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Manchester Police is investigating the burglary of three businesses in the early morning hours of Thursday Jan. 17, 2018.
According to Investigator Jackie Matheny, thieves broke into Great Clips and Posh Nails located on Relco Drive near Walmart and Pappy’s Restaurant located on Skinner Flat Road.
The thieves reportedly took an undisclosed amount of money from two of the businesses. Also, there was damage to each of the businesses.
If anyone has information that could assist in the investigation, call Manchester Police at 931-728-2099.

Authorities are searching for an inmate who has escaped for the third time from a jail in Bedford County early Thursday morning.
The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office says that Andrew Marshall escaped the Bedford County jail during the overnight hours.
Marshall was among three inmates who escaped from the jail in September 2017. He escaped again with two other inmates in October 2017.
He was jailed on misdemeanor charges.
Anyone who knows of Marshall’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office at 931-684-3232.

We have an update on a story we brought you yesterday. We reported that around 200 copies of the Manchester Times had been stolen from Walmart.
A Manchester man has now been cited for shoplifting after allegedly taking the papers without paying for them.
The 20 year-old Manchester man was cited by Manchester Police Department officer Daniel Ray. The man is set to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court in February.
Manchester Police viewed surveillance video and saw two male subjects allegedly removing the newspapers from the store.
Police identified the man as one of the male subjects involved in the shoplifting.
According to Officer Ray’s report, the man admitted that he did take the newspapers from Walmart after initially stating that he thought the newspapers were free. The report states the 20 year-old said he was mad about an article in the paper.

One person was injured in a fire at a home in Bedford County Wednesday evening.
The fire began at a home on Coop Road in Bell Buckle around 5 p.m.
The Bedford County Fire Department said one person was taken to an area hospital for treatment of unknown injuries.
The fire department returned to the home later Wednesday night after the fire rekindled.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. (WKRN-TV)

Emergency crews including the Winchester Fire Department were called to 1280 Baxter Lane at 9 p.m. on Jan. 17 to a fire that had occurred at the Universal Linen Service plant. According to Winchester Fire Chief Gary Greeson, firefighters were at the scene until 2:30 a.m. Thursday. The fire chief stated that the plant was heavily damaged on the inside. No one was injured in the fire.
The cause of the fire was not immediately known but an investigation is underway.

With some areas having outside temperatures of near zero, TVA saw near-record winter energy use Wednesday morning as millions of customers sought to ward off the sub-freezing cold that’s blanketing the South.
Peak power demand for the giant utility registered at 31,640 megawatts at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Average temperatures at the time were about 12 degrees.
TVA termed it the “11th highest winter peak in TVA history.”

Coffee/Grundy County U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Charla Brannon announced that County Committee elections are over and the ballots have been counted.
Baisel Hockett of Beechgrove was elected to represent local administrative area (LAA) #3 and Robert Wiser of Manchester will serve as the first alternate.
Jerry Walling of Tracy City was elected to represent local administrative area (LAA) #4 and Janice White of Pelham will serve as the first alternate.
Nearly 7,800 FSA County Committee members serve FSA offices nationwide. Each committee has 3 to 11 elected members who serve three-year terms of office.
For more information, visit the FSA website at www.fsa.usda.gov/elections or contact the Coffee/Grundy County FSA office at 931-728-2472.

Manchester Times newspaper Publisher Josh Peterson contacted WMSR News to tell us about an unusual story of theft. Peterson said he received information about several copies of the Manchester Times being stolen from Walmart. The publisher said he believes around 200 copies of the paper were taken from the store. He added, that the theft was caught on video and at least two male subjects were involved. The alleged thieves left in Jeep with apparently Warren County tags.
Peterson also said it was suspicious that someone would steal this week’s edition.
The paper plans to work with police to capture the thieves and see that they are prosecuted.
Peterson told us the following, click below: