On Wednesday Manchester Police officers went to room 228 at the Scottish Inn to talk with a male subject. After gaining permission to enter the room officers say they saw in plain sight a set of scales and a used crack pipe. In the arrest warrant officers say they ask if they could search and the subject said sure. Officers allegedly found a black case with about 100 small baggies, two had a purple x on them with residue. The warrant says the man admitted to using meth in the last 24 hours. Officers say they found 1 Xanax...

The House sponsor of a proposal to create a school voucher program in Tennessee says he doesn’t have the votes to pass the measure aimed at covering private school tuition for children attending some of the state’s worst public schools. Republican state Rep. Bill Dunn of Knoxville called off a scheduled floor vote on Thursday morning before taking up a series of proposed amendments. Dunn had offered to limit the measure to apply to just the state’s four largest counties, and had even been willing to have it apply only to just Shelby County. Opponents had raised concerns of...

Guests at the 24th annual Motlow State Community College Foundation Gala on March 12 will be treated to dinner, dancing, and the chance to bid on some outstanding items in a silent auction, according to Jan Rogers, director of advancement at the College. This year’s event will be held in the Tennessee Ballroom of the Manchester/Coffee County Conference Center and is sponsored for the tenth year by American City Bank and the Clayton Family Foundation. The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a social hour, followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. and dancing to the music of Entice...

A benefit and auction for the Hill family will be held Feb. 13 at the Hillsboro Elementary School. A terrible accident occurred on New Year’s Eve in Winchester that took the life of three people including twin 7 year-old boys James and John Hill of Hillsboro. Their parents Aaron and Lynetta Hill were also injured and have huge hospital bills and the benefit will help. The barbecue dinner starts at 4pm and an auction begins at 6pm. A $1 donation will give you an opportunity to win special items. Donations and items for the auction can be left with...

According to an arrest warrant, on Wednesday police say that a subject went to Hills Chapel Apartments in Manchester and pulled a knife on a male victim as he exited his vehicle. The man with the knife allegedly held it against the victim’s stomach and demanded his wallet, money and anything he had of value. The victim told police that the subject then reached into his pocket and got approximately $800.00 from the victim. Investigators state that the subject then ran back to his residence at 354 Brookhollow Circle and hid in the attic. Investigators were able to track...

Tennessee whiskey giant Jack Daniel is set to make a $140 million expansion to its distillery in Lynchburg, according to Gov. Bill Haslam and state economic officials. Increased demand is driving the expansion, which will also create 30 new jobs, according to the announcement. The money will go toward building two new “barrelhouses” and expanding the existing bottling facility to create more capacity, the announcement states. “Jack Daniel’s is a Tennessee tradition that was born in one of Tennessee’s smallest counties and has grown into a globally recognized brand. That says a lot about the quality and commitment of Moore County’s...

Leaders of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Tennessee Department of Health, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, and the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services issued a warning Monday about an increase in counterfeit prescription drugs being sold in Tennessee. In recent months, investigators have worked two dozen cases in Tennessee associated with pills made to look like a certain kind of prescription, but have tested to be a different drug during lab testing. TBI Director Mark Gwyn said that agents are discovering that Percocet pills being sold on the street are fake...

The first case of Zika virus has been reported in Tennessee the state Department of Health announced late Tuesday. The individual had traveled to South America prior to returning to east Tennessee. Dr. Tim Jones, state epidemiologist, says the state was prepared for the likely development. “We are not at all surprised,” says Jones. “We predicted this and I’m quite certain that we will continue to see cases in returning travelers.” Jones says it’s important to note that except in pregnant women, Zika virus is almost always a mild illness. About 80 percent of those infected never show symptoms....