News for Moore County, Tennnessee
The American Red Cross has extended its urgent call for donors of all blood types to give blood or platelets. With influenza escalating across the country and preventing some donors from giving, and winter weather threatening to cancel blood drives, the Red Cross now has a critical shortage of type O blood and urgently needs …
A Tennessee lawmaker has introduced a bill to eliminate sales tax on food for two months later this year. Rep. Patsy Hazelwood introduced the bill last week. The Food Tax Holiday Act would exempt sales taxes on food and food ingredients in the months of June and July of this year. No action has been …
State Lawmaker Introduces Tax-Free Bill on Food for Two Months Read More »
A handful of substance-abuse and mental-health treatment centers around the state will receive funding to hire regional housing facilitators tasked with helping people who are in recovery find safe and affordable housing. Michael Waltke is the senior director of adult outpatient mental health and recovery services at the Helen Ross McNabb Center, which has several …
Statewide Push Aims to Create Housing for People in Recovery Read More »
The Coffee County Emergency Management Agency is hosting a free and open to the public SKYWARN Storm Spotter class that will be taught by the National Weather Service. It will be held at the Coffee County Administrative Plaza (1329 McArthur St., Manchester) on February 20, 2020 at 6 pm. If you are interested in attending …
SKYWARN Storm Spotter Class to be held in Manchester Read More »
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is soliciting comments for its 2020-21 and 2021-22 hunting seasons’ regulations. The state’s hunting seasons are set every two years, except for waterfowl and other migratory birds which are set annually. The comment period is open through Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. Mail comments to: Hunting Season Comments, TWRA, Wildlife and …
On January 15, 2020, Brad Anthony Majors, 37, of Shelbyville, was sentenced in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga. In May 2019, Majors agreed to plead guilty to an indictment, charging him with one count of exploitation of a child and one count of possession of child pornography. …
Child Sex Charges Send Shelbyville Man to Prison for 50 Years Read More »
The final day to register to vote in the Super Tuesday primary is approaching. The last day to register to vote for the March Super Tuesday Primary is Monday, Feb. 3rd. The primary is March 3rd. You can register online at govotetn.com, also at your election commission office. You must have a Tennessee drivers license …
One fatality has been confirmed in a multiple-vehicle crash on Interstate 24 westbound near mile marker 156 in Marion County, Tennessee, the Tennessee Highway Patrol says. According to THP Lieutenant John Harmon, the crash involved two commercial vehicles and a passenger vehicle near the Jasper exit. The cab of one of the 18-wheelers was engulfed …
Sierra was born with a heart defect and had open-heart surgery for the first time at 8 months. She had several more corrective surgeries. At age 10, Sierra developed primary pulmonary hypertension. She was stable for 5 years with medication. The meds stopped working. She was admitted to the Monroe Carroll Jr Children’s Hospital Aug …
Getting from Nashville to Atlanta could become less of a headache. Amtrak wants to start a route between the two cities. The stops would be the Nashville International Airport, Murfreesboro, Tullahoma and Chattanooga. Company representatives estimate it would take about 6.5 hours to get from Nashville to Atlanta. Currently, the only train service stations Amtrak …
Amtrack wants to open Train Service from Nashville-Atlanta with Stop in Tullahoma Read More »
