A two vehicle crash last week (Monday) resulted in a Tullahoma Police car being damaged.
According to a report by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, a patrol car operated by Officer Mickey Blanton was traveling on East Lincoln Street when a vehicle operated by Harold Jackson of Tullahoma collided with the left rear of the patrol car. The Jackson vehicle, according to the THP report, was traveling southbound on North Washington Street when he pulled out of the intersection and collided with the patrol car.
No one was injured.
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Police Car Damaged In Accident
Coffee County Broadcasting Float is a BIG Hit
Our Christmas float makes its way through the parade route.
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in order to build a parade float? Or what it takes to transform into a Princess? Thunder Radio recently teamed up with The Ticket Sports Radio, United Regional Medical Center, Zaxby’s of Tullahoma, & Celebrate Party Store to create a Frozen Wonderland Float which brought Anna, Elsa, & Olaf to the Manchester & Tullahoma Christmas Parades. We documented the journey and you’ll even see tips from the talented local Hair & Makeup Artist Victoria Silvis and learn all about how you can be transformed into a Princess too! To watch our Frozen Wonderland Parade Float Adventure, just log onto WMSRradio.com and click on the all new Thunder TV News Video.
Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the Week 5 December 2014
The Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the week for 5 December 2014 is Madison Armstrong. Madison is in fifth grade at Deerfield Elementary School in Coffee County. She is the daughter of proud parents Kim and Chris. She was nominated for this award because she is academically minded, an excellent student and helpful to all classmates and teachers. She plays basketball for her school and her favorite subject is science because she enjoys learning about the ecosystem and animals. Appropriately, she plans to be a veterinarian or dog trainer when she gets older. Madison was presented with a plaque (courtesy of K&S Trophies of Tullahoma) and a set of tickets to an up-coming Nashville Predators game. Congratulations to Madison Armstrong, the Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the Week.
Aaron’s Sales and Lease Student of the Week – Madison Armstrong
Woman Suffers Smoke Inhalation In Hillsboro Fire
Emergency crews on the scene at the Hillsboro fire… Photo by Barry West
At 2:45pm Thursday afternoon a page went out to the Hillsboro Fire Department for a structure fire at 52 EZ Lane. The female occupant was cooking when a grease fire started on the stove.
The woman told a 911 operator that she was in the floor and could not get out of the house. After arriving at the scene a Coffee County Deputy went in the home and brought the lady out to safety. The woman was transported to Medical Center of Manchester with smoke inhalation. The fire was quickly extinguished by the Hillsboro Fire Department.
TBI Director Warns About New Form Of Heroin
There were some alarming words Wednesday from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation director about Mexican drug cartels targeting the state with a new form of heroin.
WKRN-TV reports that during budget hearings Wednesday morning for his agency, TBI Director Mark Gwyn told Governor Bill Haslam the cartels are focusing on Tennessee because of the state’s high addiction rate to products like hydrocodone.
Gwyn added during the last year, TBI agents are seeing heroin laced with a synthetic called Fentanyl.
“Fentanyl is what they are cutting the heroin with, you will start seeing Fentanyl labs showing up in the state just like meth labs.
“All you have to do is handle this Fentanyl and you can overdose.
The TBI director indicated tougher penalties in other states against traffickers have helped deter the cartels and he thinks Tennessee should eventually “go in that direction.”
High School Welders Take a Trip to AEDC
Grundy County High School welding class students watch as AEDC craftsman Chester Stovall works with a tungsten inert gas (TIG) welder. (Photo by Rick Goodfriend)
Walt Bishop, ATA Test Support Branch manager, introduced the students to several key Model Shop staff and explained that the shop is where the hardware for most of the AEDC test projects starts.
Bishop added, “I was very impressed with the class. The Grundy County welding program, currently headed up by Robin Dykes and Career and Technical Education (CTE) Director Gina Sons, is well respected beyond middle Tennessee and has produced some of the finest welding talent we have.”
The students were encouraged to hone their skills and consider attending a technical college once they graduate.
Bishop stated he hopes this is the case, as more welders will be needed soon.
“The average age of a welder in the United States is 63. What this means is that in five to 10 years the demand for welders will be increasing and we really need to support and encourage the local CTE programs and their students. The future is bright for the students who are not only skilled but are also not afraid to work.
AEDC currently has about 47 welders at the Model Shop and more than 100 others across the Complex.
As a way to contribute to the success of GCHS’s welding students, ATA recently provided the school with a $2,500 donation.
The ‘State of the Child’ in Tennessee—The Latest in a Kids Count Report
A new report on Tennessee’s young children points to early intervention and increased high quality pre-K opportunities to make sure they arrive at school with the cognitive, social and emotional skills they need to learn. Photo credit: Pawel Loj/Flickr.
“One is to expand the voluntary high-quality pre-kindergarten program we have so it reaches more children,” O’Neal says. “A second is to expand home visiting programs for new parents, and the third is to accept the federal Medicaid funds so all children have access to health care.”
Gov. Bill Haslam is planning to bring a Tennessee plan on expanding Medicaid to the legislature next year.
O’Neal says providing health care and these other early supports for Tennessee’s children considered at-risk will pay big dividends in the future, with them arriving at school ready to learn, not weighed down by the trauma of poverty, hunger or abuse.
“It is increasingly clear the impact that early adverse childhood experiences have,” she says. “It makes it clear how important it is to provide the preventive strategies and the early intervention to help children have the opportunity to be more successful when they go to school and in life.”
In Tennessee, there are nearly 400,000 children living in poverty, and hundreds of thousands more in families considered low-income.
Health Insurance Costs Going Up
Many HealthCare.gov customers will face higher costs next year, the Obama administration acknowledged Thursday in a report that shows average premiums rising modestly.
However, officials said millions of consumers who are currently enrolled can mitigate the financial consequences if they are willing to shop around for another plan in a marketplace that’s becoming more competitive.
Premiums for the most popular type of plan will go up an average of 5 percent in the 35 states where the federal government is running the health insurance exchanges, said a report from the Health and Human Services Department.
However, one person WMSR News talked to says their premium is going up from $50 to $115 per month.
McMinnville Woman Dies After Falling 12 Stories
The wife of a Warren County attorney died over the weekend after reportedly falling from her condominium balcony in Daytona Beach, Fla.
According to the Daytona Beach Shores Public Safety Department, 60 year old Deborah Smith of McMinnville fell from her 12th-story balcony Sunday evening.
She was the wife of well-known Warren County attorney Bernard K. Smith.
Reports indicate Mrs. Smith was decorating her balcony with Christmas ornaments when she fell.
State Reports Four Traffic Fatalities Over The Thanksgiving Holiday Period
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security announced the preliminary number of four traffic fatalities statewide during the 2014 Thanksgiving Holiday period, which began on midnight Wednesday, Nov. 26 and ended at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 30.
If this year’s preliminary figures remain, it would mark the lowest number of vehicular deaths during the Thanksgiving holiday period since the seven traffic deaths in 1983. In 2013, there were 12 vehicular deaths during the 120-hour Thanksgiving holiday.
The department also reported that none of this year’s holiday traffic fatalities occurred in alcohol-related crashes. Two of the individuals killed were not wearing seat belts.
Tennessee state troopers investigated a total of 78 crashes (one alcohol-related), arrested six individuals on suspicion of impaired driving and issued 238 seat belt citations on I-40 during the two-day challenge periods. They also inspected 215 commercial vehicles in that time frame, placing 16 drivers and nine vehicles out of service, respectively.
