Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Investigators are conducting an investigation concerning a theft of property that occurred at 213 Leatherwood Drive, Winchester, TN. According to a report filed by deputies, a person(s) unknown entered the residence between Thursday April 25th, 2019 and Saturday April 27th, 2019 and removed several items from the property and from the residence totaling approximately $43,000 in value. Anyone having any information regarding this matter is asked to contact Investigator George Dyer at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office at 931-962-0123. List of the items taken: 1. Bass Tracker Pro Team 175XT 2. Bulgari Scuba Watch 3....

Early Tuesday morning Grundy County Sheriff deputies conducted a search warrant at 65th East Lee Drive in Palmer. The search came after Randy Boyd Layne (48) was arrested earlier for burglary. Grundy County investigators recovered several thousand dollars of tools and other items they believe to be stolen including a speed limit sign. Layne is scheduled for a bond hearing on Thursday at the Grundy County Court...

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has declared May 2019 as Building Safety Month to increase public awareness of the critical role building codes play in ensuring fire and life safety. Created 39 years ago by the International Code Council (ICC), Building Safety Month is an international campaign designed to raise awareness about the importance of code adoption and celebrate the work of state and local codes inspectors who help ensure the safety of communities. The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) is proud to join Governor Lee and the ICC in promoting this annual campaign. Codes officials in the SFMO’s...

Come join the Dusty Elam Foundation for its 15th annual fundraiser this Saturday, May 11th. The day will be a fun filled including a delicious BBQ meal, live auction, games, face painting, music, raffle and more to support the amazing foundation that helps underprivileged children! Gates open at noon, live auction at 2pm, grand prize drawing of $5,000 at 7pm. A special music performance by Rubiks Groove featuring 80’s and 90’s rock starts at 8pm. Tickets are available from Melinda Ashburn at 728-3381 or Chris Elam at 273-3419. The event is being held at the Elam Farm on Hwy...

The Tennessee Women, Infants and Children or WIC Program has transitioned to an electronic benefit transfer system from a paper-based method of issuing benefits. Tennessee families participating in WIC now use their TNWIC cards instead of paper vouchers to purchase WIC-approved foods. TNWIC is now available in all 95 counties of Tennessee. With the new TNWIC system, benefits for WIC-approved foods are automatically entered into an account and accessed with a card similar to a debit card. This card replaces paper vouchers and can be used at any of the 790 WIC-authorized stores statewide. WIC is an important economic...

Tennessee’s state average gas price is $2.59 per gallon for regular unleaded, which is three cents less than a week ago, but still seven cents more than this time last month, and seven cents higher than this time last year. Tennessee has the eighth lowest average gas price in the nation. Alabama has the lowest at $2.50. The national gas price average is $2.89, only one cent more than last week’s average. AAA spokesperson Stephanie Milani said that while gasoline demand remains robust this week, 27 states saw gas prices decrease or hold steady. The low price per gallon...

The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) is joining other state and national regulators to warn consumers about reports of people claiming to represent genetic testing firms who are visiting senior living communities, assisted living facilities and senior centers to swab seniors’ cheeks purportedly to collect genetic material in order to screen for cancer or other life-threatening diseases. Instead, these people are reportedly acquiring consumers’ sensitive personal information under the disguise of DNA testing and should be avoided. The scams’ victims are sometimes under the impression that the cost of testing would be covered by Medicare. If a...