngblood reported to Manchester Police that a truck belonging to her ex David Kennedy was in her driveway and was not allowed to be there. Manchester Police searched the truck, but Kennedy was not in it. Police got Youngblood to open the house and there sat Kennedy in a recliner. The man was arrested for burglary and as police checked him they found various drugs in his truck causing more charges.

Around 2pm Monday afternoon two cars of a male and female from Manchester collided at the intersection of McMinnville Hwy and North Waite Street. The man, in a Chevy Caprice, turned from Waite St into the path of a Honda driven by the woman. Both were transported to area local hospitals to be treated for minor non-life threatening injuries.

The Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration is changing procedures at its annual competition that are used to detect signs that a trainer has applied painful chemicals to the horses’ legs in a banned practice known as soring.
The celebration’s board of directors on Monday announced the changes that will, for the first time, make the results of chemical tests public and result in trainers immediately losing their trophies and prize money if caught abusing horses.
In the past, chemical test results were delayed, but this year the show is expediting the results so they will be available during the event that begins Wednesday and runs through Sept. 1 in Shelbyville.
Soring is a banned practice that exaggerates the breed’s high-stepping gait in competitions.

Motorists driving past the Tullahoma Utilities Board (TUB) office on South Jackson Street will see a crew install a new electronic sign in front of the building. The utility decided to upgrade the sign it installed last spring to a higher-resolution model. Last week TUB sold the 5-by-8.5-foot sign to the City of Winchester for $19,600, a sign that according to Brian Skelton, the utility’s general manager, the utility spent $50,000 to buy the sign last March, and it has been operating in front of the office for roughly two months. Upgrading the sign will cost TUB an additional $25,000, but the TUB manager says the new total cost of $75,000 still comes in below the original $100,000 estimate. The purpose of the sign, the general manager said, is to promote TUB and the services the utility offers, particularly LightTUBe television, Internet and telephone services.

AEDC workers are getting the tools they need to inspire young minds and encourage students to consider careers in engineering.
Seventeen AEDC and Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) employees and four local teachers visited the Challenger/STEM Center at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga this month, where they took part in classroom activities that they can now share with students at local schools.
The Challenger Center is an informal science education facility that exists as a living memorial in honor of the Challenger crew and is designed to promote the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to students. There are 48 Challenger Learning Centers located around the world.
AEDC workers took part in more than a dozen classroom activities from the perspective of the student.
AEDC also received several teaching kits as part of the workshop. The kits contain the tools to teach the lessons they learned at the Challenger Center and will be available to lend out either to local teachers or to complex employees that want to take them to a school.

There’s a new license plate and the proceeds benefit the American Red Cross in Tennessee.
Red Cross supporters now have the opportunity to make a difference in people’s lives and show pride in the organization by purchasing the American Red Cross Tennessee license plate.
The cost for each Red Cross license tag is $35. The proceeds will go to statewide disaster readiness, preparedness and response.
To purchase a Tennessee American Red Cross license plate, supporters may log on to american.redcross.org/tnlicenseplate and pay for their plate via credit card online.