Cannon County High School Graduation is set for 7:00 Friday night. WBRY AM-1540/FM107.9 will broadcast the ceremonies live from Fred Schwartz field. Today we spotlight the following seniors during our senior salute features throughout the broadcast day on WBRY radio. The following Seniors are in the spotlight today
9am Kearstin Bell Prater
10am Megan Reann Prater
11am Alayna Savannah Reed
1pm Nicholas Alan Reed
2pm Ciara Nicole Riddle
Cannon County Schools Walking Clubs are winding down for the season. Four schools have participated this year and our students walked a grand total of approximately 3,611.68 miles. Totals do not include miles walked by our parents, sponsors, and volunteers that keep this program alive and well. We have around 190 students participating between the 4 clubs, each receiving a healthy snack and a lot of love from those individuals that give up their time each week to ensure that children create healthy habits that will last a lifetime.
9am Autumn Grace King
10am Emory Leigh Larson
11am Haylee Mooneyham
1pm Baylee Nemeth
2pm Alana Nicole Paschal
Woodbury Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office to increase seat belt enforcement now until June 5th which surrounds one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.
“If you ask the family members of those unrestrained people who were killed in crashes, they’ll tell you they wish their loved ones had buckled up” said Woodbury Police Chief Lowell Womack. “The bottom line is that seat belts save lives. If these enforcement crackdowns get people’s attention and get them to buckle up. then we’ve done our job. There is no good excuse for not wearing a seat belt”
This year, Tennessee celebrates its 30 year anniversary of seat belt legislation. The state first enacted a mandatory seat belt law in 1986. The law was updated in 2004 to make seat belt violations a primary offense. In 2015, the law was again updated to more than double the fine for seat belt citations.
Tennessee’s current seat belt use rate is 86.2 percent. This classifies Tennessee as a “low use” state on a national level.
According to the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, 343 individuals killed in traffic crashes last year were not wearing a seat belt. This group makes up over 48 percent of all those killed in passenger vehicles.
“We are putting an emphasis on nighttime seat belt enforcement,” said Tennessee Highway Safety Office Interim Director Jason Ivey “The problem of unbelted vehicle occupants becomes worse at night.”
Thanks to the generosity of Middle Tennessee donors and the hard work of participating non profits, The Big Payback 2016 remained a big success despite debilitating nationwide technical difficulties. The third annual giving day on May 3rd has brought in more than $2.61 million thus far from 11,270 gifts, nearly matching last year’s record $2.64 million total despite the giving website being operational for only nine hours. “If you ever doubted what good can occur when we come together to make things happen, remember this giving day” Said Ellen Lehman, president of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.
Congratulations to the 770 local nonprofits participating” Lehman continued “I know how hard you all worked to make the day such a success. And congratulations to all who will benefit from the services offered by these nonprofits, which make this the place we all want to call home.
Cannon County High School Graduation is this coming Friday. During the week WBRY continues the series of Senior Spotlights throughout the day. Today’s schedule is as follows
Tue 05/24/16
9am Katie Hoskins
10am Briar Lane Jakes
11am Jylian Chloe Jones
1pm Jake Johnson
2pm Jared Keith Judkins
The Cannon County Sheriff’s Department took reports on the following burglaries and thefts recently.
A break in occured at 1591 Claude Gaither Road. Owner had come to the property and appeared that someone had been into his house and shed. The owner advised there was some furniture missing from the house and a large hole had been cut in the door to the shed but he was not sure if anything was missing, however some things had been dumped out. Owner was unable to provide specifics on missing property at the time of report and was advised to make a list of descriptions and values to be added to the report.
Lawn equipment was reported stolen at a Goodridge Road residence. Owner stated that he was away from his house for three days and returned and noticed the items were missing. A pole saw, leaf blower and chain saw total value of $1200.
A car battery was reported as stolen from a parked car in a driveway on Orville Duke Road. Victim stated that when her and her husband returned home the hood to the car was open and the battery worth around $1000 was taken.
The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development (TDLWD) reported Friday almost 200,000 jobs were posted on the Jobs4TN.gov website in April 2016. That marks a record number of job opportunities employers across the state have advertised on the site.
“As the unemployment rate in Tennessee declines, we continue to see job postings go up. Employers need workers and the Jobs4TN site is the best source for jobseekers to find jobs,” said TDLWD Commissioner Burns Phillips.
Middle Tennessee recorded 96,503 openings, almost half the total job openings for the state. West Tennessee had just over 60,000 openings and East Tennessee reported 42,000 job openings.
The occupations represented by these openings include health care related, computer and mathematical occupations, management positions, sales jobs, transportation occupations, business and finance, food preparation and serving jobs, personal care, building/grounds cleaning and maintenance jobs. There are a variety of job openings across the state, representing a wide range of educational and skill level requirements
9am Miranda Leanne Ashford
10am Megan Leighnette Dreatcher
11am Joseph Gleaves
1pm Brooklyn Rehea Gunter
2pm Steven Bailey Hale
Volunteer Emergency Responders from the Cannon County Rescue Squad, Inc. and Volunteer Firefighters from the Cannon County Fire Department visited local schools this week in an effort to promote public safety and fire prevention. “As part on an ongoing effort to improve the services of the Rescue Squad and Fire Departments, the United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties has worked to help us enhance our community outreach programs,” said Tim Bell, Cannon County Rescue Squad Chief Operating Officer.
The Rescue Squad received grant funding from the United Way in 2015 to promote fire prevention and safety. This funding supported the 1st Annual Cannon County Public Safety Day in April. Rescue Squad Volunteers are working with other emergency service agencies in Cannon County to actively promote home fire prevention and to raise awareness of the need for personal safety in our communities.
“The Cannon County Public Safety Program aligns directly with one of United Way’s focus areas: safe home and community. Good health is both a community responsibility and a community benefit,” said Clair Oliver, Director of Marketing and Communications for United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties. “The United Way supports programs, such as Project Rescue, working to create a positive environment and strong foundation for healthy lives in Rutherford and Cannon counties.”
“We are ready to respond twenty-four hours a day to help the citizens of Cannon County,” said Michael Underhill, Cannon County Fire Chief. “We need citizens to help us by and installing fire extinguishers and smoke detectors in their homes.” The State of Tennessee has a program to help citizens install smoke detectors in their homes. A Cannon County citizen need only to contact us for help if they can’t afford a smoke detector.
The Rescue Squad is working with the Tennessee Department of Transportation to promote the Tennessee Yellow DOT Program. TN Yellow DOT is a state wide program that provides vital healthcare information to first responders when someone is involved in a motor vehicle collision.
For more information about home fire prevention please contact Chief Underhill at 615-904-5002. For more information about the Tennessee Yellow DOT Program contact Tim Bell at 615-849-2730 or by email at tbell@cannoncountyrescue.com