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Frozen College Tuition Rate Fails
A bill that would have frozen tuition rates at Tennessee’s public colleges and universities appears to be dead after failing to make it through a House subcommittee. Under the bill, students would pay the same tuition for all four years in college and any major tuition hike would have to gain unanimous approval by the school’s government board. Members of the House Education Administration and Planning Subcommittee voted down the bill on Wednesday. According to the nonprofit College Board, the 54 percent increase over five years at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville was the highest rate among flagship...
Winchester Man Charged with Murder has case bound over to Grand Jury
Almost a year to the day after a Winchester man shot and killed his estranged wife in the head at a Fairfield home where she had spent the night with a male friend, his case has been bound over to the Bedford County grand jury following a preliminary hearing. James Tim Hall, now 49, is charged with first degree murder, reckless endangerment and burglary. His attorneys admit he shot Kristal L. Hall, 46, after forcing his way into the house on State Highway 64 in Fairfield early March 14, 2015. The attorney attempted to claim that encountering a spouse...
Memphis Female Arrested in Manchester
On Saturday March 12, 2016, Manchester Police received information that a female was causing a disturbance at the I-24 Truck Plaza. According to a warrant, as Officer Jordan Watson was attempting to find out what was going on the female refused to cooperate. The warrant says that LaSonya Talonda Ward age 25 Honor Park Dr, Memphis began walking away and refusing to stop and attempted to evade arrest by running across the Hillsboro Highway, narrowly being missed by a passing truck and forcing Watson to have to pull her back. In the report Watson said Ward appeared to be...
New Group says some Law Enforcement Officials Concerned about Death Penalty
Gerald Galloway worked for more than 30 years in law enforcement in North Carolina, but in spite of encountering some of the hardest of criminals, he’s joining other current and former law enforcement officials to voice concern about the fairness and effectiveness of the death penalty. The new group, Public Safety Officials on the Death Penalty, seeks to explore alternatives to achieve a more just and effective public safety system. Galloway says condemning someone to death doesn’t always result in justice. “When you look at it anecdotally, it looks as if it’s a sentence that makes sense,” he states....
Federal Government gives Money to Help Combat Opioid Epidemic
The federal government is giving more than $800,000 to three health centers in Tennessee to combat the state’s growing and deadly opioid epidemic. The money is part of a $94 million package announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to combat the serge of drug abuse across the country. Federal officials say the money will help more people access drug treatment and it will save lives. The nation is currently in the grip of a prescription drug and heroin epidemic that has destroyed the lives of many Tennesseans. State Health Department officials say more people...
Tullahoma Fire Department Urges Citizens to Have Indoor Weather Warning Plans
Tullahoma Fire Department Lieutenant Chris Smith recently performed spring maintenance on the outdoor tornado warning sirens that covers the city limits of Tullahoma. Maintenance is performed in the Spring and Fall to ensure the warning system is in proper working order. The system of eight sirens is designed to provide advanced warning of approaching tornadoes to people who are outdoors. Tullahoma Fire encourages citizens to also have warning systems indoor, such as a weather radio or a weather alert on your mobile...
Manchester Board of Education asking CCHS Principal about taking their Director of Schools Opening
http:// The Manchester Board of Education met Monday at Westwood Elementary. One item on the agenda was to honor the teachers of the year in the system. Kent Barnard (College Street) and Elise Layne (Westwood Elementary). Also on the agenda was the honoring the Scripts Spelling Bee Winners, Mariana Stein and Claire Jacobs. The main item on the agenda was the discussion about the open Director of Schools position. The board voted to close the application process. They decided to wait to discuss the candidates because a board member had a recent death in her family and had not...
Chattanooga Man Busted for Drugs in Tullahoma
On Thursday night, March 10, Tullahoma officers served a search warrant on Kelvin DeAndre Turner age 31 of Bailey Ave Chattanooga at 1412 North Jackson Street, room #251 at the Executive Inn in Tullahoma. After a search of the room they allegedly recovered approximately 6 grams of a white rock like substance believed to be crack cocaine in a sock hidden in a shoe that they located under the subjects bed. Officers also say they recovered 150 sandwich baggies, digital scales, a razor knife with residue from the room and $3,270 from Turner during their search of the room....
