News 2016

A Woodbury man has been charged with aggravated assault and failure to appear in Dekalb County Court recently.  According to WJLE.com 48 year old Mark Allen Thomas is being held in Dekalb County Jail without bond for failure to appear.  His bond on the assault is $2500.  He will make a court appearance Thursday.   Dekalb County Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on February 25 Thomas allegedly assaulted his sister by hitting her in the face with the handle of a hammer causing redness around the left eye and cheek.

The Adams Memorial Library continues their summer reading program events Thursday.  This Thursday will be full of bubbles as the Bubble Ladies will creat bubbles of all sizes and everyone can get in on the fun.  The program starts at 1:00 and everyone is invited to attend.  The event is free.  A reminder that the Adams Memorial Library will be closing early next Thursday at 2:00 to set up for the Pool party which will take place from 3:30 to 6:00 at the community pool.  Once again the pool party will be Thursday July 21.

For those of you that commute to Manchester please keep in mind As work continues on the new exit ramp on the eastbound side of Exit 111, Civil Constructors who have been working on the new ramp since January will be closing a lane of traffic on Wednesday. The right lane of Interstate 24 on the eastbound side will be closed most of the day between exits 110-111. Civil Constructors is asking the public to avoid the area on Wednesday.
At the completion of the work all eastbound traffic wanting to go to Tullahoma will take the new ramp. This work is being done so traffic will not have to cross over Hwy 55 in order to turn toward Tullahoma.
(WMSR)

MTSU basketball fans still have times to cast their votes for the Blue Raider men’s team to win the “Best Upset” category in this year’s ESPY Awards.
The Blue Raiders made history in March when they became just the eighth No. 15 seed to defeat a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, upending No. 2 ranked Michigan State Spartans in the opening round, 90-81, on March 18.

The ESPYs take place at 7 p.m. CT Wednesday, July 13, and will be televised on ABC. Fan voting for each category can be found at ESPYs.com and is open until the beginning of the awards show.
Cast your vote now here.
Murfreesboro mayor and MTSU alumnus Shane McFarland is doing his part to encourage Middle Tennessee to vote for the Blue Raiders.
“As a mayor and Blue Raider alumnus, I couldn’t be more excited about supporting MT Basketball in national recognition for the team’s upset against Michigan State in the NCAA tournament earlier this year,” McFarland said in a city news release. “Now we have the opportunity to show our appreciation by voting the amazing game as the ‘Best Upset’ in this year’s ESPY Awards. I encourage all MT fans to go online and vote.”

The Cannon County Historical Society will meet tonight.  In observance of the new book “The Ride” which covers the history of the Cannon County Walking Horse Association, the  guest speaker will be Ronnie Hall.  Hall will cover the history of Fireball a horse that was named the foundation SHF-1 when the National Spotted Saddle Horse Association was formed.  The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Cannon County Senior Center 309 Lehman Street Woodbury in the small dining area.  The program will begin at 7:00.  Everyone is welcome to attend
A WBRY reminder Come meet Sixth Congressional District candidate Joe Carr on July 12, 2016 at 6:00 PM at the Cannon County Courthouse.
Joe will be available for questions from the audience and would like to meet as many folks as possible. Light refreshments will be served  immediately following.

In 2014, there were 7,326 different exporters in Tennessee, a 2.5 percent increase from 2013 and a 7.4 percent increase from 2010.
The number of Tennessee exporters has grown significantly faster than the total number of American exporters.
These are among the findings of the new “Global Commerce: Tennessee and the International Economy” report by the Business and Economic Research Center in the Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University. The report highlights both trends in the location of Tennessee’s exporters and trade trends in Tennessee.
This issue of the award-winning signature BERC publication highlights potential strengths and weaknesses of Tennessee’s trade dynamics within the context of global economic trends.
Highlights of the report include:
Number of Tennessee exporters: Up from 2010.
            Rising export zip codes: La Vergne and Morristown.
            Export trend: 0.66 percent growth (10th in the nation).
            Top export sectors: Medical equipment and motor vehicle parts.
            Fastest growing areas: Electric storage battery parts and activated carbon.
            Declining products: Peptones and derivatives and drive axles with differentials.
            Fastest growing markets: Czech Republic and Saudi Arabia.
            Declining markets: Oman and Indonesia.

“’Global Commerce’ is a core BERC product,” said Dr. Murat Arik, director of Business and economic research center. “We will continue to build on its excellent tradition and provide an award-winning product for Tennessee manufacturers, exporters, and leaders.”
 

 
Nearly 140 high school seniors from across Tennessee have returned from a weeklong “experience of a lifetime” courtesy of their local electric cooperatives. Tatiana Rosenberg and Emily Joyner, Centennial High School; Jared Nesbitt, Page High School; Julia Bolin and Maddox Burgess, Franklin High School; Hannah Erickson, Eagleville High School; Madison Flannery, Blackman High School; Alexis Seilkop, Stewarts Creek High School; Brooklynn Woodall, Smyrna High School; Grayson Burke, Mt. Juliet High School; Jody Williams, Watertown High School; Grace Mathews, Lebanon High School; Elizabeth Overcast and Travis Marlow, Cannon County High School; as well as teacher Matt Marlatt of Stewarts Creek High School, were sponsored by Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation to participate in the 2016 Washington Youth Tour June 10-16.
The popular event included sightseeing, visits with elected officials and lots of fun meeting peers from across Tennessee and the nation. Delegates earned their spots on the Youth Tour for writing winning short stories titled “Electric Cooperatives: Powering Everyday Life.” In their winning entries, the talented young writers described how member-owned, nonprofit electric co-ops strengthen their local communities and improve lives across their service areas while providing safe, reliable, affordable energy.
“We take great pride in rewarding the best and brightest from our service area,” said Cathy Mitchell, MTEMC Community Relations Coordinator, as a chaperone on this year’s trip. “By recognizing their accomplishments through programs like the Washington Youth Tour, we show these leaders of tomorrow that their hometown electric co-op is more than a utility provider; MTEMC is an active member of the community and fully invested in its prosperity.”
For more than 50 years, the Washington Youth Tour has taken students from electric co-op service areas to our nation’s capital to learn more about our country and the cooperative business model. The annual event is coordinated by MTEMC, the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). This year’s Youth Tour involved 1,700 students from 43 states.
“Young Americans given the opportunity to come to Washington, D.C., by their electric cooperatives experience a life-changing event,” said NRECA Interim CEO Jeffrey Connor. “They talk to their elected officials in person, connect to our nation’s rich history and have a hands-on experience with democracy. Youth Tour enriches their understanding of the political process and the vital importance of direct engagement. As a result, they return to their communities with a deeper commitment to the communities they represent.”
On their 2016 visit, Tennessee’s Youth Tour delegates saw the White House and memorials to past presidents Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt as well as monuments honoring the sacrifices of veterans of World War II and the Vietnam and Korean Wars. During visits to the museums of the Smithsonian Institution, the touring Tennesseans saw and experienced natural, historical and artistic treasures. Other fun stops included historic homes of former presidents — George Washington’s Mount Vernon and Jefferson’s Monticello — as well as Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, the Hard Rock Cafe and a boat cruise down the Potomac River. Among other Youth Tour highlights were a solemn and sobering visit to Arlington National Cemetery where the group laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and a stirring Sunset Parade performance by the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon.
The group was welcomed to the U.S. Capitol by Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, and Reps. Marsha Blackburn, Diane Black and Scott DesJarlais spent time with their young constituents from MTEMC, posing for photos and answering their questions.
“Our commitment to community is what sets cooperatives apart from other businesses,” said Chris Jones, MTEMC President/CEO. “The Washington Youth Tour is one way we show the youth of our service area that MTEMC is more than their electricity provider. We genuinely care about the prosperity of our communities, and that includes providing special opportunities for these exceptional students and preparing them for future success.”

Just exactly what was trying to break into a Cannon County residence recently is the question and the TWRA is searching to provide the answer.  According to Cannon County Sheriff Department reports, Deputies were dispatched to a Vanhooser Road residence Monday in reference to someone or something trying to break down the back door to the house.  The resident stated that something was beating on the door before the call was made.  Upon further investigation, bite marks on the side paneling were visible along with claw marks in sever spots along the door.  Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency were contacted and they came out and took samples for further investigation.  The damage was done to the back door of the house.  Scratch marks were visible along the door, along with 2 pieces of side paneling on the house had been ripped off and a pane of glass had been cracked on a low lying window.
The investigation is continuing.
 

A break-in occurred in Cannon County at a Fairview Lane residence and all that was taken was a doorknob.  However the reason why was left in a disturbing note    According to Cannon County Sheriff’s Department reports Deputies went to the Fairview Lane house and spoke with Corey Dancy.  Dancy stated that someone had left a note and had taken a door knob from the door of his daughter’s bedroom.  Deputies made a sweep of the house to make sure no one else was in the home  besides Dancy and Kristen Mahoney.  Mahoney showed the deputy a note that had been found in the kitchen.  The note partially read “Stand up and be counted if we so as much think you are not treating that little girl right we will be back, locking your child in a bedroom is wrong….” Dancy explained that they did turn the child’s door knob around so she could not get out of the room.  Due to the fact that the front door to the residence was never locked.  The child did get outside once late at night and that was the reason for the door knob being turned around.  Three other people reside in the Fairview Lane house and none of those three were home at the time.  
The note was collected for evidence and the deputy told them to lock the doors and call if they had seen any of the other individuals.  Investigation is continuing.

TBI Special Agents with the Drug Investigation Division joined detectives with the Murfreesboro Police Department, the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration, in tracking the source of pills that have contributed to multiple drug overdoses that have occurred in the Murfreesboro area in the past week.
Counterfeit Percocet pills laced with Fentanyl have resulted in the deaths of at minimum, three individuals and have accounted for as many as 15 other drug overdoses in Rutherford County.
During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information that Johnny L. Williams, 30, was an individual responsible for selling the fake pills.
On Friday night, Agents arrested Williams at his home on Mason Pike in Murfreesboro. Williams was charged with one count of Sale of Schedule II Controlled Substance and was booked into the Rutherford County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
The investigation remains ongoing and additional charges and subjects are anticipated