We have an update on the accident that occurred Sunday afternoon on Gowen Road.
8-year-old Parker Jones was riding in his mother’s Toyota SUV when the vehicle went off the roadway and hit a row of trees.
Parker’s mom, 35-year-old Amber Jones, got the SUV back onto the road, and her vehicle burst into flames. Jones was able to get out safely but her son was trapped.
The boy’s mother was attempting to get the child out of the burning vehicle. A Manchester man, who asked Thunder Radio to not give his name, was visiting a home on Gowen Road when the accident occurred.  He saw the flames and rushed over to save the boy from the burning car. WMSR News does have the name of the local hero, but we are choosing to honor the man’s wishes by not giving his name.
The child was transported by helicopter to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. Parker Jones suffered facial trauma, a leg injury, and third degree burns. He is being treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
The investigation is closed ,and there will be no charges.

Two Tullahoma businesses were issued citations to appear in city court for selling beer to a minor. Investigator Sgt. Dale Stone issued the citations to The Sportsman Store on South Anderson Street and Southeast Discount Tobacco Company on North Jackson Street for selling beer to a 14-year-old female last week. Wilson Stahlhood of Murfreesboro (the clerk at The Sportman) and Mikhail Georges at the tobacco store were each cited to appear in city court July 10 to answer the charges. The actions of the two stores will be presented to the Tullahoma Beer Board for a determination of whether the beer permit holders should be required to appear before the city beer board.

A national study puts Grundy County at the bottom of Tennessee’s 95 counties when it comes to factors affecting health and life expectancy, including death rates, access to health care and healthy foods, economic and education factors, diet and smoking rates.
The study, released in April by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, analyzes factors within four categories — health behaviors, clinical care, social and economic factors and physical environment — each of which contain several measures.
Coffee County ranks 48th in the study. Bedford County is 61st, Moore County did very well ranking 9th, Franklin County was 27th, Warren County was 73rd, Cannon County 37th and Rutherford County was outstanding at number 2. Williamson was number 1 overall.

The Walking Horse Trainers’ Association has announced a new initiative to detect soring with a two-week suspension for violations.
Under the initiative, testing will be done by independent veterinarians and/or veterinarian technicians. It takes effect immediately.
Soring is pouring caustic chemicals on the hooves and lower legs of horses to induce the high leg kick that wins prizes in competitions. Last month, the Humane Society of the United States released a video showing a trainer abusing and soring horses. Trainer Jackie McConnell of Collierville, pleaded guilty to violating the Horse Protection Act. He awaits sentencing. The trainers group said the horses will be tested for caustic and masking agents through special technology. Trainers refusing to submit to the testing will not be allowed to compete in that show.

A state lawmaker says a recent legal opinion from the state’s attorney general has soothed concerns about Tennessee’s open meetings law.
Republican Rep. Tony Shipley of Kingsport said he requested the opinion to clarify that local government officials can meet privately over a meal, as long as they don’t decide public business.
Attorney General Bob Cooper cautioned in the opinion that while officials can share meals, they must avoid deliberating about official matters.
The Tennessee County Commissioners Association during this year’s legislative session sought to have the state’s open meetings law changed to allow private meetings among officials as long as a quorum isn’t present.
Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey of Blountville said he’s receptive to arguments that the law is vague, but said changes are unlikely.

State elections officials have agreed to stop purging inactive voters from the rolls until after the November election.
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports the decision was made as part of a lawsuit filed against the state by former Democratic U.S. Rep. Lincoln Davis, who says he was wrongfully kept from voting in the state’s presidential primary in March.
Attorney George Barrett, who represents Davis and the state Democratic Party, told the paper that the two sides have agreed to ask U.S. District Judge Kevin Sharp to appoint a special master to investigate claims that 11,000 voters’ records contain partial or completely blank voting histories.
Democrats say the missing files affect Republicans, Democrats and independent voters, but argue an independent eye is needed to determine why they were removed.

Members of the National Weather Service (NWS) recently visited Arnold AFB to understand the impact their services have on testing at the center.
ATA’s Emergency Management Team worked very closely with both the Huntsville and Nashville NWS offices in order for Arnold AFB to attain the designation of “Storm Ready Community” in May 2011.
“Over the course of becoming ‘Storm Ready’ we at AEDC have developed a sound working relationship with both Nashville and Huntsville weather forecasters,” said ATA Emergency Management Lead Daryl Justice. “They requested the tour, as they wanted to see the facilities they are providing their services to.”
The entire process of becoming “Storm Ready” took six months, and AEDC is the only military installation in Tennessee with the designation.
The tour group consisted of seven employees from the Nashville NWS office and eight employees from the Huntsville NWS office.