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Emergency Shelter Still Available
The Coffee County Emergency Management along with support of the Manchester Fire Department have been operating an emergency shelter at the Coffee County Raider Academy. The shelter remains set up if needed but is not being manned at the current time. Low temperatures are expected to dip to single digits Thursday night so emergency personnel want area citizens to understand there is a place for them to stay warm. If you need a place to stay please call the Coffee County Communication Center at 728-9555 and volunteers can have it open in a matter of minutes. 17 people used...
Six Confirmed Weather Related Deaths In Tennessee
Tennessee Emergency Management Agency reports that Tennessee now has six (6), confirmed, weather-related fatalities: • Knox County: One (1) fatality, 30-year-old male, motor vehicle accident • Overton County: One (1) fatality, 38-year-old female, motor vehicle accident • Williamson County: Two (2) fatalities: 34-year-old female and 10-year-old male, motor vehicle accident • Hamilton County: One (1) fatality, 63-year-old male, hypothermia related • Shelby County: One (1) fatality, 48-year-old male, hypothermia...
TVA Asking Customers To Turn Down Thermostat
The Tennessee Valley Authority is asking customers to conserve energy as some of the coldest temperatures in more than a year hit the area. TVA said in a statement on Wednesday that the request is one step in helping to ensure that safe and reliable electricity is available. It is expecting peak demand for power to occur sometime early Thursday. The statement says turning down a thermostat by a single degree can help and save customers up to 3 percent on power bills. TVA says it is taking its own advice and lowering thermostats in all facilities, as are...
Haslam Appoints John Nicoll Public Defender for 14th Judicial District
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has appointed John E. Nicoll as the public defender for the 14th Judicial District, which covers Coffee County. Nicoll fills the vacancy left by the late B. Campbell Smoot, Jr., who passed away November 18, 2014. “John’s strong academic record and broad experience in criminal cases, both as an Army JAG officer and as managing partner of his own firm, will serve him and the citizens of Coffee County well in this important role,” Haslam said. Nicoll, 41, is founder and managing partner of the Nicoll Law Firm, PLLC, in Manchester. He has represented more...
ICE Storm 2015 Update
As of Tuesday evening some Duck River Electric Membership customers continued to be without power in the Manchester area and some of you may be in need of shelter. The Coffee County Emergency Management along with support of the Manchester Fire Department has opened an emergency shelter at the Coffee County Raider Academy. The shelter is open now through Thursday. Low temperatures are expected to dip to around zero on Wednesday and single digits on Thursday. Emergency personnel want area citizens to understand there is a place for them to stay warm. Volunteers are needed, contact Coffee County Emergency...
Press Release From DREMC Concerning Power Outages
Mutual aid crews are flooding ice storm-damaged Duck River Electric Membership Corp. service territory today as efforts double-down to restore power to homes, farms and businesses in Marshall, Bedford and Coffee counties. Boynton Valley substation was a related crisis that DREMC had not expected. One of TVA’s 161-kV steel transmission poles crumpled under the weight of ice-coated lines and fell on the substation’s tap. DREMC was able to back-feed some of the area served by Boynton. In the meantime, TVA was sending a replacement pole from Muscle Shoals. Some co-op members might not be reconnected until later today or...
One Person Dies At Tyson Foods Plant In Shelbyville
An employee with a contract cleaning company was killed early Tuesday morning in an accident at the Tyson plant in Shelbyville. A spokesperson said the plant was not operating at the time of the accident. The person killed was cleaning and sanitizing equipment at the time of their death. The victim’s identity has not been released. The investigation is ongoing by police and Tyson Foods. Additional information will be released at an appropriate...
Weekly Gas Price Update
Gasoline prices shot up 7 cents last week. The current national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $2.25. Motorists are now paying 19 cents more than they did at the beginning of the month. AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said gasoline prices almost always rise in February. He said the rate of increase slowed over the weekend, but motorists should expect more volatility at the pump for the next couple of months. Tennessee’s average price for a gallon of regular is $2.11, a jump of 9 cents from last week. As of Tuesday afternoon the low price...
