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Silencers to be Legal
The Tennessee House has cleared a bill that would let people use silencers on their guns. The House’s 74-18 vote Monday sends the bill to Republican Gov. Bill Haslam. The Senate approved the bill in a 28-1 vote last month. Republican sponsors have said the bill nicknamed the “Tennessee Hearing Protection Act,” is meant to protect sportsmen’s hearing. They have said the bill has no nefarious intentions. The bill would remove silencers from the list of weapons banned for having “no common lawful purpose.” Rep. Tilman Goins of Morristown and Sen. Steve Southerland of Morristown sponsored the...
Motlow Student beginning Medical Career Early
If Motlow State Community College polled its students, faculty, and staff each year to name the most outstanding, highest achieving student, Tullahoma’s JuliAnna Dykes would rank at or near the top for the 2016-17 academic year. Dykes, a sophomore who will graduate May 6 and continue her studies at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga next year, capped off her outstanding career at Motlow State by earning an opportunity to attend the Summer Health Professions Program at the University of Louisville. The appointment to the program in Louisville is just the latest in a long list of outstanding accomplishments for Dykes...
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Police Say Pot Plants Found Inside Manchester Residence
Last week Manchester Police officers went to a residence on South Spring Street to talk with a man about a matter. When officers knocked on the door, no one came to the door and officers could allegedly smell an odor of marijuana coming from the residence. One Manchester officer stayed at the residence while another officer obtained a search warrant. When the officers served the search warrant they allegedly found 40 marijuana plants in a hidden room in the basement area of the residence. Manchester Officer Daryn Gadeken arrested Jason Ryan Arnold, age 32, of Spring St., Manchester, for...
First National Bank Robbed in Murfreesboro
First National Bank (FNB) on Mercury Boulevard in Murfreesboro was held up by a robber just before noon on Monday. First National Bank in Murfreesboro is owned FNB of Manchester. Luckily, no one was injured inside the bank during the holdup. After the robbery, the suspect fled the scene and was eventually captured about 7 miles away with the help of Murfreesboro Police, the Tennessee Highway Patrol, and the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office. The subject was caught in the area of Medical Center Parkway and I-24 during a short lived pursuit. Further details on the bank hold up are...
Woodbury Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges
George Ronzell Fyke, 40, of Woodbury, Tennessee, has pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and theft of government funds, announced Jack Smith, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. According to the plea agreement, Fyke stole names and social security numbers of deceased relatives and from fellow inmates at the Montgomery County, Tenn. Jail and used them to file false income tax returns. Fyke had the tax refund checks sent to addresses under his control and after being released from jail, he forged the signatures of the stolen identities and deposited the refund checks into his bank...
Unemployment Rate Drops in Coffee County
Tennessee’s county unemployment rates for March 2017 have decreased in 91 counties, increased in three, and remained the same in one, according to data released by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Preliminary unemployment rates for Tennessee and the U.S. have lowered by two-tenths of a percentage point in March. The unemployment rate in Coffee County in March dropped from 4.8 percent in February to 4.6 percent. In other surrounding counties, Bedford fell from 4.9 to 4.6 and Cannon County stayed the same at 4.3 percent. Down in Franklin County their unemployment rate dropped from 5 percent...
State Budget Expected to Pass This Week
Tennessee lawmakers plan to pass the state’s annual $37 billion budget this week. House and Senate members are required by the state constitution to pass a balanced spending plan every year, and enacting that legislation is usually the final major act before lawmakers adjourn for the year. House Majority Leader Glen Casada told members this week that they should plan to stay in Nashville for an extra day this week in case the process drags into Friday. If the budget is passed by both chambers this week, lawmakers expect to conclude their business by early next week. The budget...
