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County Unemployment rates Drop Across Tennessee
County unemployment rates in Tennessee for April show the rates decreased in 94 counties and increased in only one county. Coffee County went from 5.6 to 4.9 percent, the lowest amount in a number of years. The numbers show 1,240 people without a job in Coffee County. Grundy County went from 8.4 to 7.3 percent. Cannon County decreased from 6.4 percent to 5.2. Bedford County fell from 6.6 to 5.8 percent. Franklin County dropped from 5.2 to 4.8. Moore County went from 4.6 percent to 4.2 and in Warren County the unemployment rate dropped from 6.1 to 5.5 percent....
Teachers Prepare For New Testing Standards
Tennessee teachers this summer are getting a first look at the new test that will replace TCAP. WPLN reports schools had been preparing to switch to a nationally-available, computerized test until the legislature mandated Tennessee develop its own assessment. The new test is called TNReady. The biggest difference between it and TCAP is the way the questions are asked. Instead of multiple choice, students in grades 3 through 11 will be given essay questions, even in math. In an email and video to teachers, Commissioner Candice McQueen told them recently they can prepare for the new test by looking...
CHS Tabs David Martin as New Head Baseball Coach
The hunt for a new baseball coach for Coffee County Central High School has come to a close as David Martin has been tabbed to head the program. Martin, who served as an assistant coach at Warren County High School this past season, was the head coach at Warren County Middle School for 4 seasons prior to that. During the time, he won 1 regular season championship and 1 conference tournament championship. Martin, who grew up in McMinnville, played college baseball at Motlow State Community College and Jackson State Community College before finishing his college career at Middle Tennessee...
Manchester Odor Complaint Answered
WMSR Radio has been receiving complaints recently about a terrible odor and wondering if anything was wrong at the Manchester wastewater treatment plant. Paul Coston, chief operator at the Wastewater Treatment Plant says that the cause of odor is the lack of dissolved oxygen in the wastewater. Wastewater entering the plant only has an average of 2 to 3 parts per million. Oxygen is added in the biological reactor (oxidation ditch) as well as in the bio-solids digesters to support microscopic biological life. The water leaving the treatment plant (effluent) must have minimum dissolved oxygen reading 6 parts per...
New President Named At Motlow
The Tennessee Board of Regents have appointed a new president at Motlow State Community College in Moore County. Anthony G. Kinkel, now serving as president of Wichita Area Technical College in Kansas, takes over as president of Motlow State effective Aug. 1. Kinkel has 30 years of service in public education, including 11 years as a president in higher education. His public service extends beyond education, having been elected six times to the Minnesota House of Representatives and twice to the Minnesota Senate. The TBR is among the nation’s largest higher education systems, governing 46 post-secondary educational institutions. The...
Wanted Sexual Offender Captured
Thanks to an anonymous tip to the Criminal Investigations Division, Bedford County Sheriff’s Sgt. Benji Burris and Deputy Clyde Boyce were able to locate James Joseph Odell at a residence in Bedford County early Thursday morning. Odell is currently being held in Bedford County Jail on a $30,000 bond. James Joseph Odell was wanted for Violation of Sexual Offender Registry Law and classified by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation as a violent offender. Odell also had two outstanding drug...
WMSR Broadcaster Celebrating 30 Years Owning His Own Business
Fellow WMSR Radio broadcaster Wyatt Nettles, who is your host for the “Behind the Wheel” program on Thunder Radio heard each Monday morning at 9am has something special taking place on Monday. The business he owns, J&W Auto Repair of Manchester will be celebrating 30 years of serving the community. Nettles will broadcast his show live on location on Monday at J&W, starting at 9am. Nettles started his business working out of his truck and moved into his first building next to Coffee County High School and then moved to a location on Short St and moved to the...
Wartrace MusicFest is June 6
Southern rock, a fireworks show, classic cars, and over thirty arts and crafts dealers will all convene Saturday June 6th at the eleventh annual Wartrace MusicFest in Wartrace, Tennessee. The six piece Allman Brothers tribute band Midnight Riders from Nashville will close the show with a fireworks display beginning at 10:00 PM. Other main stage acts include Bad Monkey, a high energy crowd favorite with pop and country hits, and The Road Crew performing fifties rockabilly. Music will start earlier this year as the sounds begin at 1:00 PM. Gates will open at 10:00 AM with over thirty arts...
