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Michael Millraney has been named the new manager of Duck River EMC’s Manchester district. He succeeds David Young, who was recently promoted to the post of District Services director for the entire co-op.
Millraney joined DREMC as AMI (automated meter infrastructure) project manager in 2013 after working as a systems engineer at Fort Loudoun Electric Cooperative in Vonore, Tenn.
With roots in Coffee County, Millraney graduated from Coffee County High School before attending the University of Tennessee where he majored in engineering. He received a degree in electrical engineering in 2010.
“Michael Millraney is a smart, talented young man with lots of potential. We are glad to welcome him as the new manager of the Manchester district,” said Young, who helmed field and office operations in Coffee County for more than 20 years.
Millraney and his wife, Maggie, will relocate to the Manchester area.

Tennessee teenagers are using heroin and shooting up drugs at twice the national average, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Tennessean reports many more, roughly one in every five pop pills for recreational use. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Report reveals that their appetite for hard drugs grew dramatically over a five-year period and that Tennessee teenagers are putting themselves in danger in a multitude of ways. The 251-page report, based upon surveys of high school students and released every two years by the CDC, looks at behaviors ranging from dietary choices to driving habits.
The survey period was between September 2012 and December 2013, a time frame when heroin was making a comeback.

One person was killed and traffic along Highway 41-A was snarled for some time Thursday morning following a three-vehicle crash.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, around 6 a.m. Davy T. Wall, 26, of Tullahoma was traveling northbound on Highway 41A in Moore County when his 2000 Honda Accord veered across the turn lane and into the south bound lane of traffic. He then attempted to correct and veered back into the northbound lane of traffic.
In an attempt to avoid the Wall vehicle, Velencia Whittaker, 48, of Shelbyville entered into the turn lane and she collided with the Wall vehicle. Then Andrew Clanton, 23, of Shelbyville, who was operating a Ford F350 in the south bound lane, attempted to avoid the collision by veering into the north bound lane of traffic and was struck by one of the other vehicles. Investigators are not sure which vehicle was collided with.
LifeFlight helicopter landed on the site and transported Whittaker to Vanderbilt Medical Center for treatment of injuries.
Clanton was not injured in the crash.
The Tullahoma Fire Department assisted the Bedford County Fire Department in removing Wall from the crash, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

A two-vehicle accident occurred on Interstate 24 late Wednesday night. The crash involved a Ford Explorer and a pick-up truck just before midnight near mile-marker 108. When the two vehicles collided it caused both to rollover several times according to Manchester Fire and Rescue Captain Roger Chambers.
Five people were inside the Ford SUV and had to be transported by Coffee County EMS to Medical Center of Manchester for treatment of various injures.
Manchester Police and the Tennessee Highway Patrol worked the accident scene.

A Cannon County woman is being held under $1 million bond after being charged by authorities with the first-degree murder of her mother.
According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, 40-year-old April Stowe allegedly murdered her mother, Valerie Jean McFadden, 61, on or near June 23 at the home the two shared at 223 Paschal Road in Readyville.
In cooperation with the Millersville Police Department and with the assistance of the Cannon County Sheriff’s Department, TBI special agents began the investigation after a passerby discovered McFadden’s body on June 23 along a rural road in Millersville.
Agents said during the course of the investigation they developed information leading to the arrest of Stowe. They believe the crime occurred on or around June 23 and that Stowe allegedly attempted to dispose of the victim’s body on Woody Lane in Millersville.
Specific circumstances of the crime and its motive remain under investigation, according to the TBI.
Stowe was transported to the Cannon County Jail under $1,000,000 bond.
Millersville is a small town located in Robertson and Sumner counties and is northeast of Cannon County.

What: Firecracker 5/10K Run

When: Friday, July 4th, 2014

Where: Manchester Recreation Center

Time: 7:00 AM

Sponsored by: Thunder Radio and First National Bank

The City of Manchester will host its Red, White and Groove July 4th Independence Day Celebration Friday at Rotary Park. 6:00pm –Live Music performed at Rotary Amphitheater by; The AquaDuck, Skytown Riot, and Mize and the Drive. Fireworks begin around 9pm.

Come on to the Manchester Recreation Center for swimming from Noon-5pm.

Manchester Police are investigating a robbery of a fireworks stand early Tuesday morning. A man armed with a knife robbed the stand located in the Wal-Mart parking lot.
According to a police report filed by Manchester Police Officer Trey Adcock, Wesley Coppinger was working at the fireworks stand just after midnight. The man with the knife entered the location and put the weapon to Coppinger’s throat. The white male demanded money from the register and the clerk gave the thief an undisclosed amount of cash. The victim advised the officer that the robber was in the business about five minutes before committing the robbery.
The robber was described by a male second victim, who was also at the business, as being a white male who was about 6 feet tall and weighed approximately 250 lbs. He was wearing Khaki shorts with a cut off T-shirt.
If you have any information that could help police please call 728-2099.