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Twitter is reversing a decision to keep Tennessee Senate candidate Marsha Blackburn from promoting a campaign video on that platform because of the congresswoman’s statements about the sale of fetal tissue for medical research.
Blackburn, a Republican running for the seat being opened by the pending retirement of Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, boasts in the ad that she “stopped the sale of baby body parts.”
Twitter initially told the candidate’s vendors that the statement was “inflammatory,” but the company reconsidered after viewing “the ad in the context of the entire message.”
Blackburn chaired a Republican-run House investigative panel created after anti-abortion activists released secretly recorded videos showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing how they sometimes provide fetal tissue to researchers, which is legal if no profit is made.

Manchester Fire and Rescue along with the Tennessee Highway Patrol responded to a motor vehicle accident at 2 a.m. Tuesday morning (October 10, 2017) that involved a fatality. When emergency responders arrived at 4453 Noah Road they found a single vehicle that was on its roof in the road.
In Trooper Joshua Malone’s report, 44 year-old Karen E Anderson of Bradyville, TN was driving her 2003 Nissan westbound on Noah Road when she apparently lost control. She left the roadway on the right side, striking a telephone pole and flipped. Anderson died as a result of her injuries.

According to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report, they worked a crash involving a Coffee County student that had exited a school bus on Ragsdale road in Manchester on Tuesday afternoon. The child had gotten off the school bus and the bus driver had apparently turned the stoplights off and proceeded to the next stop when the child attempted to cross the roadway behind the bus.
The vehicle, a 2005 Ford Fusion was driven by a 24 year-old female and she was unable to stop and struck the child in the roadway. The child was transported to a local hospital for treatment. No charges are being filed.

Add Murfreesboro to what may be a growing number of “White Lives Matter” rallies across Tennessee.
We told you last week the group “League of the South” is planning a demonstration October 28th in nearby Shelbyville.
Now, in a press release from the National Socialist Movement, the Detroit, Michigan-based group will hold the organization’s winter “street action” October 28th in Murfreesboro as well as Shelbyville.
The release goes on to say they’ll be joined by other member organizations of the Nationalist Front, including League of the South and the Traditionalist Workers Party.
Some of these same groups rallied in both Murfreesboro and Shelbyville in October of 2013.
Many of these same groups were involved in a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in August. Counterprotesters took to the streets there, with a car plowing through a crowd. One person was killed and 19 were hurt in the violence. (WGNS Radio)

One of the most dangerous intersections in Manchester is the Old Tullahoma Hwy @ Belmont Rd. A high number of crashes that occur at the intersection result in injuries.
The speed limit was lowered to try and reduce the injury-related crashes, but statistics show this is still an issue. The Manchester Police Department recognizes another problem, personal property being damaged repeatedly.
Manchester Police is dedicated to protecting the community. They are increasing their presence in the area and will strictly enforce traffic laws. They ask that you to please obey the speed limit, obey the traffic control devices, such as stop signs and always wear your seatbelt.

The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death after skeletal remains were found last week in Altamont.
The discovery was made on October 6, in a wooded area of Altamont.
Sheriff Clint Shrum says the body has been identified as 35-year-old Dylan Winton from Tracy City.
Winton was reported missing on March 13 of this year.
An official cause of death has not been determined; however, Sheriff Shrum confirms that Winton was shot multiple times.
The investigation is ongoing.

Bonnaroo Works Fund, the charitable arm of Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has announced its annual grant distributions of more than $225,000 to over 30 organizations with an emphasis on Tennessee-based nonprofits.
“This year’s Bonnaroo Works Fund recipients are vital organizations, projects, programs and events that make communities stronger and healthier,” said Nina Miller, BWF executive director. “It’s extremely
gratifying to help these amazing organizations continue their invaluable contributions.”
The Bonnaroo Works Fund is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that supports organizations that advance the arts, education and environmental sustainability, with a focus on local reinvestment and asset building in the communities where “we work, live and play.” Since the inception of the festival, Bonnaroo and the BWF have awarded more than $7 million in funding to deserving organizations.

2017 GRANT RECIPIENTS

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee
Coffee County Board of Education
Coffee County Central High School
Coffee County Raider Academy
Coffee County Schools Family Resource Center
Country Music Foundation
Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Grundy County School District (Refillable Water Stations)
Hands-On Science Center
Hickerson Elementary School
Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee
Land Trust for Tennessee
Little Kids Rock
Manchester Coffee County Conference Center
Manchester Municipal Arts Commission
Manchester Parks & Recreation
Metro Nashville Airport Authority (Arts at the Airport)
MIMA Music
Music Makes Us/Nashville Public Education Foundation
Music Rising
Nashville Symphony Association
New Union Elementary School
Notes for Notes
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
The Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park
The Joy of Music School
The Nashville Food Project, Inc.
Tipitina’s Foundation
Tullahoma City Schools
VH1 Save The Music Foundation
Youth Villages Inc.

A resident of Manchester was arrested after being involved in a single vehicle crash.
Susan Marie Mowery, 31, of 16th Model Road, Manchester was charged with two counts of reckless endangerment, two counts of vehicular assault and DUI.
According to a warrant obtained by Coffee County Sheriff’s Deputy Shaun Greene, on Oct. 8 he was dispatched to a single vehicle crash in which an 11-year-old had been ejected from the vehicle.
Upon arrival the officer saw a vehicle sitting in the road with severe damage and several people nearby. The officer observed the 11-year-old and a 3-year-old who were injured.
Members of the Coffee County Ambulance Service arrived and paramedics began treatment of the 11-year-old and attempted to place the child in the back of the ambulance but, according to arrest warrants, Mowery refused to listen to ambulance personal and the deputy told her to leave the back of the ambulance.
The deputy walked her back to his patrol car and noted a strong odor of intoxicant on her. He asked Mowery if she had been drinking and she stated, “a little,” according to warrant. The warrant states that she performed poorly on six field sobriety tests. She was transported to Unity Medical Center for an alcohol blood test.
The 11-year-old and the 3-year-old were transported to area hospitals for treatment.

Education Department Commissioner Candice McQueen has announced that Tennessee public school students have crossed a new threshold, earning an average composite score of 20.1 on the ACT. Tennessee public high school students improved from the 2016 average of 19.9, with more than 3,500 additional students taking the exam this year. The results also show that about 1,800 more Tennessee public school graduates became eligible for the HOPE scholarship by earning composite score of 21 or higher.
Additionally, public school students improved in every section of the ACT by increasing their average score in English, reading, math, and science. The average ACT score for public school students in each subject area was:
19.6 in English, up 0.1 points,
20.5 in reading up 0.1 points,
19.4 in math, up 0.2 points; and
20.3 in science, up 0.2 points.
Coffee County High School students averaged 19.6 out of 399 taking the test and 206 Tullahoma students averaged 21.5 on the ACT.