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Slight Rise in State Unemployment Rate
Tennessee’s May 2018 statewide unemployment rate of 3.5 percent marked the 11th consecutive month the figure has been 3.5 percent or lower. While the May unemployment rate represents a slight uptick of 0.1 of a percentage point compared to the April rate of 3.4 percent, year-to-year, it is 0.3 of a percentage point lower than it was in May 2017. Nationally, unemployment dropped for the second consecutive month. The United States unemployment rate for May was 3.8 percent, down 0.1 of a percentage point from the previous month. In May 2017, the national unemployment rate was half a percentage...
Fatal Crash in Wartrace
Authorities say a woman is dead after a head-on rollover crash in Bedford County on Sunday. A juvenile driver veered off the road, overcorrected and struck the second vehicle. Emergency officials said that 35- year-old Crystal Jones was traveling on CX Troxler Road in Wartrace when her car was struck by the juvenile’s car. 35- year-old Crystal Jones died in the two-vehicle crash that also injured her passenger and the juvenile driver of the other...
Warren County Commissioner Facing Assault Charge
A long-time Warren County Commissioner is facing an assault charge in connection with a confrontation that took place at Thursday night’s meeting of the Health and Welfare Committee. Michael Martin has been summoned to General Sessions Court on June 26th to answer the charge. Witnesses said Martin got into an argument with Animal Control Director Kim Pettrey and ordered her to leave the building. In the warrant, Pettrey said she was in fear of bodily...
Motlow holds Groundbreaking at New Robotics Training Center
Motlow State Community College recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the state-of-the-art Automation and Robotics Training Center (ARTC) that will be located on 4.5 acres adjacent to the Tennessee College of Applied Technology and the Motlow McMinnville campus. The Warren County Commission donated the land to the College. Funding for the ARTC comes from a $5.5 million grant awarded to Motlow as part of the “Drive to 55 Capacity Fund”. The primary purpose of the center is to train skilled workers to support existing and new industries throughout the area as they utilize more industrial...
Three Years Later Man Convicted of Aggravated Sexual Battery
A Manchester man is facing up to 24 years in prison after he was found guilty of 2 counts of aggravated sexual battery. Lynn Frank Bristol, 61, of Manchester, was indicted June 2015 for aggravated sexual battery and the rape of a child. The victim in this case testified against Bristol. The man is set to be sentenced on August 15. Coffee County District Attorney Craig Northcott prosecuted the case and Attorney Thomas Parkerson from Murfreesboro represented...
Altercation Sends Hillsboro Man to Jail
Last Monday (June 11, 2018) Kale Wayne Campbell age 32 of Hillsboro is accused of being involved in an altercation with his ex-girlfriend and her children in Hillsboro. Campbell allegedly went into the residence while 2 of the children were inside and began throwing and breaking items. Later in the day, Campbell is accused of trying to use his vehicle to run his girlfriend and her 3 children along with their child whom they have together as they were in separate vehicles off the roadway in Hillsboro. The arrest warrant states that Campbell allegedly accelerated his vehicle and tried...
Body Found in Tims Ford Lake
According the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department officials, a body was found in Tims Ford Lake on Thursday afternoon around 2:30pm. Two kayakers were in Tims Ford Lake when they discovered the body of 30-year-old Jessie Farris in the water. Farris had been reported missing. Farris leaves behind three kids, the oldest eight years old, the youngest nine months. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the...
Shelbyville Man Arrested for TennCare Fraud
A resident of Bedford County was arrested last week for using TennCare benefits to doctor shop for drugs. The man has faced the charge multiple times in the past. Doctor shopping involves going to multiple doctors in a short period of time to obtain prescription drugs, using TennCare healthcare insurance benefits as payment. Samuel L. Harris, Jr., 43, of Shelbyville, was charged for the fourth time in Lincoln County with obtaining a controlled substance by doctor shopping and obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Harris’ first three arrests were all between February and August 2015, in Bedford, Rutherford and...
