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Tennessee Ranks 6th When it Comes to Women Murdered by Men
A recent study shows Tennessee ranked sixth in the nation in the rate of women murdered by men. The study was done by the Violence Policy Center, a national educational organization working to stop gun death and injury. According to the study, this is the sixth consecutive year that Tennessee has ranked in the top 10 states for women murdered by men. This year’s study applies to 2013, the most recent year for which data is available. The study covers homicides involving one female murder victim and one male offender, and uses data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s...
Tennessee Promise Is Beginning To Help Local Students
The Tennessee Promise program provides more than just free two-year tuition to students in Tennessee. For Manchester freshman Angie Lazo, the program is providing opportunities to be an active member of the Motlow College community. Tennessee Promise has already impacted Lazo’s college experience after her graduation from Coffee County Central High School earlier this year. While in high school, Lazo performed in plays, participated in choir and the art club, and was even on the wrestling team. With no school-related financial obligations, she can pursue these same passions while attending college classes. “I’m actually going to play the stepmother...
Local Law Enforcement Receive Grants
The Tennessee Department of Transportation and the Governor’s Highway Safety Office has announced the Tennessee agencies that received grant awards totaling $17.8 million to support highway traffic safety efforts. There are multiple elements that contribute to a safe roadway system, including an accurate traffic safety data collection and analysis system, well-trained and well-equipped law enforcement personnel, and effective emergency medical and trauma systems. A major part of roadway safety is educating motorists about laws and good driving behaviors. Manchester Police Department was awarded $14,998. The money will be used to pay overtime on saturation patrols when they are trying...
Old Scam Back In Coffee County
Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves has issued a warning about an old scam making the rounds in Coffee County again. “It has been here in the past but it seems to have started again,” the sheriff said Tuesday. The scammers call an individual poising as a deputy from the sheriff’s department. “They say that they are a deputy and that the person they are calling has failed to show up for jury duty.” The fake deputy then tells their intended victim that there is a warrant for their arrest, but to keep from being arrested they can pay a...
September Is Fall Prevention Awareness Month
One of the biggest risks to Tennessee seniors can be tripping hazards found in their own homes. An estimated one in three people age 65 or older takes a major, unexpected tumble at least once a year. September is Falls Prevention Awareness Month, and while clearing a home of unnecessary clutter is one method of protection, a fall-risk evaluation includes a person’s gait and balance, his or her health conditions, medications and home environment. Getting an older relative or friend to agree to this checkup can be a challenge, said Dr. Sascha Dublin, an internal-medicine physician and investigator at...
Horizon Raises Money For School System
On August 29, 2015 Horizon Health and Rehab in Manchester held a back to school bash with all proceeds going to the Coffee County school system. Horizon raised $ 2,117.40, which they have decided to put towards the arts department. Suzie Hawkersmith with Horizon said that they estimated the event had approximately 2,000 people throughout the day. Vendors were very excited and pleased and children played games all day long. The dunking tank was a huge success as the students were very excited about dunking staff members from the schools. The community has responded with a lot of support...
Man Wanted By Police In Florida Found In Manchester
Cody Alyn Cooper age 23 of Emerald Lake Run in Beechgrove was arrested on Sunday by Manchester Police. Authorities responded to a welfare check on an individual allegedly passed out in the back of a truck at Professional Manor in Manchester. After running a wants and warrants check on the subject, it was discovered there was an active warrant on Cooper out of Florida for battery on a person 65 years of age or older and that Florida authorities would extradite. Manchester Police also allegedly found Cooper to be in possession of three orange tablets believed to be valium....
Man On TBI’s Most Wanted Arrested–Police Say The Man’s Mother Was Found Murdered On Monday
A Shelbyville man who was on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Top 10 Most Wanted list has been taken into custody. Michael Domonic Sales, 29, was arrested without incident on Dover Street on Sunday. According to the TBI, Sales was wanted in connection of the shooting death of 19 year-old Carlton Capone Caruth in Fayetteville on Sept. 6. Sales was booked into the Lincoln County jail. Officials said his arrest was a joint effort between TBI Special Agents, the U.S. Marshals Service, officers with the Fayetteville Police Department and deputies with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department and Bedford County...
