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31 Charges Filed against Tullahoma Man
Bryan R. Dudley
The charges are a culmination of a 3-month investigation conducted by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office regarding vehicle burglaries. Sheriff’s office personnel utilized information from the public, video surveillance, and surveillance conducted by investigators and deputies.
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office thanked the Manchester Police Department for their assistance in this case.
Dudley is currently being held at the Franklin County Jail under a $250,000 bond and has an initial court date of Monday June 25th, 2018 at 8:00am in Franklin County General Sessions Court.
The Sheriff’s Office would like to remind all citizens utilizing boat docks or river access points to please secure all their valuables or keep them with you or on your person.
Coffee County School Board announces June 11 meeting agenda
COFFEE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 1343 McArthur Street Manchester, Tennessee 37355 Telephone: 931-723-5150 Fax: 931-723-8285
TO: All Board Members FROM: Brett Henley, Chairman SUBJECT: Regular Board Meeting DATE: June 11, 2018 TIME: 4:30 p.m. PLACE: Coffee County Board of Education
Pledge of Allegiance
Recognition: ➤ World Facility Management Day – Mr. Pedigo ➤ Perfect Attendance Winners
Presentation: ➤ S.T.E.M. Presentation – Jimmy Anderson
AGENDA
I. Call to Order II. Call for Intent
III. General Consent Items (*If no objections, the following items will be considered passed when the agenda is passed.) 1. Minutes: May 14, 2018 2. 2nd Reading of Policies: 4.206, 4.603, 4.605, 4.606, 5.201, 5.600, 5.701, 5.802, 6.200, 6.3071, 6.319
IV . Agenda Items 1. 2018-2019 Board Meeting Dates 2. Unused School Waiver Fee Approval 3. Tractor Bid 4. CCCHS Security Fence Bid 5. Differentiated Pay Plan 6. Matching Medical Insurance Expenditures 7. Budget Amendments 8. Budget Update
V . Items for Discussion VI. Committee Reports VII. Student Ambassador Report VIII. Director Report
Lady Raider Basketball Still Perfect in Summer Season
The Coffee County Lady Raider basketball team put their unbeaten record on the line on Tuesday in the Ravenwood playday. Coffee County captured wins over Antioch and Independence to run their summer record to 7 and 0. The Lady Raiders will open bracket play Wednesday morning at Ravenwood at 11 AM in the final day of the 3 day team camp.
Coffee County will travel to Eagleville on Thursday for a pair of scrimmage games with Clay County and Nolensville. The Lady Raiders return home on Monday and Tuesday as they will host a team camp at CHS. The Lady Raiders will continue the summer preseason workouts with a camp at Lake County next Thursday and Friday before closing out summer workouts on June 18th and 19th at MTSU for a team camp.
Head coach Joe Pat Cope will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to talk about the summer season so far. The Coffee Coaches Show is broadcast each and every Saturday morning LIVE from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln. The Coffee Coaches Show is heard exclusively here on Thunder Radio beginning at 10 AM.
Red Raider Basketball Closes Out White County Tournament with Pair of Wins
Darius Rozier of CHS basketball [File Photo by Demarco Moore – Manchester Times]
The Coffee County varsity edged Van Burean County by 1 point in the opener. In the 2nd game, a Darius Rozier 3 pointer just ahead of the final horn gave the Red Raiders their second straight dramatic win this time over Kingston. The Red Raiders closed out the day with a loss to Clarkrange. The JV team dropped decisions to Warren County and Clay County on Tuesday.
The Red Raiders will travel to Murfreesboro for the 4 day MTSU camp on Monday, June 11th thru Thursday, June 14th. Coffee County will host Cannon County and Moore County on June 22nd at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym.
Coffee County Youth Wrestling Camp
Coffee County Youth Wrestling will be sponsoring the 2018 Red Raider Wrestling Camp coming up on July 9th through the 13th. The camp will run from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM each day at the Coffee County Raider Academy Gym. The camp is open to boys and girls in grades K thru 8th grade for the upcoming school year. Cost for the camp is $45 per wrestler and there is a sibling discount when signing up multiple family members. Each camper will receive a free camp t-shirt.
The camp will be led by wrestling coaches, CHS wrestlers and former Red Raider wrestlers. Campers will get to learn in a non-competitive environment with kids their same age, weight, and size. Campers should wear shorts & t-shirt and AVOID baggy or loose clothing. Campers that have wrestling shoes are encouraged to bring them but wrestling shoes are not needed. Campers are asked to bring with them an extra t-shirt, water, a snack and a good attitude.
If you have questions, or would like to pre-register, email Randall Jennings at: jenningsr@k12coffee.net
Aces Edge Sounds in Homestand Opener
A late comeback attempt fell short for the Nashville Sounds in a 4-3 loss to the Reno Aces in front of 9,191 fans at First Tennessee Park Tuesday night.
Nashville left fielder BJ Boyd’s two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning brought the Sounds within a run, but that’s as close as it would get.
The Sounds made two outs at the plate over the final two innings. Jorge Mateo was thrown out by right fielder Socrates Brito in the eighth, and Beau Taylor was thrown out at the dish to end the game in the ninth.
Starters Alex Young for Reno and Eric Jokisch of Nashville were locked in a pitchers’ duel for three innings as both left-handers put up zeroes across the board.
Socrates Brito struck out to start the fourth, but he reached first on a wild pitch by Jokisch. It came back to hurt when Brito stole second base and came in to score on a base hit by Yasmany Tomas.
Consecutive singles by Nick Martini and Ramon Laureano started a rally for the Sounds in the bottom half of the inning. After both runners moved up 90 feet on a fly out, Anthony Garcia evened the game at 1-1 with an RBI groundout.
The tie game was short-lived as Reno started the fifth with a double by Michael Perez and a walk to Tyler Ladendorf. Perez scored when Ildamaro Vargas reached on an error by Sounds first baseman Steve Lombardozzi. Brito plated Ladendorf with a fielder’s choice and Vargas scored on a sacrifice fly to extend Reno’s lead to 4-1.
Young was tough on Nashville from the start. He picked up the win after he allowed one run on two hits in six innings. Jokisch was tagged with the loss after he allowed four runs (three earned) in six innings.
Game two of the three-game series is scheduled for Wednesday night at First Tennessee Park. Right-hander James Naile (4-5, 3.84) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Bradin Hagens (2-2, 6.21) for the Aces. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
Post-Game Notes
- With tonight’s 4-3 loss, Nashville dropped to 28-28 on the season.
- Nick Martini extended his consecutive on-base streak to 43 games when he singled in the fourth inning. Martini’s streak is the longest by a Nashville player in the Pacific Coast League era. It’s the longest active streak in the Pacific Coast League. Since April 14, Martini has reached safely in every game he has played in.
- With his fourth inning single, Martini extended his hitting streak to a career-long 12 games.
- Nashville starter Eric Jokisch threw a career-high 115 pitches in his outing.
The 2018 season is the Sounds’ 41st in franchise history and fourth as the Oakland Athletics’ top affiliate. Single-game tickets are available now by calling (615) 690-4487 or by visiting www.nashvillesounds.com.
Delbert Wayne Johnson
Delbert Wayne Johnson, of Tracy City, passed this life on Monday, June 4,
2018 at The Waters of Winchester at the age of 64 years. Memorial Services
will be held at a later date.
A native of Altamont, he was the son of the late Leon and Sarah Nunley
Johnson. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, collecting old knives and working on
vehicles. Delbert never met a stranger and had many friends. His favorite
thing to do was to call GCTV, the local radio and TV Station in Tracy City,
every morning and report any news and tell stories about his family and
friends.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by brother,
Jerry Johnson and sister, Linda Johnson. He is survived by two sisters,
Brenda Nunley Griffin of Whitwell and Carolyn Byers and her husband, Terry
of Tracy City; three nephews, Joshua Nunley of Nashville, Nickolas Byers of
Tracy City and Jeremy Johnson of Obion, TN and five nieces, Amanda Nunley
of Ocala, FL, Daphne Whitehead and her husband, Jamie of Obion, TN,
Michelle Blakely of Alto, Dana Youngblood and her husband, Harold of Obion,
TN and Brandy Meeks and her husband, Kelly of Monteagle.
Daves-Culbertson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Motorcyclist Runs from Police–Later Captured
Timothy Michael Hupp… Photo provided by the CCSD.
A be on the lookout (BOLO) for the motorcycle was issued. Coffee County Deputy Lee Marcom responded to the call and saw the bike near Blanton’s Chapel Road. Marcom attempted to stop the motorcycle, but it continued to the Hwy 64/41 intersection in Beech Grove when the driver lost control. The driver was taken into custody and identified as Timothy Michael Hupp age 32 of Loudon, TN.
Hupp was charged by Norris and Marcom with 2 counts evading arrest, reckless endangerment, reckless driving, 2 counts of driving on revoked/suspended license 4th offense and 2 counts habitual traffic offender. Hupp also has warrants in Knox County for habitual motor offender and leaving the scene of an accident.
His bond was set at $20,500 and he will appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court June 18, 2018.
Gas Prices beginning to come Down
The summer driving season is in full swing, and it opened with the most expensive gas prices in four years. But those prices at the pump are beginning to trickle lower.
The national average price of $2.95 per gallon is 2 cents less than last week. The discount at the pump is being driven by strong declines in the price of oil-which influences about half the price of gasoline.
Gas prices in Tennessee declined nearly 3 cents last week. The state average of $2.70 is 10 cents more than a month ago and 60 cents more than this time last year.
AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said gas prices could drop 10 to 15 cents, based on recent oil declines. However, it will not happen overnight. Jenkins said it usually takes a couple of weeks for shifts like this to play out at the pump.
The low price in Manchester this week as of Tuesday afternoon was $2.59 and in Tullahoma the low price per gallon is $2.64.
Tennessee Lags Behind in Childhood Rankings
Rural communities often lack the tax base and funding to support community programs, which is compounded by a lack of living wage jobs. (pudgeefeet/flickr)
Mark Shriver, senior vice president, U.S. Programs & Advocacy for Save the Children, says a big factor in Tennessee is its large number of rural communities.
“Clearly there’s a lot more work that needs to be done to get Tennessee at the top of the list, to make sure that the children in Tennessee are prepared not only to enter kindergarten ready to learn, but to succeed in life,” says Shriver.
Internationally, the United States ranks 36th in the world – between Belarus and Russia on the list. The report recommends increased access to early childhood education and improved access to health care. The five states in the top five when it comes to quality of childhood are in the Northeast.
According to the report, 597 babies died before their first birthday in 2016, and Shriver says it’s what happens after babies make it past their first year that also deserves attention.
“We really do need to do more in the Volunteer State,” says Shriver. “One of the ways of helping kids in rural Tennessee lift themselves out of poverty is to have high quality early childhood education services and that’s from birth right up to and including entering kindergarten. ”
Tennessee did do well when it comes to high school graduation rates, with 88 percent of students graduating on time, making the state eighth best in the nation in that category.