The next “Honor Flight” of Middle Tennessee will take off on Sept. 26, 2018. The Honor Flight team is currently recruiting WWII, Korean & Vietnam Veterans* *Accepting Applications from Vietnam Veterans with at least 70% VA Disability due to exposure to Agent Orange. Seats will be filled based on availability as priority remains for WWII & Korean War Veterans. Mobility Issues, Oxygen Use and/or Qualified Service Dog are not a problem. Remember veterans always fly free on honor flights. For more information contact Rob Moreland at 931 224-0610 or robmoreland77@gmail.com. Veterans can contact Larry Williams at 1 833 HONORUSA...

On Tuesday morning (June 12th 2018) around 6am Manchester officers responded to a location on Oakdale Street in reference to a vehicle theft. The victim told officers that his truck had been taken. Officers were given a tip that the vehicle had been spotted on the Woodbury Highway and they responded to the area and located the truck at a residence. After knocking on the door, a person answered and told police he and another person had been involved in the theft. The truck was returned to the owner with no damage. Christopher Dwayne Cassady, age 18, of Manchester...

Andrew Marshall who has escaped the Bedford County Jail five times and is not only wanted in Bedford County but is also wanted in Coffee County is out of jail again. After Marshall escaped the last time in Bedford County he was named a suspect in a car theft in Tullahoma. Texas authorities discovered the car abandoned before finding Marshall. Even though he is wanted in Tennessee a Texas judge released him from jail. Bedford County Sheriff Austin Swing said he had never seen anything like this happen before. Swing said he tried calling the sheriff in Texas and...

Shelbyville Police have dropped all charges against a man falsely accused of attempting to touch a young girl. A family member, Ashley Marie Vaughn, 24, of Barksdale Lane in Shelbyville has been charged with filing a false report. She posted $5,000 bond at Bedford County Jail. Robert James Bransford, 26, of Woodland Avenue was released from custody Tuesday afternoon. Police emphasized Bransford is innocent of any charge. Officers were shown a video from the area of Regent Drive which proves Bransford’s innocence. Bransford had been accused Saturday of reaching toward the girl while driving by a residence. Investigators expressed...

On Wednesday June 6th, 2018 at approximately 5:00pm Franklin County Sheriff’s Office personnel initiated a traffic stop on Highway 64 in the eastbound lane. A report filed by Deputy Jason Brockman stated that the traffic stop led to an investigation that resulted in law enforcement seizing 58 pills believed to be MDMA (Ecstasy) with a street value of approximately $900 as well as a pill and a half of what is believed to be Dextroamphetamine (amphetamine). John Gerard Maybury of Auckland, NZ and Alaina Vasiliki of Salt Lake City, Utah were both transported to the Franklin County Jail and...

Education Commissioner Candice McQueen announced on Thursday several new steps to improve the state’s TNReady student assessment, including re-competing the state’s current testing vendor contract. These improvements are being made after ongoing conversations with teachers, parents, education leaders, and policy-makers over the past several weeks and are aimed at addressing a number of areas of concern. The multi-faceted changes announced Thursday will immediately improve the state assessment—TNReady—and establish a longer-term framework for success. The steps being taken to improve TNReady include: • Releasing a new Request for Proposals (RFP) to identify the assessment vendor or vendors that can successfully...

Celebrate the 24th annual RC Cola-MoonPie Festival Saturday in Bell Buckle! Known as the first “fast food” meal, these two Southern traditions, RC and a MoonPie, are brought together for a grand celebration Bell Buckle style. The idea for the Festival first began as a way to celebrate the MoonPie and to bring tourists to Bell Buckle. Royal Crown Cola and Moon Pies have no official connection, but they became joined at the hip in Southern culture in the days when Moon Pie was one of the largest snack items sold in country stores and RC came in a...