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Tuesday is National Hire a Veteran Day
Tuesday is the inaugural National Hire a Veteran Day in the United States. It is a day when employer’s are encouraged to consider the benefits a veteran can bring to the workplace. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, along with its workforce partners across the state, offers a variety of services to help connect veterans with employers willing to hire them. The Department’s local staff at the state’s American Job Centers assist more than 39,000 veterans annually. Additionally, the Department works with employers to match their needs with the unique qualifications a veteran has to offer. Veterans...
Four Cannon Residents Arrested for Burglarizing Homes in Coffee County
On July 17, 2017 a home on Maple Springs Road in Manchester was burglarized by someone prying and kicking in the back door. On July 19, 2017 investigators with the Coffee and Cannon County Sheriff departments stopped a suspect vehicle on Lakewood Park Road in Coffee County and that vehicle was reported stolen out of Cannon County. Upon approaching vehicle the driver advised there was a gun under the front seat. Investigators advised the driver of his Miranda rights and asked for consent to search the car and consent was given. While continuing the search of the vehicle, investigators...
Reward Recipients will remain Anonymous in Georgia Inmate Captures
When two Georgia inmates escaped from a prison bus leaving two dead guards in their wake, the reward for information leading to their capture rose quickly. Authorities say Ricky Dubose and Donnie Rowe overpowered their guards during a prison transfer on June 13 and used the guards’ guns to kill them before fleeing in a carjacked vehicle. Authorities announced two days later that the reward had risen to $130,000. The inmates were caught hours later in Tennessee after stealing a car and holding a man and woman hostage in Bedford County. Coffee County Sherriff Department personnel assisted in the...
One Man Arrested for Drug Store Robbery in Grundy County
An arrest has been made in the Thanksgiving (2016) burglary of Palmer Drugs in Grundy County. Sheriff Clint Shrum confirmed that 58 year old Andy King, a Palmer resident, and an accomplice(s) broke into the pharmacy on Thanksgiving of last year. According to Sheriff Shrum, lead investigator Captain Greg Higgins, broke the case after processing some leads that came to his attention over the past few weeks. “Captain Higgins has been diligent about solving this case. His persistence paid off early this week,” stated Sheriff Shrum. King was charged with aggravated burglary and vandalism and will appear in court...
Coffee Co. Sheriff’s Dept. Searching for Owners of Recovered Stolen Property
The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department along with Cannon County and Warren County Sheriff Department Investigators have been working recovering stolen property from burglaries that occurred in the Maple Springs Road area. The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department would like to thank the other departments for their assistance in the investigations. There are still several items that the agencies recovered that the victims have not identified. If anyone within the past five days has had any guns, TV’s, or stereos stolen, call Investigator James Sherrill with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department at 931-570-4404 and give a description of the property and...
Tullahoma Police and Fire asking for the Public’s Help
The Tullahoma Fire and Police Departments are seeking the public’s help finding an arsonist. Discovered on July 13 by school staff, a fire at Tullahoma High School’s Wilkins Stadium was determined by the Tennessee Bomb & Arson Division to have been intentionally set. Anyone having information that can help to determine the person or persons responsible for this fire is encouraged to report it to the Tennessee Arson Hotline at 1-800-762-3017. A cash reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information. Tullahoma Police Department Investigator, Tyler Hatfield, is leading the...
Funding Cuts Put TN Teen Pregnancy Prevention on Hold
Tennessee’s teen birth rate has declined by 59 percent in less than 30 years, but that progress is in question after the Trump administration announced it is cutting funding for teen pregnancy-prevention programs across the country. The cuts will directly affect at least three programs in Tennessee. Bill Albert, chief program officer for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, called the announcement to end a program with a proven success rate, with no opportunity for public input, “alarming.” “It is one of the few federal government programs that is administered on the basis of what works,...
Tennessee Unemployment Rate at an All Time Low
Gov. Bill Haslam says Tennessee’s unemployment rate for June was the lowest in recorded state history. At a news conference on Thursday, Haslam said the 3.6 percent figure is best the state has performed since at least 1976, when the statistic started being recorded. June’s preliminary seasonally adjusted rate surpasses the previous low mark of 3.7 percent in March 2000. The last time Tennessee registered below 4 percent was February 2001. Haslam’s office says the improvement occurred as the national preliminary rate increased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.4 percent over the same month. Haslam pointed to...
