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“Seatbelts Are for Everyone” Campaign is going on Now
The Manchester Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) for its annual “Seatbelts Are for Everyone” (SAFE) campaign. This statewide initiative is designed to increase seatbelt usage and child passenger safety restraint usage through the implementation of occupant-protection programs, public events, and checkpoints throughout local communities across Tennessee. The SAFE campaign is going on now and concludes on August 1, 2017. 2017 will be the fourth year that the THSO has sponsored the SAFE campaign. Last year yielded the following results: 1,717 child restraint violations 21,562 seat belt citations 723 other seat belt enforcement activities...
Local Libraries Receive Grant Money
The Tennessee State Library and Archives recently awarded more than $300,000 in technology grants to 114 public libraries across the state. The grants, which are distributed annually, are funded by Tennessee state government and a federal agency, the Institute of Museum and Library Services. In order to qualify, recipients must have dollar-for-dollar matching funds from their local governments. The grants are used for the purchase of desktop and laptop computers, as well as other electronic equipment that library users and staff members may need. The Library and Archives awarded $305,500 this year, with individual grants ranging from $350 to...
Former Sheriff’s Major in Rutherford County Pleads Guilty to Not being U.S. Citizen
A former sheriff’s major in Rutherford County has pleaded guilty to lying in connection with his application for U.S. citizenship. The U.S. attorney’s office in Nashville said 47-year-old Terry McBurney pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to unlawful procurement of naturalization, making false statements under oath and wire fraud. The prosecutor’s office said in a news release that McBurney indicated on documents he submitted for employment with the sheriff’s office that he was a U.S. citizen. McBurney admitted during the plea hearing he was not a U.S. citizen. The indictment said McBurney was born in Ireland. Rutherford County...
Post 78 American Legion’s Legacy Scholarship Fundraiser
To support the American Legion’s Legacy Scholarship Fund, the Legion Riders of Post 78 in Manchester are hosting a Soup & Sandwich Night at 130 Shelton Rd in Manchester. The event will be held this Saturday from 3-6pm. Some of you may remember back in the summer 350-400 motorcycles roared up I-24 as part of the national fund raising efforts for 2016. Several years ago The Legion Riders committed to raise all the funds for this scholarship program that provides funds for any continuing education needs of the children of our fallen warriors since 9/11/01 and, as recently announced,...
Storm Spotter Class to be held in Manchester
There will be a severe weather SKYWARN spotter training class at the Coffee County Administrative Plaza or CCAP building in Manchester on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. The class will be taught by a member of the Nashville office of the National Weather Service. The free class will teach participants the basics of thunderstorm development, fundamentals of storm structures, identifying potential severe weather features, how to report the information gathered and basic severe weather safety. Registration is not necessary. Those interested may show up on the date of the...
Woman Arrested at area school after Drugs found in Her Car
On Thursday morning Coffee County Deputy Lee Marcom stopped Jennifer Marie Thompson of Skinner Flatt Rd, Manchester at New Union School on Woodbury Hwy in Manchester. Marcom says he had prior knowledge that Thompson was not to be operating a motor vehicle. A check of the subject’s driver’s license showed them to be revoked/suspended 2nd offense. Deputies received permission to search the vehicle which was on school property and located allegedly .61 grams of a white crystal like substance believed to be methamphetamine in the subjects purse along with 3 Oxycodone pills, 2 1/2 Hydrocodone, 7 Ambien, and 4...
TN Schools Get More Local Control with New Education Plan
Improving a public school sometimes takes a very specific approach for the needs of a community. That’s the philosophy guiding the Tennessee Department of Education as it finalizes a plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. The state plan, due next month, will include guidelines for letting individual districts make their own improvements before the state gets involved. “Under ESA, we have a lot more flexibility around how we focus turnaround efforts for our lowest-performing schools,” said Hillary Knudson, special assistant to the Tennessee Commissioner of Education. “So, it’s not about a prescriptive model, it’s more...
Life Choices Pregnancy Support Center coming to Manchester
Life Choices Pregnancy Support Center in Winchester TN has been open now for 3 1/2 years. They believe they are an alternative to abortion by supporting young girls and women with the necessities for their babies. They offer free pregnancy tests anytime and free ultrasounds between weeks 7-13. Life Choices has a baby boutique and the moms and dads can take parenting classes and earn baby bucks and then shop in the boutique. They also offer abstinence education through youth groups and schools in Franklin County which helps kids to understand the consequences of their action when choosing to...
