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Predators Tie for First in Central, Defeat Sabres
Nashville center Ryan Johansen
The Nashville Predators moved into a tie for first place in the Central Division with a 3-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Tuesday.
The Predators pulled even with the Winnipeg Jets, who were playing at the Minnesota Wild. Nashville and Winnipeg, each with two games remaining, are two points ahead of the St. Louis Blues, who have three games left.
Ryan Johansen scored a third-period goal, and P.K. Subban had a goal and an assist for Nashville (45-29-6).
Jeff Skinner scored his NHL career-high 38th goal for Buffalo (31-39-10), which lost a season-high eighth straight game.
Johansen capitalized on a bounce off the end boards and lifted a backhand into an open net for 3-2 lead at 6:32 of the third.
Skinner tied it 2-2 with five seconds left in the second period. Brandon Montour’s shot hit the end boards and bounced to Skinner to the left of the net.
Smith gave Nashville a 1-0 lead when he screened Carter Hutton and tipped in Subban’s shot from the blue line at 8:49 of the first period.
Kyle Okposo got a stick on a rebound in front to tie it 1-1 at 16:04.
Subban put the Predators up 2-1 44 seconds into the second period. The defenseman knocked down Rasmus Dahlin’s attempt to bring it into the Nashville zone and went the other way before scoring from the top of the right circle.
Pete Weber’s Postgame Report
4/4/19 — Alfred J. Pena, Jr.
Alfred J Pena Jr, of Tullahoma passed away on Monday, April 1, 2019 at
Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville at the age of 87 years. Funeral
Services are scheduled for Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 11 AM at St. Paul the
Apostle Catholic Church with burial to follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends on Thursday at Daves-Culbertson Funeral
Home from 10 – 10:45 AM.
A native of Chicago, he was the son of the late Alfred Pena and
the late Amelia Galvin. He was a U S Army veteran serving in the Korean War.
He was on the Chicago Police force and retired from the Cook County
Sheriff’s Department. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police and
a past president of the Latinos of Berwyn “LOBO”. Mr. Pena loved his
family
and was a proud “Godfather”. He enjoyed having cookouts and parties with
his family and friends. He was always the “life of the party” and
enjoyed
music and dancing. He also enjoyed traveling.
He is survived by his wife, Lora Faye Pena of Tullahoma; son,
Jack Smith of Cowan and several nieces, nephews, grandchildren and other
family members living in Tennessee and Illinois.
DAVES-CULBERSTON FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS
4/4/19 — Debbie Darlene Stewart
Debbie Darlene Stewart, of Tullahoma passed away on Monday, April 1, 2019
at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville at the age of 58 years. Funeral
Services are scheduled for Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 2 PM at
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home with burial to follow at New Center Grove
Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 3 from 5-8
PM at Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home.
A native of Tullahoma, she was the daughter of William Douglas
Cyree of Tullahoma and the late Mary Helen Prince Cyree. She enjoyed being
with her family and loved being a Grandmother. She was a jokester and
loved teasing people. She also enjoyed fishing.
In addition to her father, she is survived by husband, Danny
Stewart of Tullahoma; son, Danny Ryan Stewart and his wife, Kendra of
Tullahoma; daughter, Kristi Stewart of Lynchburg; brother, Douglas Dewayne
Cyree and his wife, Bobbie of Tullahoma; sisters, Vickie Cyree Farrar and
her husband, Richard of Lynchburg, Rebecca Bradford and her husband, Dale
of Tullahoma and Patricia Meeks of Manchester; grandchildren, Jeramy
Sanders, Nathan Stewart and Nickalas Stewart; one grandchild on the way and
several nieces and nephews.
DAVES-CULBERSTON FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS
4/2/19 — Birthdays
No birthdays to report
McFall makes it Official
File photo: Dr LaDonna McFall Director of Coffee County Schools
Last month WMSR News reported that Coffee County Director of Schools Dr. LaDonna McFall was seeking other employment opportunities. Last week we reported that McFall was a finalist to become Roane County’s director of schools.
During the school board work session on Monday, April 1, the agenda stated that the board would begin contract extension negotiations with Dr. McFall. She told the board on Monday afternoon that she would no longer seek an extension. Dr. McFall’s contract runs through 2020.
Manchester/Tullahoma 4th Best Micropolitan Area in the State
The Manchester/Tullahoma area ranks 4th in the state and 51st in the nation in micropolitan areas when it comes to economic strength. Micropolitan means that the area must have an urbanized area of at least 10,000 population but less than 50,000 population. The statistics were announced by POLICOM an independent economics research firm that ranks metropolitan and micropolitan locations annually.
Sevierville ranked number 1 in Micro areas in the state.
The Nashville/Franklin/Murfreesboro area is ranked number 1 in the nation for metro locations. Metropolitan areas have 50,000 or more residents.
Gas Prices Jump Up Again
Tennessee gas prices continue their march upward this week. Tennessee drivers were paying an average price of $2.49 per gallon as of Tuesday afternoon for regular unleaded according to GasBuddy.com.
The national gas price average has increased 44 cents since New Year’s Day, landing Monday’s average at $2.69. While that is seven cents more expensive than last week and 27 cents more than last month, it is only four cents more expensive than last year.
In Coffee County prices rose by as much as 21-cents per gallon on Tuesday. Manchester’s low price as of Tuesday afternoon was $2.55 per gallon and in Tullahoma the low price was $2.56.
Fire Takes the Life of Winchester Man
A house fire killed a man Saturday in Winchester, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office officials confirmed.
Firefighters responded to the call at the home on Tims Ford Lake around 5 p.m. Saturday.
Officials said when they arrived on the scene, they found Larry Abel unresponsive. Neighbors had rescued him from the fire, but he was unable to communicate.
Abel was transported to Southern Tennessee Regional Health System, where he was pronounced dead.
The fire is being investigated. (WSMV)
128,000 Children Cut from TennCare
At least 128,000 children in Tennessee have been cut from the state’s low-income health insurance programs over the past two years.
The Tennessean reports that one in every eight children in TennCare were unenrolled between December 2016 and this January. State officials say the purge is due to the programs dropping children who no longer qualify or whose families didn’t respond to mandatory renewal forms.
TennCare officials say “many” were unenrolled over a lack of paperwork but couldn’t say exactly how many. Advocates say the purge was caused by TennCare procedural errors, but program officials deny that.
The newspaper says initial TennCare data showed an additional 52,000 children were unenrolled in February. The Tennessean says the data was taken offline after officials were questioned and insisted the data was wrong.
4/1/19 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Terry Cargile, 37 — Pizza Winner!
Jill Singles, 35
Lucy Totherow
Ray Vaughn
Ralph Keele, 75