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House Fire Damages Home In Manchester

Emergency crews on the scene at Monday’s fire… Photos by Barry West

Manchester Fire and Rescue responded to 409 Rose Street on Monday for a house fire. When firemen arrived they found a fire in the downstairs of a two story house.
The occupant was alerted to the fire by smoke alarms the Manchester Fire and Rescue had recently installed.
Deputies from Coffee County Sheriff’s department and officers from the Manchester Police Department helped to escort the resident from her front porch.

Some of the damage that occurred on Monday afternoon.

Bonnaroo Line-Up Announcement Is Set For Tuesday

Cooling fountain at Bonnaroo

The lineup for the 2015 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester will be announced today (Jan. 13).
This year, fans will be able to call in to a special phone number to hear which artists will perform at the June event.
After calling 1-844-ROO-2015 from 5pm-8pm central, fans are being encouraged to share the news on social media.
The festival will be held June 11th-14th, 2015 on the farm in Manchester. Tickets go on sale Jan. 17th at bonnaroo.com.

Grundy Is Tennessee’s Poorest County

According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, in each state, there was at least one county with a median annual household income more than $7,000 lower than the state’s median income.
In many of these counties, residents struggled with low educational attainment and limited job opportunities. In five years through 2013, the percentage of adults who had attained at least a bachelor’s degree was below the comparable national figure of 28.8% in 45 of the 50 counties.
In Tennessee the poorest county is Grundy County. A typical household in Grundy County earned less than $27,000 annually between 2009 and 2013. This was especially poor even in Tennessee, where statewide incomes tended to be among the lowest in the nation. Low educational attainment rates partly explain the low incomes. Only 10% of Grundy adults had at least a bachelor’s degree, and just 70.5% had completed at least high school, both among the lower rates reviewed.
> County median household income, 2009-2013: $26,814
> State median household income, 2009-2013: $44,298
> Poverty rate, 2009-2013: 29.7%
> Unemployment, 2013: 9.5%

Apple Announces Retirement

Dr MaryLou Apple

On Monday morning Motlow State Community College President MaryLou Apple announced her upcoming retirement effective June 30, 2015.
The Tennessee Board of Regents search for new presidents normally requires a six month process. More information will be released closer to the date of her retirement.
Apple at her retirement will finish her 9th year as President of Motlow College. She came to Motlow after serving as vice-president for academic affairs at Walters State Community College in Morristown.

Former Sports Writer and Broadcaster Passes Away

Derek Harryman (left) and Lucky Knott (right) broadcasting a game on Thunder Radio.

On Monday Manchester and WMSR Radio lost a good friend. Derek Harryman passed away at age 29.
Harryman was a sports writer for several years at the Saturday Independent and then at the Manchester Times. Harryman also broadcasted sports events on Thunder Radio, from basketball to softball and baseball. Derek was also the PA voice for Coffee County softball for the past several years and broadcasted football last season for WFTZ. Harryman just recently started working at Harton Hospital in Tullahoma.
We here at Thunder Radio send our condolences to the Harryman family.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Two People Killed In Normandy Crash

According to Tennessee State Trooper Chad McAnally, Michelle L. Lumbley, 31, of Ragsdale Road in Manchester and Raymond D. Cunningham, 33, of Front Street in Normandy were killed in a vehicle crash early Saturday morning.
Lumbley was driving a 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee when it overturned into a field near the Normandy Fish Hatchery, inside Bedford County. The crash apparently occurred around 12:30am but was not discovered until 6:00am Saturday morning.
Lumbley and Cunningham were both thrown from the vehicle.

Fire Destroys Hillsboro Home

Heavy smoke and fire destroys a Hillsboro home on Thursday night… Photos by Barry West

A fire was reported at about 8:15 Thursday night in Hillsboro. The home owned by Matt Holder was fully engulfed when the Hillsboro Fire Department arrived. No one was at home at the time of the fire. The home was totally destroyed and two automobiles badly damaged.
Other Coffee County fire departments were called to the scene assist Hillsboro. The cause of the fire is undetermined and is under investigation.

The home on Blackberry Lane was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived.

The family lost everything in the blaze except for the clothes on their backs, according to a family member. The Holder family is in need of clothing; Matt wears 2x in shirts, 13 in shoes, and 38×32 pants. His 10 year old son wears a youth large and adult small shirts, 10 in shoes, and size 11 pants. 18 year old boy wears 32×34 pants, extra large long shirt, and 15 shoes. The Mom wears size 8 pants, Medium shirt, 10 shoe. Bring items to the Manchester Fire Station #1 on the Hillsboro Blvd and they will get the donations to the family.

Firemen fighting the blaze with a pickup near by.

Credit Card Fraud In Tullahoma

Police are investing a fraud case totaling $16,197.36 at Kroger in Tullahoma on Jan. 6.
Service Manager Jon Stephenson reported to Officer Tommy Elliott that two black males entered the store on Jan. 4 and made four fraudulent credit card transactions. The funds were loaded onto American Express gift cards.
Stephenson stated that he believed that the same two men conducted similar frauds in Shelbyville and Decherd stores in Tennessee along with two Kroger stores in Huntsville, Ala.
Detective Rana Pawlowski is investigating the Tullahoma incident.

Jury Selection Begins In Pearman

Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of Jacob Pearman, the man accused of murdering his wife Carla Pearman, formally Carla Dillard of Manchester. The murder took place in their home in Murfreesboro on Valentine’s Day in 2013. He’s also accused of aggravated child abuse of Carla’s son.
Judge David Bragg has granted a request that the jury be sequestered. That means the jurors will stay in a place all together and not be able to consume any media. The judge recently denied a request for a change of venue because of pre-trial publicity.
Pearman confessed to punching and then choking his wife to death after they argued about his child abuse charges. According to Pearman’s confession, Carla Pearman told Jacob that she would not be attending a court hearing scheduled for the next day in regards to his child abuse charge. She also told him that he needed to move out of the home so she could regain custody of her son.
Carla Dillard Pearman was a 2002 graduate of Coffee County High School.

Drug Bust In Franklin County

Franklin County Sheriff’s Office personnel recently charged a Fayetteville, TN. man with Manufacture/Delivery, Sell of a Schedule IV (Xanax) and Possession of Schedule IV.
A report filed by Deputy Martin Tyler stated that contact was made with Bradley C. Smith of 127 South Lincoln Rd., Fayetteville, TN. and an agreement was reached for Mr. Smith to deliver 22 Xanax pills to a location in Franklin County. Once Mr. Smith arrived at the previously determined location he was placed in custody by Sheriff’s Office personnel and transported to the Franklin County Jail where he was booked on a $30,000 bond. Mr. Smith has a General Sessions Court date of Thursday March 19th at 8:00am.
Participating in the investigation were Investigator Nick Watson, Deputy Martin Tyler and Deputy Kalyn Machuta.

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