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Trane Sponsors Contest throughout Coffee County School System
Coffee County School System and Trane have teamed up to conduct a light switch plate design contest for Coffee County School students. Every student in the district can participate in the design contest that will conclude at the next school board meeting on Monday, May 9 where an elementary student, a middle school student and a high school student will win a new iPad from Trane. Deadline for entries, at the school level, is April 26. One of the goals of the school district is the education of all facility users in the wise use of energy. Joe Pedigo,...
Stolen items from Wal-Mart leads to Meth Charges for Florida Woman
On Saturday a female was allegedly observed by personnel and on video taking approximately $190.60 worth of merchandise from Wal-Mart in Manchester and exiting the store without paying for the items. Manchester Officer Daniel Ray located the woman a short time later in a vehicle in the parking lot of Logan’s Restaurant. The arrest warrant says Katrina Lyn Russell age 32 of Brandy Lane, New Port Richey, FL was attempting to cook methamphetamine. The warrant goes onto say Russell was observed with a green plastic bottle of a liquid substance and remnants of pills. The officer says that tubing,...
Tullahoma Man arrested in Manchester on Meth Charges
On Sunday Manchester Police responded to a call at the Scottish Inn in reference to a welfare check of children in the parking lot past midnight. Roman Cortez Cooper age 20 East Grundy St Tullahoma who was in a vehicle in the parking lot and is the boyfriend of the mother of the children, allegedly took off behind a dumpster with a backpack as officers were investigating their complaint. After officers stopped Cooper they say inside the backpack was a cloth bag allegedly containing approximately 7.18 grams of a white substance that tested positive for methamphetamine. Also in the...
Unemployment Lowest since 2007
Tennessee’s unemployment rate for March was 4.5 percent, a decrease from the February rate of 4.9 percent. That’s according to Tennessee Labor Commissioner Burns Phillips. The U.S. unemployment rate for March was 5.0 percent, a slight increase of one tenth of a percentage point over the previous month. Over the past year, Tennessee unemployment rate decreased from 6.0 percent to 4.5 percent, while the national rate declined from 5.5 percent to 5.0 percent. The 4.5% rate in Tennessee is the lowest rate since 2007. County rates will be released later this...
Lottery sets Record
The Tennessee Lottery says it returned a record $119 million for education funding during the first quarter of the year, a 27 percent increase over the previous quarterly record. Lottery-funded programs include 12 different scholarships and grants, multiple after-school programs, an energy-efficient schools program and Tennessee Promise, which offers eligible high school seniors the chance to go to community or technical college without paying tuition. Lottery President and CEO Rebecca Hargrove said the record adds to what was already becoming an all-time high fiscal year. The previous record of $93.6 million was set during the third quarter of 2015....
Warning from the BBB
Scammers continue trying to trick consumers and businesses into providing information that leads to identity theft, drained bank accounts, and ruined credit reports. In fact, several Better Business Bureaus recently reported shysters are once again weaving BBB’s trusted name into their ploy pitches because they know the public sees BBB as a trusted entity. One woman who contacted BBB said she received a call from “Chris Gabriel” who identified himself as a representative of the Better Business Bureau. To sound official, he gave her an ID number and said the call was about her Citibank card. She indicated the caller...
Two Police Pursuits and Stolen Police Car leads to Manchester Man’s Arrest
Alford Lazo Jr age 34 of Murfreesboro Hwy Manchester was arrested on Thursday afternoon for DUI, driving on a revoked license (3rd offense) escape, evading arrest, reckless endangerment, resisting arrest, theft of property, vandalism, violation of the implied consent law, violation of probation, and three attachment warrants and he’s facing a parole violation (no bond). Other charges are pending. On Thursday afternoon Manchester Police officers and Coffee County deputies responded to a call about a possible impaired driver passed out in his car at Sonic. Apparently the subject left the area and drove to Old Bushy Branch Road with...
Suspects Named in Burglary Ring
Five people are being held in jails in Bedford and Rutherford County following a burglary ring that stole items in Coffee, Bedford, Rutherford and Williamson Counties. In total the value of the items taken was around $400,000, according to Coffee County Sheriff’s investigators. The three that are being held in the Bedford County Jail are Brittany King, 24, of Smyrna, John Paul Williams, 27 and Danny Phillips III, 20, both of Murfreesboro. Steven Reed, 28 of Dickson and Jonathan Victory, 20, of Murfreesboro are being held in the Rutherford County Jail. According to Coffee County Sheriff Investigator Jason Dendy,...
