Manchester City Schools will be closed Friday, February 16th due to illness. ESP is also closed. Students report back Tuesday, after the Presidents day holiday.
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File photo: Dr LaDonna McFall Director of Coffee County Schools
Tia Monique Braston
Two Tullahoma women were arrested after one allegedly fired shots in the parking lot of Tullahoma Village on Feb. 11. The other was charged for being an accessory after the fact.
According to a report by Tullahoma Police Officer Clayton Harper, police received a call that gunshots were heard in the parking lot of the apartment complex and that the person who fired the shots had left the area.
While officers were on their way to the apartment complex the communication center received additional calls that the shooter was back at the complex with another woman, but that the car was leaving the area again. Officer Tommy Elliott spotted the car and stopped it. The driver was identified as Roxanne Paulette Starks, 39, and passenger Tia Monique Braston, 37, both of Tullahoma.
In alleged statements, Braston said she was fired the shots in the parking lot. She stated she was driving there with Starks in an attempt to locate her boyfriend who was in the apartment of another female. While speaking to Braston, Officer Harper detected a smell of alcohol. He alleges in his report that Braston admitted to consuming alcoholic beverages earlier.
Braston told the officer that the weapon, a Taurus .380 pistol was in her purse. The officer checked the purse and found that it had one round left in the magazine.
Roxanne Paulette Starks… Photos provided by the Coffee County Sheriff’s Dept.
Starks stated that she heard the gunshots and knew that Braston had fired her weapon but did not know why.
Witnesses told the officers that they saw the vehicle leave and then returned and a woman was picking up shell casing in the parking lot.
Braston was charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, possession of a weapon while under the influence and unlawful possession of a weapon. She was booked into the Coffee County Jail on the charges under a bond of $30,000. She is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Feb. 22.
Starks was booked into the Coffee County Jail on charges of accessory after the fact. Her bond was set at $5,000 and she is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Feb. 22.
Thursday at noon we will learn who will be official candidates for the county elections.
Numerous offices are up for grabs in August, starting with the primary on May 1. This includes all 21 County Commission seats, as well as County Mayor, Sheriff, Register of Deeds, Road Superintendent, County Clerk, Trustee, Circuit Court Clerk and others.
Deadline for voter registration for the May 1 primary is April 2. Early voting will take place April 11-April 26, 2018.
Manchester and Tullahoma municipal elections and the county general along with state primaries will be held on Aug. 2.
Get a flu shot! The Tennessee Department of Health is urging all Tennesseans who have not yet received a flu shot this flu season to get one as soon as possible, as seasonal influenza remains widespread across the state. Tennessee county health departments are providing flu vaccine at no charge to patients while supplies last and are holding special “Flu Shot Friday” clinics from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. local time Feb. 16 in all locations to increase the number of people vaccinated across Tennessee.
DH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend a yearly flu vaccine for everyone aged six months and older.
Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves.
Anthony Tyler Conlan… Photo provided by the CCSD.
Tullahoma Police are investigating damage to vehicles on the parking lot of Stan McNabb Chevrolet on North Jackson Street as well tires stolen.
According to a report by Officer Kannesha Nept, on Feb. 9 Rodney Hunley of the dealership stated that someone tried to take the wheels and tires off five vehicles on the lot.
The officer saw four Cadillac Escalades and a Chevrolet Tahoe that had tires damaged and some missing. One full set of tires were stolen from a 2017 Escalade. A 2018 Escalade, 2018 Tahoe and a 2017 Escalade had fallen off the blocks during the attempted theft which damage one tire on each vehicle and possibly the under carriage of all vehicles.
Detective Tyler Hatfield is investigating the incident and will be viewing security video of the incident.
Energy prices took a nosedive on the stock market last week and gas prices are declining as a result. Tennessee gas prices declined 2 cents during the past week. Sunday’s state average of $2.39 is 9 cents less than a month ago and 34 cents more than this time last year.
AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said gas prices have the potential to drop 10 to 15 cents, based on what happened last week. However, refinery maintenance season is fast approaching and could spoil this big break for motorists. Every year-from February to April-reduced refinery output and the switch to summer-blend gasoline normally cause gas prices to rise 30 to 70 cents.
The national average price of a gallon of regular unleaded is currently $2.58.
The low price this week in Manchester, as of Tuesday afternoon was $2.28 and in Tullahoma the low price was $2.33.
Authorities in Tennessee are warning everyone of a phone scam that tells recipients they won a car and need to make a deposit. Police say it is a scam.
The Better Business Bureau said they have about two thousand complaints about the Publishers Clearing House scams.
Officials say don’t be fooled by the phone scam. Publishers Clearing House says they never ask for any type of monetary payments from contest winners. If you suspect a scam, you can report it directly on the incident form on the Publishers Clearing House website.
