There has been a 17 percent increase in calls to poison control centers across the country in the last couple of years because of children eating laundry or dish-washing soap, according to new research. Donna Seger, medical director with the Tennessee Poison Center, says they may be convenient for parents, but the popular pods can wreak havoc in a child’s system. “They can aspirate them or the pod,” Seger says. “When it hits some kind of liquid, it kind of explodes, so they get granules into their lungs.” The latest two-year study says poison control centers got more than...

A Cannon County woman who was allegedly under the influence of drugs was arrested recently for aggravated burglary. According to Cannon County Sheriff’s Department Reports, Investigators were called to a Fowler Road residence about a possible theft. The home owner stated that the female suspect Mandy Jernigan was crawling through an open window in the living room when she was caught going through a pair of pants and wallet which were sitting next to the chair the man was sleeping in. Jernigan had been living in a camper next to the residence. Investigators went to the trailer and after...

The National Park Service says Great Smoky Mountains National Park provided nearly $874 million in economic benefit to communities near the park last year and supported more than 13,000 jobs in the area. A report from the National Park Service said more than 10.7 million visitors traveled to the park and spent time in local communities for lodging, meals and entertainment. Nationwide, the report said there was $16.9 billion of spending by 307.2 million park visitors in communities within 60 miles of a national park. The spending supported 295,000 jobs nationally, with a cumulative benefit to the U.S. economy...

17 year-old Eli Grow last year’s starting Quarterback for the Tullahoma Wildcats died tragically in an automobile accident in Normandy around 4:30pm Saturday afternoon. In a Tennessee Highway Patrol report, Grow was driving a Nissan pickup and was traveling south on Hwy 41A and allegedly crossed the center line and struck another Nissan truck driven by 48 year-old Clint Hahn of Chapel Hill head-on. Grow’s vehicle burst into flames after impact. 48 year-old Lisa Hahn was a passenger in the Hahn truck and both were injured. We are deeply saddened to report the death of Mississippi College football signee...

Brittany Evans, 28, is charged with second degree murder in the death of her newborn baby as well as assault which resulted in the death of the baby and two counts of aggravated assault. Authorities allege that the baby lived a very short time after she was born on April 3, 2015. The attorney for the woman accused of killing her new born baby is asking that the charges be dismissed. Prosecutors allege that Evans took methamphetamines while pregnant and even took some the day before the little girl was born. According to Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott...

Manchester Police Officer Daryn Gadeken reported to a one car accident just before 11 A.M. Saturday morning at 160 Fredonia Rd. Upon Gadeken’s arrival he found Terry Holiday injured and trapped in his 2005 Volvo. The man had to be extricated through his sunroof. Holiday advised he may have had a seizure, something he had not had in several years. He was transported to Unity Medical Center for treatment. Upon on further investigation of the scene Holiday’s vehicle left the roadway hitting a driveway tile and the striking a utility pole, breaking it in half as the Volvo came...

A Moore County man has been arrested on child pornography charges. According to Moore County Sheriff’s Department reports, Ernest Stafford, 52, was indicted on a Class B felony charge of sexual exploitation of a minor, and arrested on Friday, April 22. After receiving a report from the Internet Crimes against Children (ICAC), Metro Moore County Sheriff’s Detective Shane Taylor began an investigation based on the information received. The report states that ICAC was acting upon a cyber tip that someone had uploaded more than 44 images of child pornography to a Dropbox account on the internet. The IP address...

Manchester Doctor, Jay Trussler is the newest member of the Coffee County Ambulance Authority. Trussler was recently approved by the Coffee County Commission to replace the authority’s former physician, Dr. David Florence. Trussler is a practicing physician in Manchester, specializing in family medicine, and currently serves as chairman of the Medical Executive Committee at Unity Hospital. Other members include Authority Chairman and County Commissioner Mark Kelly, Commissioners Tim Stubblefied, Diane Argraves and Missy...