The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has announced the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Wildlife Management Area units 1 & 2 first come, first serve 2015 deer permits will go on sale Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 8 a.m. Permits can be purchased at any TWRA license agent or through the internet at http://www.tnwildlife.org. Hunters who purchase the permit are reminded that they will need to retain their receipt. The receipt will serve as the permit. No phone sales will be accepted. A permit fee will not be charged to Annual Sportsman (Type 004) or Lifetime Sportsman (Types 402 thru 405)...

Big Smo is coming to Tullahoma this weekend. The man from Bedford County who took the country by storm last year with his hit TV show on A&E will be performing live Saturday night beginning at 9:15pm during the 41-A Music and Arts Festival. The always fun event will startup Friday night in downtown Tullahoma with profits from the event going to local children’s charities. Big Smo, a self-proclaimed ‘hick-hop’ artist, mixes country, hip-hop, rock, and pop into his own kind of music. Kicking off the Saturday night lineup will be local southern alternative group, The Stagger Moon Band....

On the Way Market on South Chancery Street in McMinnville was robbed on Monday night. McMinnville police have arrested two men in connection with the robbery. Police say two men wearing hoodies entered the store at around 9pm and one man forced the clerk to the floor while the other tried to open the safe. Police say the robbers then demanded the clerk open the register and fled with an undetermined amount of cash. The suspects were apprehended a short time later. Police arrested 19 year old Daniel Reyes, who was jailed under a $150,000 bond, and 21 year...

Gas prices continue falling at a rate of about a half cent a day. The average price in Tennessee fell below $2 a gallon last week, while motorists in Florida and Georgia are also beginning to find prices below $2 a gallon at various gas stations. “Gas prices below $2 a gallon will become more of a common sight in the southeastern United States,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “Prices at the pump are typically their lowest during the fall and winter seasons, because fewer Americans take extended road trips, leading to declines in demand. Plus, oil...

A recent report shows Tennessee attorneys have increased the number of hours of free and reduced-rate legal services they provide to those in need. The study by the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission shows that the number of hours of pro bono service volunteered by attorneys in Tennessee went up by nearly 3,000 hours in the last reporting year. Reporting pro bono activity is encouraged but not required by the Supreme Court. Although fewer attorneys reported performing pro bono work, those that did reported an average of more than 78 hours in one year, an increase of...

Eighty-one thousand homes and businesses in Tennessee are on the list to get a broadband Internet connection. It’s part of the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect America Fund that began three years ago. The goal is to make sure higher-speed Internet connections are available to communities where the lack of population may not provide enough incentive to providers to install the technology, explains FCC spokesman Mark Wigfield. “Rural areas tend to be more expensive to serve because there’s fewer people, the terrain may be challenging,” Wigfield says. “So, the costs tend to be high and because of that, service often...

Shelbyville Police detectives are continuing to ask the public for help identifying the suspect responsible for an armed bank robbery. The man who allegedly robbed First Community Bank’s U.S. 231 North branch last week is likely not from this area, investigators say. Police added that other banks around Middle Tennessee have been held up by a man fitting the same description. Approximately 1:15 p.m. on Thursday September 17, 2015, the suspect robbed First Community Bank located at 2841 Hwy 231 North. The man entered the bank and handed the teller a note stating he was armed and demanding cash....