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Pearl Jam to Headline Bonnaroo 2016
Tuesday night Bonnaroo released its lineup for the 15th annual music & arts festival to be held June 9 – 12 in Manchester, TN. Pearl Jam tops the list of performers, marking the band’s second time to headline the festival. Dead & Company fills the second headlining spot. This collaboration includes John Mayer playing with members of the Grateful Dead. Electronic rock group LCD Soundsystem will also headline this summer as part of its reunion tour. Other musical acts include Death Cab for Cutie, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Third Eye Blind, Grace Potter, and Mavis Staples. Additional musical and comedy performances...
CORRECTION– to Traffic Alert at 9th Grade Academy
Work has begun in Coffee County on a new exit ramp on the eastbound side of Exit 111. Grading, drainage, retaining/barrier walls and paving are taking place. As of yesterday (Jan 19) work on Hwy 55 West will close the right lane from around the fuel tanks at the Coffee Farmers Co-op to the entrance to the Coffee County 9th Grade Academy. The entrance to the school will NOT be closed as previously reported. Once work begins on the interstate the outside shoulder on I-24 East will be closed on Monday through Friday between the hours of 6AM and...
Winchester Man Facing Charges out of Tullahoma
Aaron Dwayne Troutt age 31 of Winchester was arrested this week in Tullahoma for; resisting stop, frisk, halt, arrest or search, simple possession/casual exchange; manufacturing/delivering/selling/possession of a controlled substance and driving on revoked/suspended. On Monday Tullahoma Officer Derrick Derlien responded to North Jackson St in reference to a reckless driver. Upon making contact with the vehicle a traffic stop was made. According to the arrest warrant the driver jumped out and began to run from officers. After a brief chase Troutt was brought into custody. The warrant goes onto to say that officers began searching the vehicle and saw...
Gas Prices Continue Fall
As oil slips to the lowest level in more than a decade, gas prices continue logging multi-year lows. The price of a gallon of regular unleaded is $1.89, the lowest national average since February 27, 2009. Gas prices in the southeastern U.S. are also at 7-year lows, with Monday’s state average hitting a $1.68 in Tennessee. The price of crude oil fell below $30 for the first time in 12 years. This comes amid concerns that problems in the Chinese economy will reduce fuel demand. There is also downward pressure on prices due to signs that sanctions against Iran...
TDOT Offering New Sign Contest
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is holding a sign contest to see who can come up with the best safety message for dynamic message signs on interstates. According to WBIR TV, TDOT’s goal with these messages is to raise awareness of highway safety. The contest gives Tennessee motorists an opportunity to help save lives. Last year’s winning entry was, “Texting and driving, Oh cell no!” Throughout other states’ departments of transportation, there were custom signs for Thanksgiving and Christmas. There were even a few special signs on the day the new Star Wars movie hit theaters. Contestants are...
HUD wants to stop Smoking inside their Apartments
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is working to ban the use of smoking products inside their buildings. This means if regulations are passed there will no smoking of cigarettes, cigars and pipes. This would bar people living in public housing from smoking tobacco not only in indoor common areas and administrative offices, and not only within 25 feet of the buildings, but also in their own apartments. HUD said the proposed rule is an effort to protect housing residents from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. HUD said the rule will help improve the health of...
Woman Arrested after Three children Found in the Trunk of Her Car
La Vergne Police arrested a woman after finding several children in the trunk of her car. Thirty-three-year old Andria D. James was arrested after dispatch received several calls from concerned citizens. Officer John Fesmire told our news partner WGNS Radio, when officers arrived at the Speedway gas station on Murfreesboro Road, they found the accused with three kids ages nine and 10 in the trunk. He says there were also six similarly aged kids in the cab area of the vehicle. Fesmire says parents of the kids were called to pick up their children. James was arrested and faces...
State Investigation of Nonprofit Tells Cautionary Tale
An investigation into a statewide nonprofit organization has resulted in the indictment of two people, who are accused of stealing more than $175,000 for their personal use. Members of the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Officers Association requested that the state investigate after the association discovered questionable payments from its bank account. John Dunn, spokesman for the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office, says the case is a reminder why charities should require more than one person to supervise incoming and outgoing funds. “Really, any time you control a significant amount of money, you should have what we call internal controls or checks...
