Crash hurts three in Hillsboro... Photo by Barry West
Around 9:45PM Sunday night a crash occurred in Hillsboro on Prairie Plains Road in the 900 block. The wreck involved a black truck and a small black car. Two people were transported to Medical Center of Manchester via Coffee County EMS, and one person was flown by helicopter from the scene. The female flown was pregnant and was flown as a precautionary measure. The Tennessee Highway Patrol worked the scene.
The City of Tullahoma can help existing and new small businesses apply for up to $15,000 in USDA loan funds. The loans can be used for start-up, expansion and for improvements such as new windows, awnings, painting or HVAC. These are low variable rate interest loans, currently at 1% APR. To be eligible, a business must be located in the City of Tullahoma, have less than 50 employees, and annual revenues under $1 million. Interest rates are set at 4% below prime, adjusting annually, with up to five years for repayment terms. For more information contact the Tullahoma Finance Department.
Tennessee’s tax collections have fallen short of projections in the first month of the budget year. The Tennessee Finance Commissioner said in a news release that the weak revenues reflect a slow economic recovery on the national level. The state’s total general fund collections for August were $660 million or about $6 million less than budgeted. The August collections reflect economic activity in the previous month. Sales taxes grew by just 1.1 percent during the month to $569 million, or nearly $16 million below expectations. But corporate franchise and excise taxes beat projections by $5 million. Sales tax collections posted a 6.6 percent annual growth rate in the budget year that ended June 30, while corporate taxes grew by 22 percent.
Average retail gasoline prices in Tennessee have risen 2.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.66/g yesterday. This compares with the national average that has increased 2.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.86/g, according to gasoline price website TennesseeGasPrices.com. All prices are based on 87 octane. Including the change in gas prices in Tennessee during the past week, prices yesterday were 27.6 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 17.4 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has increased 15.8 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 24.9 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago. The low price in Manchester is $3.62 with a high of $3.84. Tullahoma has a low price of $3.55 and a high of $3.65.
Kirk Rutland, left, receives the U.S. Navy Superior Civilian Award for Valor from Naval Air Systems Command division head for power plant and propulsion Thomas Weiss. Rutland received the award for rushing to help rescue a boy from a burning car in June. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)
Dozens of people gathered to see Kirk Rutland honored in a ceremony at AEDC recently. Rutland, a Navy employee and technical director of the Test Systems Sustainment Division at AEDC, received the Navy’s Superior Civilian Award for Valor for his heroism after a vehicle wreck June 17 in Manchester. Rutland was cutting grass on the day the wreck happened near his home. An SUV traveling on Gowen Road left the road, hit a tree and rolled back onto the pavement. The woman driving the vehicle was able to get out, but her 8-year-old son was pinned inside as the vehicle’s engine caught on fire. Rutland and a passerby hurried to help. “There wasn’t any hesitation about what we should do,” Rutland said. The passerby, Jason Little, worked to free the child while Rutland used a fire extinguisher to keep the flames at bay. Not long after they freed the boy and were getting away from the vehicle, there was a popping sound and it was soon engulfed in flames. The SUV was destroyed, but thanks to Rutland and Little, the boy escaped with only scratches and burns.
Drivers headed into the Smokies at the Gatlinburg park entrance will need to negotiate a construction site this week. A gas line that feeds Gatlinburg is being repaired on U.S. 441 near Husky Grove Road and traffic headed from Pigeon Forge to Gatlinburg will have only one lane available to get around it. So if you are going to visit be aware of this work being done.
BABY SHOW
Months:
0-6 BOY: Jeramiah Xavier Stewart
GIRL: Reese Ellen Williams
6-12 BOY: Trevon Swann
GIRL: Kayda Blake Ferrel
12-18 BOY: Jayce Floyd
GIRL: Emma Morgan
16-24 BOY: Jonathan Levi Higgins
GIRL: Elizabeth Sadler
TODDLER SHOW
BOY: Cole Womack Williams
GIRL: Lydia Claire Lanier
TWINS
6-12 Corrine & Carly Davis
12-18 Lyndon & Lynlie Thammaruth
Tuesday, September 18
5:00 PM Wool and Woollies Show
6:00 PM Junior Miss Coffee County Contest
Age 6-8
7:00 PM Amateur Karaoke Contest
7:30 PM Junior Miss Coffee County Contest
Age 9-12
Ride Special
$18 Hand Stamp
5:00 PM Till Close
Miss Teen Coffee County Gracie Alyn Richardson... Photo by Barry West
Miss Teen Coffee County
4th # 9 Christen Elise Welch —- Chris & Donna Welch
3rd #2 Lydia Prince —— Larry & Brenda Prince
2nd #18 Hanna Ruth Reavis —– Susan & the late David Reavis
1st #12 Kayla Ellen McCormick —– Kem McCormick & Martha Logan
Winner # 13 Gracie Alyn Richardson —- John & Shandra Richardson
Teen group--4th # 9 Christen Elise Welch, 3rd #2 Lydia Prince , 2nd #18 Hanna Ruth Reavis, 1st #12 Kayla Ellen McCormick, Winner # 13 Gracie Alyn Richardson
Fairest of the Fair Winner Alexis Nicole Miller... By Barry West
Fairest of the Fair
4th Farrar Jean Ford —– Joe & Jean Marie Ford
3rd Lauren Rena’e Morris —— Tim & Dana Morris
2nd Summer Carol-Ann May —- Milton & Tammy May
1st Meghan Pittman —- Shane & Jennifer Pittman
Winner Alexis Nicole Miller —- JD & Joanna Miller
Fairest group--(R-L) 4th Farrar Jean Ford, 3rd Lauren Rena'e Morris, 2nd Summer Carol-Ann May, 1st Meghan Pittman, Winner Alexis Nicole Miller
Tonight at the Coffee County Fair: Nick’s Kids Show 5pm-7pm and 8:30pm. Little Miss Coffee County will begin at 6pm at the Coffee County High School theater. Rides also begin tonight.
Chastity N. Richardson
Manchester Police Investigator Butch Stewart arrested Chastity N. Richardson from Decherd for taking over $2,000 in items from the Manchester Wal-Mart. A person reported to police that they had seen the photos on the WMSR radio web page and identified the female.
Richardson had been arrested in Chattanooga on September 11, 2012. The woman was held up in a house on Spring St in Decherd. After Stewart received the information about who she was and where she lived, he went to the residence with Decherd Police and Franklin County Sheriff’s office and the Tennessee Department of Children services. The investigator found Richardson hiding in a closet with her four children in the home. She was arrested and transported to the Coffee County Jail. All four children were taken into custody by the Department Of Children services. Chastity N. Richardson is being held in the Coffee County Jail on $70,000 dollars bond. Thanks to you, our listeners and viewers of our website, the crime has been solved.
As reported on Saturday, someone has been forging bad checks in the area, and Manchester Police were looking for help identifying the suspect. The subject has written checks at local stores including J&K Market using forgery of the signature and using a fake ID. According to police the man was picked up on other charges and was in the Coffee County Jail. Charges on the bad checks will come later.
