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Manchester City Leaders to use $1.2 million in Reserves to Balance Budget
The Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen have voted to pass an amendment to the city’s 2017-18 budget. The next vote is set for Tuesday, Sept. 5. The amendment will see the city using nearly $1.2 million in reserves to balance this year’s budget, which includes raises for all city department heads, department head assistants, general employees and city school staff members. $300,000 in reserves will be used to pay for a street sweeper and truck for the street department. The city will borrow nearly $500,000 for a fire truck and $175,000 for the Manchester Parks and Recreation Department....
Hands-On Science Center Receives Grant and New Director
The Hands-On Science Center in Tullahoma has been awarded a $48,886 grant from the USAF STEM Program. Grants like this are key to furthering the Air Force mission to foster a new generation of scientists, mathematicians, engineers and technologists who will one day discover and problem solve in the nation’s defense laboratories and other supporting U.S. companies. The Hands-On Science Center has provided science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs for 25 years. Collaborating with the Arnold AFB STEM Outreach program office, the Center is focused on providing an educational environment for youth conducive to the growth of technology...
Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit will include Coffee County
Recently Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the formation of the Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit, a new Department of Justice pilot program to utilize data to help combat the devastating opioid crisis that is ravaging families and communities across America. This new unit will focus specifically on opioid-related health care fraud using data to identify and prosecute individuals that are contributing to this prescription opioid epidemic. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee, which includes Coffee County, was one of 12, out of 94 districts across the country, chosen to participate in this program. The...
Police for Searching man that tried to Pass Fraudulent Check
Just before 10 am on Wednesday, a black male in a white T-shirt, dark blue jeans and a large gold belt buckle attempted to pass a fraudulent check at US Bank in Decherd. The male was rushed and got scared and fled the bank on foot. Police are unaware if he had a vehicle waiting for him in the area. The Decherd Police Department is asking for your help if you see someone matching this description. They don’t believe the male is from this area but he has a book of checks belonging to a victim and may try...
Two Coffee County Men Arrested on Multiple Charges
Two men, one from Tullahoma and the other from Manchester were arrested after they were stopped for a traffic violation. Jonathon Charles Burt, 27, of South Polk Street, Tullahoma was charged with burglary, two counts of theft, unlawful drug paraphernalia uses and activities and two counts of failure to appear. Burt was booked into the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $32,700. Also arrested with Burt was Joshua James Talley, 28, of Crown Road Manchester who was a passenger in the vehicle. He was charged with theft of property, burglary, unlawful carrying or possession of a weapon and...
Wanted Man Captured
The search is over for a wanted man. The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department had been assisting other area law enforcement officers looking for Jon Canada Lovvorn. The 41-year-old was wanted for auto theft. Lovvorn eluded police in Shelbyville last Thursday, but was captured on Saturday night in Murfreesboro. The wanted man was spotted on U.S. 231 South by Rutherford County deputies headed toward Shelbyville, but then turned around and headed back toward Murfreesboro. Lovvorn reached Interstate 24-South Church Street intersection, with one wheel down to the rim. Lovvorn was stopped on Interstate 840 by a Rutherford County deputy and...
Gas Prices continue Upward Trend
Gas prices are mostly climbing around the country. After rising 6 cents in the past week, Tennessee gas prices averaged $2.14 on Sunday. Last month, Tennessee gas prices averaged $2.03 per gallon. Nationwide, gas prices averaged $2.27-six cents more than July of 2016. AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said motorists are finding gas prices that are about 25 cents more than this time last year. Steady declines in crude supplies have pushed oil prices about $10 per barrel higher than last year, making it more expensive to produce gasoline. The national average price of gasoline Sunday was $2.34, 10 cents...
New State Law might end disputes between 911 Districts and Phone Companies
Tennessee officials hope a new state law will end legal disputes between emergency communications districts and telecommunications companies over 911 fee collections. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported Monday that the law puts the Tennessee Department of Revenue in charge of ensuring companies like AT&T and others collect and turn over state-mandated surcharges on landline and cellphone bills. The fees go to county 911 centers. Previously, telecommunications companies turned over collection reports and payments on many of their charges to the Tennessee Emergency Communications Board. Tennessee 911 districts also alleged in lawsuits that sometimes companies don’t charge fees on...
