It’s official golf will be played once again at Old Stone Fort in Manchester. Driver Properties LLC purchased 140 acres of land from the state of Tennessee for $561,000. Tink Driver his wife Judy and Pete Jackson are the owners and they plan on opening March 1, 2017. Mr Driver told WMSR News that work has already begun on the course that has been closed since Sept 8, 2011. He added that some work around the course may take up to 18 months to complete, but he plans on having the golf course itself open by the March 1,...

Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have obtained indictments for three individuals in connection to an ongoing juvenile human trafficking investigation. After receiving information from the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, TBI Agents opened a case on July 8, 2015, marking the first case initiated under a change in state law giving TBI original jurisdiction to investigate allegations of human trafficking in Tennessee. During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information that Kasity Hill, Christopher Hill, and Amy Ferrell participated in an effort over several months to traffic a 17-year-old for the purposes of commercial sex...

The almost 300,000 Tennesseans currently in the coverage gap between Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act are no closer to coverage. On Wednesday, two measures that would have funded Gov. Bill Haslam’s Insure Tennessee program failed to advance in the state legislature. One was withdrawn for lack of support, and the other was sent to a summer study committee, which supporters say signifies its dismissal. Michele Johnson, executive director of the Tennessee Justice Center, says it’s time for state lawmakers to address the needs of the people. “And the reason is pretty clearly about politicians putting politics before people,...

An effort to raise Tennessee’s smoking age from 18 to 21 has been defeated in the state House. The bill sponsored by Rep. Bob Ramsey of Maryville failed to receive a motion in the House Agriculture Committee on Tuesday. Ramsey has said he introduced the bill over health concerns for Tennesseans. Legislative analysts had projected that the measure would cost state and local governments about $10 million in lost revenue a year once fully implemented. Tennessee’s tax on each pack of cigarettes was raised from 20 cents to 62 cents in...

Mary Elizabeth Fischer age 52 of Helen St Tullahoma was charged on Wednesday March 15 by Tullahoma Investigator Tyler Hatfield with theft of property and 2 counts criminal simulation. Police claim that on February 28, Fischer cashed a counterfeit check at the Liquor Locker on North Jackson St in the amount on $309.36. Then in the arrest warrant police say that Fischer on March 10th cashed a counterfeit check at Mike’s Gold and Pawn on North Jackson St in the amount of $988.32 and received $868.32 in cash and purchased $120.00 worth of items from the store. Fischer’s bond...

A bill that would require transgender students to use bathrooms that match their sex at birth is gaining momentum in the Tennessee legislature after passing in a House subcommittee. The bill is advancing despite opposition from the state’s Republican governor, Bill Haslam. On Tuesday, the bill passed by 100% in the Education, Administration and Planning Subcommittee. It was a bitter disappointment to transgender students and their supporters. Haslam has voiced concerns that the bill could endanger federal funding. He told reporters last week that he wants to leave the issue up to individual school districts. Republicans in support of...