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Starting in 2017 Tennessee Voters will be allowed to Register to Vote Online
The General Assembly has passed legislation that would allow Tennesseans to register to vote online. The House on Tuesday passed a bill that the Senate had earlier approved. The measure allows Tennesseans to go online to register to vote or update their registration records. Applicants would be directed to apply on paper if their name, date of birth or other identifying information could not be confirmed with the Department of Safety. Rep. Gerald McCormick, the Chattanooga Republican who sponsored the House bill, said 29 other states and the District of Columbia already have an online voter registration system in...
Three Charged with Theft from Hawk Hardware in Tullahoma
Three people were arrested on April 15 for taking an air compressor from Hawk Hardware on East Warren Street in Tullahoma. According to a report by Tullahoma Police Investigator Johnny Gore, Kelly R. Edwards, 32, of Manchester and Dorothy Troxler, 40, of Manchester and a juvenile were charged with the theft of the air compressor from the business. According to a report by the investigator, Edwards and the juvenile entered the business and one of them kept a clerk busy while the other took an Iron Horse air compressor from the porch area of the business. They then got...
CVS Robbed in Winchester
Coffee County deputies were put on alert Tuesday by Franklin County authorities to be on the lookout for a white male wearing a camo shirt and hat. The man apparently robbed the CVS Pharmacy on the Dinah Shore Boulevard in Decherd on Tuesday afternoon. The man entered the store around 3 p.m. and demanded money and fled after the robbery with an undisclosed amount of money. The man never showed a gun to any employee, but he is considered dangerous. He was last seen driving either a Chevrolet Impala or Lumina. Any person having the ability to identify the...
TBI Releases New Crime Report
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is reporting serious crime was down slightly in 2015 but homicide rates were up. The TBI compiles data from all state law enforcement agencies plus colleges and universities to create its annual report. The 2015 report was released Monday. It found that serious crimes overall in Tennessee were down by about 2 percent. Homicides, though, were up by more than 9 percent. There were 406 reported murders in 2015. Another 16 homicides are listed as negligent manslaughter. Forcible rape reports also increased. They were up by about 2 percent. Several agencies reported some incomplete...
Spring Cleaning: ShredFest Coming to Tennessee
More than 17 million people — including thousands of Tennesseans — are victims of identity theft each year, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The most common type of identity theft is the unauthorized use of credit and debit accounts. One of the best ways to protect yourself, experts say, is to shred paperwork instead of just throwing it in the trash. According to attorney Alan Marx of the King and Ballow law firm in Nashville, one discarded piece of mail can give a scammer enough information to call you and fish around for the information needed to...
Finalist Names for Manchester Director of Schools
The Manchester Board of Education will be conducting interviews with the two finalist for the director of schools position on Monday May, 2. The interviews will take place at College Street Elementary School beginning at 5 p.m. The finalist are: Dr. Sharon Harper, executive director, Southeast CORE, for the Tennessee Department of Education and Dr. Don McPherson former superintendent of Alabama’s Coffee County Schools. The school is located at 405 College St in...
Manchester Police takes mail received at WMSR Radio into Evidence
We all receive mail, sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s those things we call bills or maybe junk mail, but sometimes we receive mail and ask ourselves, what in the world is that? On Monday Thunder Radio received that type of mail and it turned out to be something that no one at the station asked for, marijuana. That’s right marijuana. The mail that was received was addressed to our address, but the name on the package has no affiliation with Thunder Radio. Owners Rob and Tiffany Clutter quickly called Manchester Police and Officer Jamie Norris retrieved the contents and...
Transgender Bill Put On Hold
The sponsor of the so-called transgender bathroom bill has pulled the bill for the year. Rep. Susan Lynn, R-Mt. Juliet, was sponsoring the controversial bill in the House. She said Monday that the bill should be rolled until next year due to time constraints. Lynn said lawmakers do not have enough time to address some of the issues with the bill. She said Gov. Bill Haslam expressed concerns about the timeline and implementation. The bill would require students in public schools to use the bathroom and locker room of the sex on their birth certificates. Lynn said after the...
