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Subpoenas being issued in Ooltewah High School Rape Case
Subpoenas are being issued to a superintendent and principal to testify in a hearing for three officials at a Tennessee high school facing charges of failing to report child sex abuse involving basketball players. A spokesperson for the Hamilton County District Attorney’s office, confirmed Monday subpoenas would go out to Hamilton County Schools Superintendent Rick Smith, assistant superintendent Lee McDade, secondary operations director Steve Holmes and Ooltewah High principal Jim Jarvis. A Feb. 15 hearing is scheduled for Ooltewah basketball coach Andre Montgomery, assistant coach Karl Williams and athletic director Allard Nayardley, who face charges of failing to report...
TNREADY Night at Raider Academy
Is your family TNREADY? Coffee County Raider Academy will host a TNREADY parent night for its students and their families to provide vital information regarding the new TNREADY testing expectations, useful tips on how to prepare your child at home, important dates, and available resources. Dinner will be provided for students and their family. Coffee County Raider Academy’s TNREADY Family night that will take place this upcoming Thursday, January 28 from 6-8 PM. Dinner from 6-6:45pm, 6:45-7pm is instruction time, course subject meeting from 7pm-7:35pm and 7:35pm-8pm will be question and answer time. For information contact the...
Snowzilla Hits Coffee County
Beautiful snow began falling late Friday morning in Coffee County. It was the first snowfall of 2016. Coffee County Emergency Management Agency Director Allen Lendley told WMSR News that most of Coffee County received 4-4.5 inches of snow. Some listeners in the northern part of the county reported up to 5.5 inches. Local law enforcement reports that there were over 170 weather related accidents on Coffee County roadways. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says there were numerous crashes on the several miles of interstate in Coffee County. State numbers show that at least 2 people died in weather related wrecks....
Ruling on DNA in Murder Trial to be Issued this Week
Coffee County Circuit Court Judge Vanessa A. Jackson will issue a written finding this week on whether the DNA evidence collected in the Thomas Colucci murder investigation is vital to the defense of alleged conspirator Connie Sanders King. And if so, whether possible degradation of that evidence is cause for dismissal. King has been charged with first-degree murder in the 2012 death of Colucci, of Manchester, her fiancé. Defense attorney Christina S. Stanford said in last week’s motion hearing that DNA evidence collected from the scene of Colucci’s murder, along with additional samples later collected from beneath King’s fingernails,...
Missing Woman Found
On Friday the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office received information that a woman from Sewanee, Tn. area was missing. According to Sheriff’s Office personnel, 74 year-old Cindy J. Tate was last seen at her residence, 80 Chevy Ln. Sewanee, Tennessee. It was reported that Mrs. Tate suffers from mental illness and may have been disoriented. Later in the day authorities reported good news that they had located Cindy J. Tate and she was transported to a hospital for medical...
State wants Feedback on K-12 Social Studies Standards
The Tennessee State Board of Education launched a review website, https://apps.tn.gov/tcas/, to collect public feedback on Tennessee’s grade K-12 social studies standards. This is the first of two public review periods for the social studies standards. The social studies standards set grade-specific instructional standards that exemplify what students are expected to know and be able to do by the end of a given grade or course. The current social studies standards were approved in 2013 and first implemented in the 2014-15 school year. This highly transparent and comprehensive review process is an opportunity for every Tennessean to log in...
Unemployment Up Slightly in Tennessee
Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced the Tennessee preliminary unemployment rate for December was 5.6 percent, one-tenth percentage point increase from the November revised rate of 5.5 percent. The U.S. preliminary rate for December was 5.0 percent, unchanged from the prior month. Economic Summary Over the past year, Tennessee’s unemployment rate decreased from 6.6 percent to 5.6 percent while the national rate declined from 5.6 percent to 5.0 percent. Total nonfarm employment increased 19,400 jobs from November to December. The largest increases occurred in administrative/support/waste services, trade/transportation/utilities, & education/health services. Over the year, nonfarm employment increased...
Burch & Stanley Attorneys at Law Student of the Week 22 January 2016
The Burch & Stanley attorneys at law “Student of the Week” for 22 January 2016 is Sarah Huffman. Sarah is in the fifth grade at Bel-Aire Elementary School in Tullahoma. She is the daughter of proud parents Susan and Fred. She was nominated and selected to receive this award because she is positive and energetic, always ready to put her best effort forth regardless of the assignment. She sets a positive example for all her classmates. Sarah is also a great citizen and is helpful to both fellow students and teachers. Sarah is on swim team and her event is the...
