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Business Leaders: “Three Rs” Provide Foundation for Tennessee Economy
The importance of early childhood education is a top priority for child advocates this week as they work to encourage lawmakers to expand the availability of pre-kindergarten programs to Tennessee families during Children’s Advocacy Days in Nashville. While data supports the role early education plays in the lives of individual children, it comes down to dollars and cents for Bill Millett, the founder of Scope View Strategic Advantage, a firm that works with companies looking to find a qualified workforce. “There are some companies that go overseas because it’s cheaper over there, but there are some major Fortune 200...
Master Distiller Leaving Local Company
A central figure in the public dispute between Jack Daniel’s and George Dickel distilleries over the legal definition of Tennessee whiskey is leaving to head up a brand named after a legendary moonshiner. John Lunn, who has been the master distiller of George Dickel Tennessee Whiskey since 2005, will take up the same role at Popcorn Sutton Distilling in Newport, Tennessee. George Dickel, a British owned company located in Tullahoma, TN has led a heated legislative fight seeking to overturn the state’s newly established legal definition for Tennessee whiskey. The 2013 law was enacted at the request of Jack...
Bomb Threat At Army Recruiting Office In Manchester
Manchester Police Department investigated a bomb threat Saturday night at the U.S. Army recruiting office on the Hillsboro Blvd. The Tennessee Highway Patrol and Homeland Security assisted in the search. No device was found. This was a threat the US Army found on their official Facebook page. Manchester Police Department said they would like to thank the businesses and citizens for their cooperation who were affected by this. Manchester Police officials say they take these threats seriously and cleared the scene as quickly as possible. Manchester Fire and Rescue and Coffee County EMS also responded to the scene. This...
Winchester Man Charged With Murder Of His Wife
A Winchester woman was shot dead by her husband in Bedford County on Saturday morning. Deputies with the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a shooting at a home in the Fairfield community around 7:58 a.m. Saturday. The call came in by a 12 year-old girl who lives at the house and not related to the deceased. Police say Kristal L. Hall, 46, of 207 Franklin Park in Winchester, died from one shot to the head from a 9 mm handgun. Hall was staying at a friend’s house on State Highway 64 East just past the...
County Unemployment Rates Rise
County unemployment rates have been announced by the state for January. In Coffee County the rate jumped a full percent, going up from 5.7 percent in December to 6.7 percent in January. Franklin County’s rate also up by a full point to 6.4 percent. Bedford County also went up 1% to 7.5. Moore County climbed to 5.9 from 5% in December. Warren County had one of the largest jumps going from 6.2 in December to 7.3 percent in January. For our friends in Grundy County the unemployment rate rose to 10 percent, up from 9.1 percent. The Department of...
Education Systems Continue To Sue The State
Hamilton County education officials have voted to sue the state over its formula to fund schools. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports the Board of Education voted 8-1 Thursday night to sue over the Basic Education Program, which is how the state determines funding for public school systems. It joins other districts including Polk, Bradley, Marion and Coffee. Meanwhile, Metro Nashville Public Schools decided on Tuesday to wait at least 30 days before actively considering a lawsuit. Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has said he will try to meet with the state’s four largest school districts as early as this...
If a Bill Passes, All Tennessee Policemen Will Have To Wear a Body Camera
All Tennessee law enforcement officers will have to wear wide angle body cameras if a bill in the Tennessee General Assembly passes. The House bill sponsored by Democrat Brenda Gilmore and its Senate counterpart sponsored by Democrat Sara Kyle requires all officers to wear the body cameras if money via grants, donations or the federal government is provided to the department. Officers are concerned that passing the bill into law without clear policies on when and how the cameras are used could create privacy concerns for the public. “State law says we have to check on every person in...
Update On Police Pursuit and Shooting– Chattanooga Men Charged
In a follow-up to a story we brought you yesterday, a joint drug operation between Manchester Police Department and the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department took place Wednesday afternoon. Manchester Police Department Assistant Chief Adam Floied told WMSR News the drug operation involved two suspects. When police began to surround the suspect’s Chevrolet SUV in a business parking lot, the driver then allegedly put the car in reverse, jumping curbs and entering Highway 55 toward Tullahoma. A high-speed pursuit ended when the driver Corerius Temon Trammell started to drive into oncoming traffic and then collided with a state trooper’s vehicle...
