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A resident of Manchester was arrested after she allegedly filed a false report.
Lisa Renee Milsaps, 49, of Butch Lane, Manchester was arrested Feb. 2 for telling Tullahoma Police Officer Willie Young that she had been struck by a car when she crossed North Jackson Street Tuesday night around 11:30 p.m.
Doctors at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma told officers that her x-rays revealed that she had not been injured nor were there any abrasions on the woman.

Shaw Industries, which has had a carpet production plant in Franklin County since 1989, announced Wednesday it is consolidating operations and is closing its Winchester plant.
At stake are 228 jobs, according to Al Scruggs, Shaw human resource director for manufacturing and distribution.
He said that, although the plant is closing, employees will be given an opportunity to relocate.
“It is our hope that interested associates will remain with the company and consider opportunities available at other Shaw facilities,” he said. “Shaw’s Human Resources team will assist associates with benefits, retraining opportunities, and out-placement options.”
The consolidation process will begin in April, with operations ceasing in August, a company press release said.
Shaw Industries Group Inc. is planning to consolidate the operations of Plant 24 in Winchester, into other facilities in the North Georgia area, the press release said.

It’s all hands on deck as presidential candidates migrate to New Hampshire for next week’s primary. Ted Cruz emerged as the GOP winner in the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday night, and Democrat Hillary Clinton eked out a slight victory over Bernie Sanders. It’s a “pivotal election,” says Dr. Gerard Lameiro, a retired college professor and the author of a new book, “Great News for America.” He predicts the November vote will mean neither the Republican nor Democratic party will continue to exist in their current forms. “One of the characteristics of a historic election is that the electorate is upset about something. It could be the economy, it could be lots of things,” Lameiro says. “And when they get upset, they realign the party. But how do they realign it? They come out in a huge turnout.” He believes millions will vote for the first time this November, resulting in a historic turnout and a fundamental change in the party political system. Tennessee’s primary takes place on “Super Tuesday,” March 1. Lameiro conducted research about American elections going back to the early 1800s, and says the foundation is in place for 2016 to be another game-changer. “Any time the American people have come out, they have solved problems,” says Lameiro. “When they come out with a big voter turnout, it means they’re sending a message to their future politicians that they’re about to elect and saying, ‘We want these problems solved. We’re fed up with you not having these problems solved.'” Tennessee has 11 electoral votes and, in the last four presidential elections, the majority has voted for the Republican nominee.

Coffee County Raider Academy recently hosted Tennessee Department of Education Assistant Commissioner, Dr. Vicki Kirk, and South Central Core Executive Director, Mr. Bill Byford. The CCRA goal of academic excellence for all students was evident as Dr. Kirk and Mr. Byford visited classrooms. “It was an honor for Dr. Kirk and Mr. Byford to visit CCRA. Our faculty and staff are committed to providing students a rigorous education, all while teaching students to become positive stewards of our world. I am proud of our students, faculty, and staff, and look forward to continued growth,” said Angela Gribble, Principal.

The Manchester Board of Education is continuing to work through the process of hiring a new Director of Schools.
During a recent work session school board members used a grading system to help judge each applicant. Board member Lisa Gregory said she didn’t want the grading system to be the exclusive judge of who gets an interview.
The top ranking applicants were Jan Harris, of Huntsville; Sharon Harper of Chattanooga; William Childers, of Grundy County followed by Sharon Edwards.
The next school board meeting is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 8.

The Tennessee Department of Health has been advised by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that reports of influenza are increasing across the country. TDH officials are asking all Tennesseans who have not yet had their annual flu vaccine to do so immediately, helping to protect themselves and to prevent the spread of the illness to others. CDC and TDH also urge persons with flu-like illnesses who are at risk of severe illness with influenza due to some health conditions to seek care promptly to determine if treatment with influenza antiviral medications are needed. These health conditions include:

• children aged younger than 2 years;
• adults aged 65 years and older;
• persons with chronic pulmonary (including asthma), cardiovascular (except hypertension alone), renal, hepatic, hematological (including sickle cell disease), metabolic (including diabetes mellitus) or neurologic and neurodevelopment conditions (including disorders of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve and muscle such as cerebral palsy, epilepsy [seizure disorders], stroke, intellectual disability [mental retardation], moderate to severe developmental delay, muscular dystrophy or spinal cord injury);
• persons with immunosuppression, including that caused by medications or by HIV infection;
• women who are pregnant or postpartum (within two weeks after delivery);
• persons aged younger than 19 years who are receiving long-term aspirin therapy;
• American Indians/Alaska Natives;
• persons who are morbidly obese (i.e., body-mass index is equal to or greater than 40); and
• Residents of nursing homes and other chronic-care facilities.

The CDC estimates there were approximately 19 million influenza-associated visits to clinics and doctors’ offices in the 2014-2015 flu season and 970,000 hospitalizations.