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Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have arrested and charged a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper, who is accused of pointing a gun at his wife during a domestic dispute earlier this week.
At the request of 15th District Attorney General Tom Thompson, TBI Agents began investigating 43 year old Shane Roberts on Tuesday (11/8/16). During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information that Roberts pointed a THP-issued firearm at his wife during a dispute at their Lebanon home on Monday.
Agents arrested Roberts Tuesday night and charged him with one count of Aggravated Assault. Authorities subsequently booked him into the Wilson County Jail on $5,000 bond.

Hunting officials say a man has killed a whitetail deer that might break the world record.
The Tennessean reports that 26-year-old Stephen Tucker of Gallatin shot the deer with a muzzleloader Monday afternoon in Sumner County.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency District 21 captain Dale Grandstaff says the buck’s 47-point rack seems certain to break the state record and currently appears to be about an inch more than the world record.
Because the rack must undergo a 60-day drying out period before it is officially measured, the score could change slightly.
Grandstaff has measured the non-typical rack at 313 ¼ inches gross. The net score after deductions was 308 3/8 inches.
Grandstaff says the deer was likely 3 1/2 years old.

All current Motlow State Community College Tennessee Promise students have until Dec. 1 to complete eight hours of community service in order to remain eligible for the Tennessee Promise scholarship.
“There are numerous ways that students can complete their community service hours, including job shadowing, cleaning local, state, and recreational parks, or by assisting local non-profit organizations,” said Jonathan Graham, Tennessee Promise coordinator at Motlow.
“Last year, Tennessee Promise students volunteered a total of 318,183 hours which, according to tnAchieves, resulted in a monetary value of $6,592,751.76 given back to the State of Tennessee by Tennessee Promise scholars,” Graham added.
Students who still need to complete their community service hours can visit the Motlow Tennessee Promise webpage at tnpromise.mscc.edu for an up-to-date listing of community service opportunities in their area.
Students can also visit the tnAchieves website, tnachieves.org, which lists a host of community service opportunities for students in their local region. Community service hours can be submitted to the tnAchieves website as well.
Students must complete the tnAchieves program in their county to access Tennessee Promise funding. For further information regarding the Tennessee Promise program at Motlow State, contact Graham at jgraham@mscc.edu or 615-220-7839 or Debra Smith at dsmith@mscc.edu or 931-438-9766.

The staff of Coffee County Sheriff’s Department would like to thank everyone for the donations of stuffed animals. These are used by our deputies in the event of a crisis involving small children.
Recently Brenda and Dean Kingery donated 75 stuffed toys. Brenda stated that she wanted to do something for a good cause and especially children. Other folks have been making donations of stuffed animals and the sheriff’s department thanks you for your generosity.

On Sunday, Manchester Police Officer Jamie Newman was dispatched to McArthur St to check a suspicious car in a driveway. A check of the registration on the car revealed it did not belong to the vehicle. When a check of the area for the driver was completed, the vehicle was gone. A second call from a business located at McArthur St and Oak Drive was about the same vehicle. Officers observed the vehicle pull away from the business and stopped it on Oak Drive.
The arrest warrant says that David Andrew Melton had no license and allegedly admitted to officers that he is a habitual offender. A check of his record reveals that he has been caught driving on revoked seven times and once driving as a habitual offender.
Melton age 44 of Shelly Rd Manchester was charged with being a habitual traffic offender. Bond was set at $10,000 and he is set to appear in court on Nov. 15, 2016.

On Monday afternoon at approximately 1pm Grundy County dispatchers received a call from hikers of a female down on the Fiery Gizzard Trail below the Day Loop. South Cumberland Park Rangers, Grundy County Sheriff Clint Shrum and Tracy City Chief Charlie Wilder responded to the scene. Upon arrival, authorities found the body of a deceased white 64-year old female from Nashville, TN. The preliminary investigation appears to show she may have been looking over the edge of the trail when she lost her balance and fell to the bottom.
The body was recovered by Coalmont High Angle Rescue and sent to the medical examiner’s office for an autopsy for further examination.
Sheriff Clint Shrum stated there were no sign of foul play and this appeared to be a tragic accident.
The South Cumberland State Park Rangers will continue working the case.

The Coffee County Veteran’s Day Ceremony will be Friday November 11th 2016 on the Manchester Square.
Everyone invited to come out and help celebrate our Veterans.
The High School Jr. ROTC will be there, also The Westwood Middle School Band.
The Main Speaker for Veteran’s Day event in Manchester will be Sergeant Major Larry Williams, United States Army, Retired with over 30 years of service to our county.
Our National Anthem will be sung by Mrs Karen Wainwright.
We look forward to seeing everyone there on the Manchester Square this Friday November 11, 2016 at 11am.

With 100% of precincts reporting in, Westwood Middle School held a mock presidential election with 325 students and faculty participating.

The winner with 215 votes, which is 66.2% was Donald Trump.

With 58 votes, HILLARY CLINTON claimed 17.8% and 2nd place.

With 18 write-in votes, BERNIE SANDERS claimed 5.5% and 3rd place

With 16 votes, GARY JOHNSON claimed 4.9% and 4th place.

Others receiving votes:

Jill Stein- 6 Votes

Alyson Kennedy- 1 Vote

Rocky De La Fuente- 6 Votes

Mike Smith- 0 Votes

Write-In: Evan Mcmullin- 1 Vote

Write-In: Mitt Romney- 4 Votes