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I-24 Crash Hampers Holiday Traffic
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol there was a property damage crash involving two commercial motor vehicles on I-24 eastbound Tuesday morning. The crash occurred at mile-marker 102 in Coffee County at approximately 8:22am. Both lanes of the interstate were shut down at the time of the accident. The interstate was completely operational around 10:30am yesterday morning. During the clean-up, traffic was re-routed onto Hwy 41. One tractor trailer was driven from scene and the other had to be towed. The driver’s names are Allen Dalton and Clarence Casey both out of Tennessee. Neither driver was...
Lowest Gas Prices In Over 5 Years
Gas prices continue to fall throughout the nation. Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group says, Gas prices fell below $2 a gallon at various filling stations in Georgia and Tennessee last week. “Gasoline prices are plunging with little sign of slowing down,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “Oil prices dropped for the fourth consecutive week because of increased oil production and low demand, and that’s keeping downward pressure on the price of gasoline. It is unclear exactly how low prices will go, but gasoline will keep getting cheaper as long as...
Shelbyville Man Heads To Prison For Possessing Child Pornography
A Shelbyville man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography. Rodger Lee Mader, 33, of Oak Street must serve 30 percent of a 15-year term before he will be eligible for parole, according to a plea agreement he signed. Mader was indicted by direct presentment to the grand jury in October on 47 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Mader was investigated by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation special agents starting in April, acting on a tip from National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. During the course of the investigation,...
Gas Tax May Increase For The First Time In 25 Years
Momentum is mounting for a possible proposal to raise the state’s gas tax for the first time in 25 years. Gov. Bill Haslam told The Tennessean that he thinks a legislative proposal on the issue is close, and could be introduced in the next General Assembly, which convenes in January. “At some point and time soon, either this year or next year, I think there will be a bill about gas tax,” he told The Tennessean editorial board. The push comes as a group representing 40 mayors in Middle Tennessee sent a letter urging Haslam and state lawmakers to...
It Will Cost You More To Hunt and Fish
For only the second time in 25 years, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) is seeking to adjust the way hunting and fishing licenses and fees are structured in order to maintain its successful wildlife, fisheries and education programs. The proposal includes some incremental fee increases and the inclusion of new user groups. The TWRA will ask that all license fees be raised by 22 percent at the Jan. 15-16 meeting of the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission at Discovery Park in Union City. If approved the most purchased permit, the Type 1 resident hunting and fishing license, would...
Manchester Police and Sheriff’s Department Helping Santa
This week has been very busy for Santa along with his helpers from the Manchester Police department and the Coffee County Sheriff’s department. Manchester Police are helping at least 200 children including those in the Coffee County Headstart program. They teamed with the Manchester Kiwanis on that project. In total Santa and the Manchester Police helped 200 kids have a merrier Christmas with toys and clothing. Policemen also disturbed at least 60 food baskets. The Coffee County Sheriff’s department employees have been busy helpers, as over 500 children have been helped out along with at least 250 food boxes...
Update On Fatal Accident In Tullahoma
A motor vehicle accident took the life of Shelbyville youth Friday night in Tullahoma. Tullahoma police responded to the scene where Davin Lynch, age 10 died when the car in which he was riding in was struck in the side by another vehicle. Davin Lynch was a fifth grader at Southside School in Shelbyville. He was in a car with his Dad which was struck on Davin’s side on East Carroll Street in Tullahoma (State Highway 55) in front of Russell Barnett Ford. (Portions of this story from the Shelbyville...
Attorneys For Man Charged With Killing a Former Manchester Resident In Court Monday
Jacob Pearman waived his right to appear in court Monday as attorneys argued over whether pictures of his stepson’s injuries should be admissible during his child abuse case and murder trial set to being on Jan. 12, 2015. Pearman is charged with murdering his wife Carla Pearman, formally Carla Dillard of Manchester, in their home on Valentine’s Day in 2013. He is also charged with child abuse for an incident in the days before the murder involving Carla’s son. Pearman confessed to punching and then choking his wife to death after they argued about his child abuse charges. According...
