Tennessee regulators expect 270 stores across the state to be among the first wave of supermarkets to sell wine under a new state law going into effect in July 2016. Keith Bell of the state Alcoholic Beverage Commission told lawmakers that those first stores include 109 in Middle Tennessee, 105 in Chattanooga and Knoxville regions and 56 in West Tennessee. Bell said neither his agency nor the alcohol industry would be prepared if lawmakers decided to move up the date of supermarket wine sales to this...

The nursing department at Motlow College will host a site review for continuing accreditation of its associate degree nursing program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) on March 17-19. ACEN visitors will meet with the public on March 18, in room 112 of the Marcum Technology Center on the Moore County campus from 4 – 5 p.m. The community is invited to share their comments about the program with the site visit team. The public may also submit written comments directly to Dr. Marsal Stoll, Chief Executive Officer of ACEN. Comments should be made out to...

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) are planning a fly-in at the Tullahoma Regional Airport Oct. 9 and 10. Officials with the organization spoke to a gathering of pilots and various officials held at the Beechcraft Heritage Museum Tuesday morning. They are expecting between 500 and 700 planes to fly into the airport during the two day period. There will also be exhibits set up by manufacturers, vendors and other exhibitors. Among the exhibitors will be 30 aircraft set up in front of the Beechcraft Museum, as well as the latest technology equipment available such as GPS and...

The man convicted of the Valentines 2013 murder of his wife Carla at their Murfreesboro home has been sentenced to life in prison. Jacob Pearman was sentenced for the first-degree murder on Monday. He’ll also face an additional five-years for aggravated assault and three years for child abuse of Carla’s then, 7 year-old son. The 32-year old Pearman was convicted of choking his wife, Carla, to death back in January. Pearman himself did not testify during the trial. His defense attorneys argued he was troubled, depressed and mentally ill. Carla Pearman was the former Carla Dillard of Manchester and...

Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have arrested and charged a Murfreesboro man in connection to the murder of his neighbor. TBI Special Agents began investigating the death of Lois Jean Espy on Monday, February 23rd, the same date deputies from the Bedford County Sheriff’s Department found the body of the 86-year-old woman on Mullins Mill Road. During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information which led to her neighbor, William Russell Brace, as the individual responsible for Espy’s death in her Murfreesboro apartment on or around February 22nd, as well as the placement of her...

Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) employees can reduce their footprint on the environment through the Compost at AEDC program made possible through an Air Force Innovation Grant. Compost is organic matter that has been decomposed and recycled as a fertilizer and soil amendment. This personal, passive (natural decomposition) compost program will help reduce the amount of compostable items delivered to the landfill from AEDC, as well as tipping fee costs. The idea was proposed by Annie Clements, a systems analyst and developer with the ATA Information Technology and Systems Department. Clements recalled how she acquired her Tullahoma home-compost bin...

Purebred dogs are the picture of perfection, and their popularity was highlighted at the recent Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. But an investigation by the Humane Society of the United States alleges that the American Kennel Club – a major player at dog shows – has opposed more than 150 different laws around the country that would help protect dogs in puppy mills. That includes the puppy mill regulation passed by Tennessee lawmakers in 2008 that was not renewed last year. Leighann Lassiter, the Tennessee state director of the Humane Society of the United States, says the AKC played...