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Child fatally injured in mishap
Cookeville, Tenn.
A 3-year-old Livingston child died when he was struck by an unmanned truck.
According to reports, Cody Randall Ogletree and his parents, Randy and Rhonda Ogletree, were visiting his grandmother at her home in Cookeville. The Ogletrees prepared to leave the residence, and Cody ran on ahead of them toward their truck.
Then, the 1978 Ford pickup rolled down the hill of the driveway and struck the child, causing injuries to his chest.
He was rushed to Cookeville General Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, according to reports.
Jury finds councilman not guilty
Cookeville, Tenn.
A Cookeville city councilman's trial on official misconduct charges ended Friday with a not guilty verdict.
The Criminal Court jury of 10 women and two men deliberated for more than four hours before returning the decision and ending the three-day trial of Councilman Don Wagnon.
Mr. Wagnon, 64, broke down in tears and hugged his two attorneys, Don Dickerson and Jimmy White, after the jury foreman read the verdict. He was charged with trying to influence or coerce a Cookeville police officer to reduce or dismiss a traffic ticket that had been issued to a friend of his.
Mr. Wagnon could have gone to jail for six years if convicted, though District Attorney Bill Gibson had announced in court that he did not intend to seek a jail term for Wagnon in case of conviction.
Mr. Wagnon testified in his own defense and denied any wrongdoing. He said he had merely made an inquiry about the traffic ticket matter because he feared that the 88-year-old man who received the ticket would sue the city on a claim that the police officer had treated him roughly.
A ton has been lifted off our shoulders, Mr. Wagnon said after the trial, the good Lord has answered our prayers, and I feel that justice has prevailed.
Man guilty of murder, arson
Pikeville, Tenn.
A Bledsoe County jury returned a verdict of guilty against a man for murdering his wife and then burning their trailer.
The trial for Joseph Martin Thurman, 32, had to be moved to Marion County because his attorney, Howard Barnwell, required handicapped access that Bledsoe County's courthouse does not have. Thurman faces life in prison on charges of first-degree murder and arson, but a sentencing date has not yet been set.
His wife, Elizabeth Ann Thurman, was found in the bedroom of the family's mobile home in January. Her body was burned beyond recognition. An autopsy revealed she had died before the home was set on fire.
TBI investigating former coach
McMinnville, Tenn.
For the third time in just over a year, an area high school coach is the center of an investigation for alleged inappropriate behavior involving a student.
A probe was launched to investigate allegations of inappropriate behavior on the part of former Lady Pioneer Assistant Basketball Coach Janie Brock, who was suspended with pay Thursday from the school system pending the completion of the TBI investigation.
Prior to her suspension, Ms. Brock served as a special education teacher within the local school system. She was formerly an assistant coach with the girl's basketball team last season, but was not retained on the staff with the addition of a new coach.
Gaylord's profits drop 62 percent
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
(AP) Gaylord Entertainment Co. announced that third-quarter earnings dropped 62 percent, in part because the company sold off some cable television systems. The announcement was made Tuesday.
Gaylord owns Opryland hotel and theme park, the Grand Ole Opry, Country Music Television, The Nashville Network, among other holdings. For the third quarter of 1996, net income was $20.4 million, or 21 cents per share, on revenue of $205 million. That compared with earnings of $54.3 million during the same three months a year ago, or 56 cents per share, on revenues of $195 million.
It was a one-time thing, said Gaylord spokesman Alan Hall. We had some cable systems, primarily in the Southern California area, that we sold.
Otherwise, he said, the company made in continuing operations $20.4 million, or 21 cents a share, compared to $11.3 million or 12 cents per share for the quarter that ended Sept. 30.
Deputy, adviser won't face charges
MEMPHIS, Tenn.
(AP) A Shelby County sheriff's deputy and a staff adviser won't have to face bribery charges that allege they took money for law enforcement officer jobs.
They will be tried on conspiracy, money laundering and extortion charges, U.S. District Judge Jerome Turner said in a ruling made public Tuesday.
Turner dismissed six bribery charges against Chief Deputy A. Ray Mills and former staff adviser Stephen Toarmina. They are accused of taking between $3,500 and $3,930 in a jobs-for-cash scheme.
The statute under which Mills and Toarmina were indicted places a minimum $5,000 value on that which the bribe purchased.
Charges dismissed in baby's death
FRANKLIN, Tenn.
(AP) A judge dismissed aggravated child abuse and neglect charges Tuesday against a woman accused of leaving her baby in a hot car.
General Sessions Judge Al Nations dismissed the charge against Susanna Hackley, 28, formerly of Brentwood. She said her 13-month-old daughter had been left unnoticed in a car for about two hours last Aug. 16. She testified that she thought one of her other children had removed the baby and taken her into the house after a shopping trip.
TBI agent on leave after shooting
PIKEVILLE, Tenn.
(AP) A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent who killed a Bledsoe County man during a shootout has been placed on routine administrative leave.
Hollis Swafford, 54, died Monday night at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga after he was shot by TBI Special Agent Malcolm Elrod, the TBI said.
Crossville police officers began chasing Swafford when he ran a traffic light Monday afternoon. A park ranger joined the chase when Swafford drove through Cumberland Mountain State Park.
Local police officers asked Elrod to join the pursuit, said Jeff Long, TBI special agent in charge. Elrod followed Swafford to his home outside Pikeville.
After getting out of his car, Swafford fired two shots at Elrod, Long said. Elrod then fired back. The Bledsoe County Sheriff's Department recently responded to a call involving Swafford, who was allegedly shooting at family members, Long said. Swafford was also recently involved in a Tennessee Highway Patrol pursuit, he said.
Gap residents banking on tunnels
CUMBERLAND GAP, Tenn.
(AP) Chris Gibbs could fit every resident of this tiny mountain town in his new 404-seat restaurant and still have room for 160 friends.
Anticipating a boom in tourism, the college administrator-turned-entrepreneur has poured about $4 million into the restaurant, a 31-room hotel, shops, a bakery and a convention center in this hamlet, as well as a chalet development across the border in Kentucky.
Gibbs and his investors are pinning their hopes on the Cumberland Gap Tunnels, a twin-bore route opening this week that will take motorists under the mountains that Daniel Boone once crossed over to reach Kentucky.
And he plans to spend another $5 million on a Mark O'Meara signature golf course near the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and build another, larger inn with music rooms, a library and a gym. ŇAll the components for tourism are here, said Gibbs, 31, president and CEO of Gap Enterprises Inc. and former dean of the business school at Lincoln Memorial University.
Gibbs said he based his financial decisions on Ňevery natural instinct and ability that I have. I just think the area is such a nationally known area because of the name Cumberland Gap.
The 4,600-foot tunnels, the longest in the Southeast, are scheduled to be opened Friday in a ceremony to be attended by the governors of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
The opening culminates 17 years of planning and the expenditure of about $240 million in federal funds for construction. Initial discussions about such a project began in the 1950s. The tunnels through Cumberland Mountain will replace a deadly 2.3-mile section of U.S. 25E between the town of Cumberland Gap and Middlesboro, Ky.
Mt. Juliet woman shot to death
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
(AP) A Mt. Juliet woman police believe was shot by man responsible for a two-state crime rampage died Saturday.
Donetta Keyser, 46, died at Columbia Summitt Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said. Keyser underwent surgery Friday to remove a bullet fragment from her head.
Police are seeking Bradley Duane Osborne, 27, a Roland, Okla., native, in connection with the shooting. Police say Osborne, who has led a nomadic lifestyle, lived in Bristol, Tenn., for several months and had a driver's license with a Hermitage, Tenn., address.
Osborne is also a suspect in the slaying of his girlfriend in Virginia and the assaults of four other women. Metro Nashville Detective Clifford Mann said witnesses saw Keyser's shooting outside a Hermitage laundromat Thursday.
He said the man jumped into a gold car and fled, then tried to run a motorist off the road. Mann said the woman managed to control her vehicle and write down the tag number of her would-be attacker's car a gold 1981 Pontiac Phoenix registered to Osborne.
Sullivan County Sheriff Keith Carr in Blountville said Osborne shot and wounded a former girlfriend in an Abingdon, Va., motel room; tried to kidnap a woman Wednesday night at a Bristol, Tenn., convenience store; kidnapped a third woman from a Bristol coin laundry, raped her several times and took her car; and tried to abduct a fourth woman at an Elizabethton shopping mall.
About 4 p.m. Thursday, police found the body of a fifth victim Stacey Cook, a 22-year-old Bristol woman believed to be Osborne's girlfriend Đ in a remote part of nearby Washington County, Va. The woman was shot in the head.
Teen-ager will be tried as adult
WHITE PINE, Tenn.
(AP) A Tennessee Supreme Court decision means a White Pine teenager will face trial as an adult in his father's shooting death.
The court summarily denied Damien Knepfler's appeal application without comment. Knepfler, 16, is accused in the Feb. 6 shooting death of his father, Clayton Knepfler, 59, at the family home. The elder Knepfler was shot 13 times.
Knepfler was initially charged in Jefferson County Juvenile Court, but Judge Rex Henry Ogle transferred the case to adult court.
The application was filed by Knepfler's attorney, Public Defender Ed Miller. Noting conflicting testimony among experts about whether Knepfler is mentally ill, Miller argued state law bars a transfer of a juvenile who is committable.
Sex offenders names on the Web?
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
(AP) A legislator wants to put the names of Tennessee sex offenders and violent felons on the Internet.
Rep. Doug Jackson, D-Dickson, said he plans to present the idea of the Tennessee Internet Criminal Information System during the next legislative session.
Anonymity is a weapon that sex offenders and convicted felons use, Jackson said. I think as sure as we have sentences for these criminals, when they get out they should have to expect that the public is going to be aware of who they are and what they did.
Jackson said the system would not only provide information on the state's registered offenders, but include their projected parole dates and probation information.
Tennessee already has legislation, sponsored by Jackson, that created a state registry for sex offenders. However, it is only open to law enforcement agencies and is not available to the public.
With the recent unveiling of ConnecTENN, Jackson said most public libraries and schools in Tennessee will have access to the Internet, making the information available to people without home computers. He said Tennessee is already on-line through World Wide Web sites, so adopting the bill would only require that the computerized information on sex offenders be transferred there. He estimated it would take a few months for the information on violent felons to be added.
Preacher, young bride arrested
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.
(AP) A 51-year-old Newport preacher and his new 19-year-old bride were jailed in Kansas a week after fleeing Tennessee with the preacher's young son.
Alfred Ball and Cynthia Dawn Helton were arrested without incident Tuesday in Sedan, Kan., about 60 miles from Wichita.
Authorities have been searching for Ball since he disappeared a week ago with his 2-year-old son, Joshua. He was supposed to return to the boy's mother, Christina Ball, 23, the third of Ball's three ex-wives. The little boy was with Ball and Helton in Kansas. He reportedly was in good condition.
Ball and Helton waived extradition and were to be returned to Newport. Kansas police said Helton told them the couple were married since they fled Newport on Sept. 30.
Ball was the minister of New Life Christian Center in Newport. He allegedly sold the church property for $32,000.
South's parks getting overcrowded
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.
(AP) The great wide open is starting to get a little stuffy.
More people are heading to the woods than ever before. Lands once limited to hunters are now destinations for hundreds of visitors interested in a dozen pastimes.
There are the adventurous, who bring mountain bikes, kayaks and rock climbing gear. Others prefer picnicking, walking and birdwatching.
It's a changing world where people with diverse interests meet far from civilization, where hikers don't like walking in horse manure, horse riders shy from jangling bikes and riders worry about trail erosion equestrians can cause.
The number of user conflicts is astounding, said Alan Padgett, ranger for the 16,000-acre Crockford-Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Walker County, Ga.
There's even a 10 p.m. curfew for loud noises in the rugged wilderness, which attracted at least 100,000 visitors last year. Think about it, you have to regulate quiet in the woods, Padgett said. We have people in camps with a boom box at 2 a.m.; that's user conflict. Unless we all learn to share, we're all going to lose.
And, the number of people queuing up for the same playgrounds is increasing. The South is primed for growing pains, according to the Southern Appalachian Assessment, a study completed last year of the region that extends from northern Alabama to Virginia.
Inmates help rebuild burned churches
DYERSBURG, Tenn.
Inmates from Northwest Correctional Center and volunteers from area Tennessee counties and other states are working side-by-side to build a new church destroyed by fire in July.
The Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in the Dyer County community of Tigert was destroyed by arson on May 14, and construction on a new building started in July. Responding to the appeal for support in rebuilding the church were five state inmates who just recently completed the outside brickwork.
The inmates have worked side-by-side with church members and volunteers from Iowa, Massachusetts and Ohio.
In a related matter, staff and inmates at the Morgan County Regional Correctional Facility donated funds to rebuild a church in Knoxville burned by arson last winter.
Inmates working on the projects are part of the Tennessee Department of Correction Offender Community Work Program for inmates and probationers statewide. The program logged more than 1 million hours of offender labor from November 1995 to July 1996. It has saved government and nonprofit agencies $4.1 million.
State awarded safety recognition
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
The Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association awards committee has announced that Tennessee's Voluntary Protection Program has received first place for the 1996 Safety and Health Outreach Award in the site/company category.
"This award represents Tennessee's decisive commitment to safety," said Tennessee Labor Commissioner Al Bodie. "This recognition is an honor and a clear reflection of Gov. Don Sundquist's commitment to all Tennesseans that their workplaces are safe."
Tennessee's Voluntary Protection Program is called Volunteer Star. Star stands for Safety Through Achievement and Recognition. The Volunteer Star is designed to show the business community shining examples of workplace safety and health excellence."
Landslides stop road construction
PIKEVILLE, Tenn.
Landslide problems are forcing a temporary halt to construction work on Highway 30 East to Dayton.
Of course, you can't just walk off a job site, so right now workers are doing some grading to hold in place what they have already started, said Tennessee Department of Transportation spokeswoman Luanne Grandinetti. When that is completed, the site will be closed down until spring.
During the shutdown, TDOT officials will conduct studies of the area in an effort to determine the cause of the landslides.
We need to figure out how to deal with it and how to continue, she said. Basically, they'll be trying to find out the reasons for the slides and how to correct it through design or redesign.
The shutdown is expected to add approximately six months to the 3.3-mile project, which started in July 1995 and was originally expected to be completed by October 1997. The road is being widened, and a truck lane up the mountain is bing added.
Overton Co. sheriff, wife arrested
COOKEVILLE, Tenn.
Overton County Sheriff Allen Loftis and his wife, Almedia Loftis, were arrested Sept. 18 following multiple-count indictments alleging official misconduct on Overton jail operations.
The two were released on their own recognizance are are scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 21 in Overton Criminal Court.
The indictments are the result of an eight-month investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. District Attorney Bill Gibson requested the investigation after he received numerous complaints about Overton jail inmates being released early or being allowed what he called illegal furloughs from jail.
Sheriff Loftis has maintained his innocence and added that he is looking forward to a speedy trial. His wife has worked as a dispatcher and jailer at the Overton County jail since his election in 1994.
The grand jury indictments in the case include 397 counts of official misconduct against Sheriff Loftis and 18 counts of official misconduct against Mrs. Loftis. Most of the county allege that Sheriff Loftis allowed Overton County jail inmates out of jail early on work release and did so without proper court orders.
Sequoyah plant could be better
SODDY-DAISY, Tenn.
(AP) Nuclear chief Oliver Kingsley's stinging critique of management at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant found support from the Tennessee Valley Authority board.
We are trying to achieve excellence at Sequoyah, TVA chairman Craven Crowell said Wednesday. Good is not good enough for us. I think Oliver Kingsley was simply trying to encourage his people to be excellent. Last spring, NRC officials told TVA they were concerned about excessive operational problems at Sequoyah's two units, 80 miles south of Knoxville, and the inability of TVA managers to find the roots of the problems. Kingsley addressed their concerns in a letter dated June 17. He attached a memo for plant managers, which said Sequoyah operators seemed satisfied with mediocrity.
Residents protesting new prison
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
(AP) Five Hardeman County residents staged a demonstration outside the state Capitol to protest construction of a prison in their community. The five residents of Whiteville, Tenn., said Thursday the prison construction began in February will bring more drugs and lower property values in their small West Tennessee community. Hardeman County is financing the prison construction through bonds. When the project is completed, the county plans to lease it to Corrections Corporation of America, which will house state prisoners there. Our basic intention is to stop the state from doing business with CCA, said the group's spokesman, the Rev. Elvis White, associate minister of Antioch Baptist Church in Whiteville.
White said his protesting group had toured prisons in Clifton and Mason, Tenn., and were told the institutions created little economic growth.
Residents also fear the threat of hostages if prisoners escape. A school is located less than 2 miles from the prison site. White said he had voiced his concerns in a letter to Gov. Don Sundquist but received no response.
Sundquist spokeswoman Beth Fortune promised an answer to White's letter.
Arrests postponed until cells open
DICKSON, Tenn.
(AP) Authorities in Dickson County are waiting for room in the local jail to open up before arresting 35 suspects who allegedly have sold drugs to police informants. In the meantime, police say, the suspects remain on the streets selling marijuana, crack and cocaine, according to The Leaf-Chronicle in Clarksville.
Sgt. Stewart Goodwin said the suspects have been identified during four months of investigations. However, authorities have held off presenting the cases to the Dickson County grand jury because there is no room at the jail once the arrests are made.
Pastors pledge $1,000 each to college
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
(AP) Black pastors are raising money to help save their alma mater. About 25 pastors have pledged $1,000 each for American Baptist College. The Nashville college is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc., the nation's largest black denomination.
The group hopes to raise up to $1 million by March by getting groups, individuals and churches to pledge $1,000 each. The money will go toward the college's endowment, which now totals about $500,000, said college president Bernard LaFayette.
The college has had financial problems since it ended its 70-year relationship with the predominately white Southern Baptist Convention in 1995.
The Southern Baptist Convention had liquidated most of the college's debts, which were almost $1 million three years ago, LaFayette said.
Austin Peay student murdered
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.
(AP) Students and teachers at Austin Peay State University who knew Penny Williams say its hard to believe the 25-year-old was murdered. Williams body was found Sunday in Louisiana in the trunk of a car belonging to Reuben Ross. Police suspect Ross, 34, fatally shot Williams, then killed himself. The two met via the Internet, police said.
I looked over at her empty chair and thought what a terrible waste, John DeWayne Lanham, one of Williams' social work classmates, said Tuesday. She was really smart and so nice.
Police said Ross, a third-year resident in anesthesiology at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, La., had a lengthy criminal record in two states.
Glenn Carter, chairman of the university's Social Work Department, said he and other staff members are continuing to counsel students following Williams death. Austin Peay's Social Work club is planning a memorial for the Clarksville resident.
Homeowner accused of hiring arsonist to torch own house
A Harriman man who complained to the city council last month about flooding at his Briggs Road home now has a new wave of problems.
James Robert Pennington, 55, was arrested and charged with criminal conspiracy and solicitation to commit arson of his own home, according to Harriman police chief Roy Jenkins.
Pennington met and contracted a suspect on Aug. 29, who was to burn his house while Pennington was on vacation, according to a state warrant affidavit of complaint.
Criminal investigators received information of the plan and staked Pennington's house. At 1:45 a.m. Sunday, the would-be-arsonist entered the residence and was then nabbed by officers as he attempted to flee the area.
According to investigators, Pennington was going to pay $500 to have his house burned, and had already paid $150 up front and given the suspect a key to the home.
Upon apprehending the suspect, whose name was not released, officers found in his possession a key to the house, rubber gloves and a lighter.
A search of the house revealed that Pennington had apparently saturated the inside of the house with what was believed to be Coleman fuel. Police also said that when questioned, the would-be arsonist confessed. Pennington was freed on $10,000 bond, and is scheduled to appear in Roane County General Sessions Court on Oct. 28.
Cookeville police aim to break gangs before they start
Youth crime gangs in Cookeville?
It sounds unlikely, but the Cookeville Police Department is taking the possibility seriously. They hope to stop it before it even starts.
Detective Sgt. James Lane said there aren't any gangs in Cookeville as of yet, but he has seen signs of potential gang activity and has heard of gang recruiters being in the area searching for potential members. He has collected data, attended seminars on the subject, and he has interviewed "kids who tell me about other kids here who claim to be associated with certain gangs."
He has also photographed graffiti painted on certain walls or other sites in Cookeville promoting certain gang names, such as "Cripps" or "Bloods" and other known groups.
Such graffiti is often the first sign of gang activities in the area, Lane said.
"We've had reports of some of this recruiting - they come up here and go around where kids hang out and try to get the kids interested," he said.
What has been done about the recruiting?
The "recruiters" have been chased away, either directly by police or through efforts designed to discourage them, Lane said.
"We have at times just followed them until they get sick of seeing us," he said.
The problem of gangs is a nationwide trend spreading from large cities to smaller ones, and it is that trend that worries police.
Some gangs thrive on violence and aggression, using it to test potential members and making it a status symbol.
"There's no real organized activity here yet, but it could get that way, and we do know certain groups here have called themselves gangs and we know where they hang out," Lane said.
And while he declines to give out specific information about it, Detective Lane acknowledges that some recruiting efforts have been conducted here by gangs from Nashville and Lebanon.
"We want to keep close track of and prevent gang-related activity," he said. "We plan to prosecute it vigorously."
Dogwoods confused about seasons?
Dogwoods are blooming through out East Tennessee and experts say the out-of-season flowering may be due to stress brought on by the weather. Gladys Hazelwood is one of several residents in the Kingston area to notice dogwood trees blooming in September.
"I've never seen anything like it," she told the Roane County News. "I've seen maybe a bloom or two on a dogwood tree this time of year, but never one bloomed out like this." She added that she had lived in the same location since 1957 and that the dogwood tree in her yard was planted the following year, yet she had never seen it in full bloom in September.
Roane County Agricultural Extension Agent Paul McCallie stated the blooms might have been brought on by a longer than usual winter. "Anytime the trees go through a stressful situation, this can happen."
23 students suspended after walkout
A couple dozen Campbell County High School students spent last week out of school after being suspended by Principal Eugene Lawson for participating in a walkout on Sept. 6.
"We have 24 students leave school right after the first class started," Assistant Principal Clayton Ray said. "They crossed the four lane, some went to the car wash while others crossed the tracks and headed for a trailer park and four went to Woodson's Mall." School security personnel were able to roundup 17 of the students and placed them on a school bus for a trip to the Campbell County Sheriff's Department. Parents were then called to pickup their children.
No clear reason for the walkout was given although some students said they were upset and being forced to attend all classes at the school. Others apparently were long-time disciplinary problems.
Roane schools try to nix nits
More than a dozen students were sent home from Kingston Elementary School last week after they were discovered to have lice during a school-wide check. Several cases had been spotted in the days leading up to the school-wide search. "Lice are very easily spread," Vice Principal Billy Linville said. "We wanted to try and stop it before it spreads even more." It is a school district policy to send children home who have lice and not readmit them unless they have been examined by a physician or health department official.
Work begun on rebuilding church
It appears the congregation of a church mysteriously burned to the ground will be back in a building by Thanksgiving of this year, church officials predicted. A Gruetli-Laeger construction company is already on the job, rebuilding Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. A price tag of $99,500 has been set as the cost of the 42 foot by 70 foot church. It is being built on the site of the old church that burned June 8.
"We got enough money with donations and insurance money to pay for the building," said administrative board chairman Howard Mayes. "A woman called and said she had one (a piano) in storage and she'd like to give it to someplace where it'd be used."
The congregation has been meeting in private homes since the church burned.
Drugs topic of special grand jury
McMINNVILLE, Tenn.
A special session of the Warren County grand jury was called into session Tuesday and it is believed the panel heard testimony regarding drug operations in McMinnville and Warren County, The
Southern Standard
The special session was called after several members of the grand jury reportedly expressed concern over the increased amount of drug trafficking in the county and what measures were being taken by local police agencies to combat the problem. The jurors' concerns were passed to Judge Charles Haston in the form of a note during the regular report of the grand jury the previous week.
Subpoenaed before the grand jury were Sgt. Robert Krofssik of the McMinnville Police Department, Warren County Sheriffs Investigator Marty McGinnis, City Administrator Tom Sprowl and Sheriff's Chief Investigator Herb Rowland.
Letters requesting the presence of Sheriff Jackie Matheny, Police Chief Dickie Kesey and County Executive Harry Dunn.
Old tombstones present mystery
KINGSTON, Tenn.
Kingston and Roane County authorities are trying to determine the origin of two grave head stones found last week near Lakewood Drive, the
Roane County News
A citizen reported to Kingston police that the two tombstones had apparently been dumped along the side of the road. Authorities retrieved the markers and then began trying to determine which cemetery they were taken from.
"We've checked all the cemeteries around here," Police Investigator Paul Stinnett said. "But, we haven't been able to find out where these came from. We've checked all of the small cemeteries in the city and even in the memorial gardens. We just don't know where these came from."
Stinnett said one of the markers has the name Walter S. Calhoun, who apparently was born in 1879 and died in 1963.
The other marker, which is in the form of an angel, has no name. "It doesn't have a name but the angel is very unique. I would think if a family saw it, they would recognize it," said Investigator Stinnett.
TBI joins paint investigation
COOKEVILLE, Tenn.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has been asked to investigate the controversial paint deal made by former Putnam Schools Superintendent Mark Gentry in the last few days of his administration the
District Attorney General Bill Gibson confirmed that his office has received several inquiries and complaints about the matter and said he has asked the TBI "to take a look at the situation."
The incident involves $47,542 billed to the Putnam school system in July and August for paint and painting done at Park View Elementary by two paint companies, Spectrum Paints and American Decorators, both owned by Jimmy Stewart.
The paint and labor were purchased by Supt. Gentry without taking bids and without obtaining prior school board approval.
DA Gibson also said he has contacted the State Comptroller's Office, asking for their probe into financing of the project.
Roane schools study drug testing
KINGSTON, Tenn.
The Roane County school board's police committee is scheduled to send a revised policy concerning random drug testing for student athletes to the full school board this week.
In the past, schools have tested all student athletes at the beginning of each sport's season, Roane County Schools Business Manager Ronnie Woody said. Thereafter, the students were randomly tested throughout the season.
The new policy would not make mandatory for all student athletes to be tested at the beginning of the season, but, the number of random tests would increase from not less than five to not less than nine.


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"It's all about the body and not about the brain" said one of the young girls featured in MissRepresentation, a documentary on women in media. Sad, right? A young woman should not be insecure about her body and feel less powerful if she does not have the "right" body. What is the right body anyway? Who made up these standards? Read More »
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Life today without technology feels utterly impossible in our media consumer world. We see it, we hear it, we read it, we consume it, we believe it and we live it. No matter how hard one tries to avoid the media, there is no escape from the influence the media has on society. From Iphones to television to internet to billboards, we are surrounded by the media every day. Even in social unjust countries such as Iran, it is difficult to imagine what society would look like today without the influence of media. Read More »


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Members of the Belleville Board of Education oversaw a sprawling agenda during their Monday night meeting, which included the awarding of a certificate to a Belleville High School biology teacher, double parking on Belleville Avenue, and the $1.3 million in additional state aid the school district is slated to receive.
All members were present at the meeting except for Vincent Strumolo and Judy Piscatowski.
Biology teacher honored for work on PSE&G grant for Belleville High School
Paul Aiello, Belleville High School biology teacher, was awarded a certificate of appreciation for his work on securing an Environmental Education grant from PSE&G.
, Aiello helped grant writers Bruno Associates Inc. draw up the proposal which netted the $3,456 grant.
The grant went towards the BHS Environmental Center, also known as Bakka Court, in honor of deceased former science teacher Bill Bakka, who died a few years ago of cancer, Aiello said.
Bruno Associates was also honored for their work on the grant.
State Aid
BOE Secretary/Business Administrator Edward J. Appleton* noted the additional $1.3 million in state aid the school district is receiving for the 2012-13 school year.
News broke out on the state aid last week,
The exact figure on the additional state aid is $1,366,397, the largest dollar increase among Essex County's 22 districts.
Appleton said more details on the aid will be released next month.
Belleville Avenue Traffic Problems
Resident Phyllis Frantantoni informed board members of traffic issues on Belleville Avenue when School 10 is let out for the day.
When she tries to drive down the street during that time, traffic is so bad that it is impossible for her to drive through Belleville Avenue. she said.
It is due to parents double parking on that street so they could pick up their kids, she said.
"Something needs to be done," she said. "Somebody is going to get killed."
Board members told her they will look into the matter.
The next public BOE meeting is Monday, March 12 at 8 p.m. at the library of Belleville High School.
(Editor's Note: A previous version of this report incorrectly said that the first name of the BOE Secretary/Business Administrator is William. His correct name is Edward J. Appleton.)


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By Jade Bulecza - bio | email BARNEY, GA (WALB) –Peach growers are happy about this year's crop.
They were worried at first the cold winter might damage their crops, but since there wasn't a hard freeze after the crops started to bloom, growers are looking forward to a good season.
With 475 acres of peach orchards it's hard to believe, the Burton Brooks Orchards in Brooks County lost 80 percent of it's crop last year. This year's a different story.
"We got plenty of chill hours but then the cold would come back and after they're starting to bloom they'll kill off those peaches," said Elisha Abbott of Burton Brooks Orchards.
Peach season runs from May to July.
"The peach crop does look good, so far we're doing good," said Elisha Abbott.
In the last several years, late freezes in March have caused some growers to lose their early peach crops but this year's early peaches are plentiful and ready to be picked.
Workers were out picking the peaches a little under ripe, so they'll have time to ripen up on their own before customers pick them up.
"The peaches are actually different colories and they range in size but most people like a red peach because they're more ripe," said Abbott.
They have about seven varieties and nectarines too.
"The other varieties we have are like the Suwannees. the Dixielands, and so far they look good and we'll know more later on as they start to ripen up in size and everything," said Abbott.
In a few weeks, they'll also open up their U-Pick orchards
The 23rd annual Peach festival is this Saturday in Morven.
You'll find all things peachy from ice cream to pies and arts and crafts.
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-- — Batesville teen Cierra Adams died on her 18th birthday.
The Batesville High School incoming senior was found "unresponsive and not breathing" Saturday, July 16, said Batesville Police Department Detective Mike Benjamin.
At about 2:22 p.m., a 911 call drew the Batesville Police Department and Batesville EMS 10 to 370 Curtis Court in Farmington Estates, where Adams had "stayed overnight at a friend's house," Benjamin reported.
The detective believed police were called immediately when Adams could not be awakened. "The homeowner (Phyllis Meredith) was cooperative."
"There was ... no obvious sign of trauma," the officer said.
Adams was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene by Franklin County coroner Wanda Lee, he noted.
"It's tragic," said BHS principal Sherri Preston. "We are very sorry to hear this news and our thoughts and prayers are with the Adams family."
"Cierra was a nice young lady, had lots of friends. She was a well behaved student" involved in the school's mentorship program, according to Preston.
The principal said BHS counselors are available if students wish to speak with them about the death Tuesday and Wednesday, July 19-20, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
After authorities arrived at the scene Saturday, people were seen crying on the home's front lawn, Rod Jones, 398 Curtis Court, told his daughter, Abby Jones, who also lives there.
Benjamin reported a death investigation is underway by detectives, who spent several hours Saturday interviewing individuals who had contact with Adams prior to her death. "Officers also spent several hours at the residence processing the scene for any items or evidence that may assist with the investigation."
On Sunday, July 17, an autopsy was conducted by the Hamilton County Coroner's Office, Cincinnati, and official results from the autopsy and toxicology reports are pending.
When asked about the circumstances and cause of death, the officer emphasized, "We have an investigation to do. It's going to take some time before we have the results of the autopsy," possibly four to six weeks.
No one has been arrested in this incident and it's "too early to speculate" if any criminal charges will be filed later, Benjamin said.


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The Super Bowl is now three days old. March Madness is 32 days from selection Sunday. And our ADD sports asses aren't going to settle for anything less than manufactured stories and unnecessary hype.
Enter the Pujols.
Big time name recognition? Check. Gobs of money? Check. Possibility of defecting to a major east coast city? OH NO. MAKE IT STOP!
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On Monday, Ben Jones wrote an interesting article about what happens after Coach Paterno. There is the hope and expectation that the next head football coach will be like Joe Paterno in that, he will have "success with honor."
But what does that mean?
I suggest "unpacking" and defining the terms. My sense is, in the end, many factors are favorable for Penn State being able to continue this tradition.
Defining "Success"
For any Head Coach, there are many components to "success" such as wins on the field, working well within the administration, being "the face" of the program for media, fans, donors, etc.
But, let's admit it: wins are all that really matter.
And for wins, the definition is pretty straightforward (pick your own exact point on the spectrum); 8+ wins every year, contending for B1G and national championships.
Defining "With Honor"
This is the more complex and interesting question. However, for our purposes, let's wildly oversimplify and define "with honor" as "not cheating."
Defining "Not Cheating"
Consider these as the sources of "cheating:"
---- Boosters and fans (want PSU to be the best)
---- Self-interested For-Profit Types (want $ for themselves; runners, agents, entourage, etc.)
---- family members (may or may not be For-Profit Type, may or may not be fans of PSU)
---- Student Athlete
---- Coach and coach's statf
---- Administration
I think PSU is "good" on many of these categories.
There is no widespread sense that PSU boosters are "out of control" handing out bags of cash and ATM/debit cards. That is important, because a "clean program" starts with the fans, alumni and donors.
Likewise, clearly, the administration has a commitment to a clean program. This is both in terms of staffing and in terms of culture.
To date, PSU has hired coaches that do not cheat either overtly or by looking the other way or by tolerating the For-Profit Types and/or Rogue Boosters and/or Troublemaking Family Members.
And now we arrive at the most interesting categories: the student athlete and his/her family. I speculate that Stanford has never had a major NCAA violation because of their students. It takes a certain kind of strong character and background to work hard enough to achieve the grades and credentials necessary to be admitted to Stanford. Such a student will not be easily tempted by the For-Profit Types and Rogue Boosters. Likewise, such a student undoubtedly has family members who are supportive and intolerant of anything resembling cheating.
So, how about PSU? How has JoePa succeeded in running a "clean program" for 40+ years? Obviously, the man himself has a strong character and he has not tolerated the For-Profit types and the Rouge Boosters.
But there is also a piece of this puzzle that involves the types of players recruited. Has JoePa recruited the "risky" players and successfully transformed them? or are those "risky" recruits avoided? I do not know the answer since I have not followed PSU recruiting.
Not that I want the comments to devolve into more bashing of tOSU and Tressel, but T. Pryor is a good case study. Pryor was recruited heavily by PSU, Michigan (once RichRod was hired) and tOSU. So, clearly, JoePa was willing to overlook some of the "warning signs." But interesting question about what ran through Pryor's mind. Obviously, recruits consider which program is mostly likely to help get them drafted. But, if the recruit is self-interested or money-minded, do the recruits take that into account? Is "too country" code for "not enough $100 handshakes"?
Add to that: Is JoePa's strength of character too strong for the self-interested "risky" recruits? My guess is that the recruits learn what they can get away with before signing their LOI.
Anyway, the type of recruit matters. Off the top of my head, I can't remember who, but someone recently said: "you recruit your own trouble." The converse is true as well.
Defining "Success With Honor"
Another way of defining something is to define its opposite. With greatest respect to the man and to Penn State, you just parted ways with a basketball coach that "did not quite succeed," but certainly did so with honor. From what I have read on PSU blogs and media, said former bball coach was a source of much internal conflict/debate. The "with honor" was much lauded, but there was great tension with the "not quite succeeding."
As for the football program and what happens "After Joe:" the crux of the matter is whether a school can win championships without cheating and without recruiting "risky" players? The answer is yes. Stanford does it all the time in the non-revenue sports; PSU as well.


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I have been considering replacing my standard TVs with new LCD flat screens. I have read that regular house models are not good because they can't tolerate the extreme temperatures during storage. (Closed RV in summer sun 130F+, winter upstate NY below 0F).
However, I have only found one brand (Jensen) that the specs mention extreme temperatures. Camping world sells regular TVs for use in motor homes. Their tech support people said they are meant for full timers who do not store their coaches (give me a break).
Both Sylvania and Toshiba tech support confirm that their OPERATING temperature range is 41F to 104F. Neither had any info on STORAGE temperature ranges. Toshiba said that freezing temperatures would not be good for LCD displays. However, he conceded that they do ship new TVs to northern climates in winter in unheated trucks.
So, have any of you installed regular LCD TVs in your coach and stored them in hot summer heat or below freezing winters? If so, any problems? What brands/models did you use? Have any of you bought a coach with a regular LCD TV in it?
Please help.
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We have a 2008 TREK with a 26" Sharp Acquos LCD TV. Last year, we had the unit in storage in Madison, WI until mid January. The temperature was down below 0F at more than one point. After we reached Florida, we fired it up and had no problems so whatever.
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Wealthy Americans Don't Actually Earn Their Money, Merely 'Receive' or 'Claim' It, Says NY Times Reporter
A Wednesday post by economics reporter Catherine Rampell on the paper's Economix blog hits hard at the common liberal target of "extreme" and "stark" income inequality in America: "Inequality Is Most Extreme in Wealth, Not Income."
Rampell's word choice sent the message (perhaps unconsciously) that income isn't earned through hard work or talent but is instead passively and undeservedly "received," distributed by some nameless but powerful entity.
Typically, comments about rising inequality refer to the stark disparities in incomes of the very highest-paid Americans and everyone. We have observed in several posts, for example, that most of the income gains over the last few decades have gone to the very richest Americans. That means the highest-paid Americans have been claiming a larger and larger share of earnings.
Rampell even composed a chart "showing what percentage of all of America's income (including capital gains) is going to each of several income classes, today versus previous years."
Pretty striking, right? As of 2008, about 21 percent of income was received by just 1 percent of earners.
She showed an income inequality chart from the liberal Economic Policy Institute as well.
The top 1 percent of earners receive about a fifth of all American income; on the other hand, the top 1 percent of Americans by net worth hold about a third of American wealth. (Note that the top income earners are not necessarily the same people as the top net-worth Americans -- after all, lots of high-net-worth people don't work or have much else in the way of sources of new income.) Wealth-related inequality has also been relatively stable over the last few decades, whereas income-related inequality has been growing since the '70s.
Rampell concluded by looking for a way to justify a wealth tax:
Proposals for a wealth tax resurface periodically. The idea is always contentious since it basically requires double-taxation of earnings. There are lots of existing examples of double-taxation on the books, though.
(Hat tip Karol)
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Submitted by Ashrak on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 4:00pm.
Let's make income taxes match that, huh?
Two can play that ballgame. Let's just do exactly that, shall we? I'm sure that the author of this piece will see that as right and proper, won't she? It is using her own methods, right?
Not only this a epic fail, but the foolishness of a "wealth tax" is straight up marxism. It is taking just because something is there for the taking.
This nation has GOT to get serious again about private property. If it does not, another civil war will ensue. Theft is theft and there is now something that wasn't in existence for almost a century and a half - that being an incorporated right to USE arms in defense of hearth and home.
Many have still not absorbed just how far reaching and profound Heller and McDonald really are. I suppose that shouldn't come as a surprise, those same folks still have not absorbed just how far reaching and profound enumerated rights themselves are even when ratified as amendments to the Constitution itself.
Americans need to wake up.
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Wow, that's shocking!!
Submitted by Dave81 on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 4:02pm.
About 21% of income was received by just 1% of earners?? Oh noos!!! Let's also take a look at what % of taxes those same people paid, shall we?
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Another interesting article.
Submitted by Par for the Course on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 6:22pm.
No Country Leans on Upper-Income Households as Much as U.S.
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Everyday people are free to
Submitted by Edhenry on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 4:07pm.
Everyday people are free to "claim" their worth on the open labor market in an economy that is dynamic and growing. Anyone can claim more, or less.
Claim away!
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Who voted for the progressive
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 4:08pm.
Who voted for the progressive tax anyway!? It was very short sighted not to see where that would lead to. Very few people paying taxes so the remainder vote themselves the treasury. Real intelligent! RNC asleep again. Don't compromise with the DNC! Get you position to the people. Learn how to overcome the media bias with straight talk! Point out lies clearly & back that up!
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16th, 17th, & 18th
Submitted by Kingfish17 on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 4:57pm.
Within the course of six years, Progressives passed three amendments to the Constitution that took away a great deal of individual liberty and freedom:
16th - Income Tax
17th - Senate Elected by popular vote
18th - Prohibition on liquor
Here' a very eloquent 10 minute video explaining the ramifications of this time in our history, (that does end on a positive note).
"You can't go take a trip to Las Vegas...on the taxpayer's dime." Barack Obama
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The Left actually does
Submitted by MikeB on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 4:08pm.
The Left actually does believe that income should be distributed by nameless powerful entity. That entity is the Democrat Party. Their saint, Karl Marx said, "to each according to his need, from each according to his ability." The Left believes that with all their heart. So, the wealth accumulated by the rich is undeserved and was stolen by the workers of the proletariat. The bourgeoise expoliters of the proletariat masses NEED to have all their property and wealth confiscated and redistributed to the workers who actually earned that wealth. So what if marxism/communism/socialism failed in the Soviet Union? They were a bunch of low-brow, mentally deficient Europeans, and we are Americans and, therefore, much smarter than those dumb Russkies. It'll work here!
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Submitted by Back Row on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 5:03pm.
This is news? Maybe the statistics have evolved but the point hasn't changed for ages.
Oh, and just IMO, someone proposing a wealth tax is asking to be "purged" by their own ideology.
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Well, when the federal
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 5:45pm.
Well, when the federal reserves is feeling a bit pinched, they print more to help ease their angst.
Does that bother the ultra liberal "HATE THE RICH" crowd?
End 'gun violence in America' - Require training and MANDATORY "Shall Carry" by every Citizen.
If harry reid is the best person to lead the senate, what does that say about the other 99 senators?
If harry reid is the best person to lead the senate, what does that say about the other 99 senators?
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Maybe for her next post, Rampell can tell us about those jobs...
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 6:15pm.
...she got from poor people over the years.
And I hate to tell this stoopid communist witch, but wealth is a big part of what is paying for all those wonderful (but unconstitutional) social programs she and her comrades are so fond of.
The problem is, we are no-longer generating anywhere near enough wealth in America to afford all this crap, which is why we are going to do a fair imitation of the Titanic in a few short years.
Of course, the commies can go ahead and confiscate a large chunk of what wealth that actually still exists in America, and send us over the cliff far sooner.
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Libutards ARE 'the wealthy' who 'haven't earned it'
Submitted by Slyrr on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 7:00pm.
NY Times putting Democrats 'in the crosshairs!' (military lingo/violent extremist language)
Nearly every Democrat politician/policy wonk ARE the people the NY Times is targeting here!
Democrat powermongers live lives of luxury and opulence, but hardly ANY of them 'earn' their money. Their wealth is had because their parents were rich, or they otherwise inherited their money from trust funds and the like by people who earned it LONG before they ever came along.
Look at the Kennedys. Look at Teresa Kerry, who pocketed her GOP husband's wealth after he died, then started spending it all on liberals. Look at her gigolo husband - who hasn't earned a dime outside the government payroll, but hunted down and married TWO wealthy women so he could live in mansions and buy yachts.
For Pete's sake, the entire liberal philosophy is BASED on seizing money from people who have it and then giving it away to people who 'didn't earn it'.
If the libutards at the NY times want to start killing off 'the 'wealthy who haven't earned their fortunes', they'd better start getting their own necks fitted for those lynching ropes. Or shorten the process by hanging themselves. Think of all the worm food they'd provide for their beloved Earth Mother Gaea.
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So, by extension...
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 1:01am.
So by extension, when those rich people go bankrupt, they're not actually broke, just retuning that claimed money, right?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
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Rich people spend and invest that money
Submitted by IdahoJim on Fri, 04/01/2011 - 6:54pm.
And investing is just loaning money to someone who spends it.
I read a guy who was complaining that millionares were building a bunch of mansions somewhere near his town. Unfortunetly, there was no way for me to comment back to him. So I will do it here.
Buster, millionares do NOT build houses, they pay carpenters, designers, engineers, plumbers, electricians, masons, cabinet makers, and a whole host of other trades to build a mansion. They pay for lumber, plaster, drywall, wiring, plumbing fixtures, doors, countertops, paint, trim. In other words, they SPEND their money. Think about all the people employed when a mansion is built.
There. I have vented my spleen. Thank you all for your tolerance.
BTW I'm setting up a blog site this weekend. I've got plenty more spleens to vent. And comments will be welcome.
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A PROLIFIC burglar who raided homes in Redditch has been jailed for 32 months.
Dominic O'Sullivan, aged 25, of Ibstock Close, Redditch admitted two charges of burglary.
The charges related to break-ins in Bodenham Close, Redditch, overnight between July 10 and 11 in which a television worth £200, a laptop computer worth £200, and purse containing 200 Euros were stolen, and in Goodrich Close, Redditch, during the early hours of July 17 in which he reached in through an insecure window and took the car keys to an Audi A3, worth £15,000, and then stole the vehicle from off the drive.
O'Sullivan asked for a further 14 burglaries and attempted burglaries which happened between March and July 2012 to be taken into consideration.
He was jailed by Recorder Rachel Brand QC sitting at Worcester Crown Court on Thursday, February 7.
Detective Sergeant Martin Grant of West Mercia Police said: "O'Sullivan is a prolific burglar, who typically targeted homes while the occupants were asleep in bed.
"Most of the burglaries were in Winyates, where he lived, and he committed many of the offences within weeks or even days of each other during a period from May to July. It is likely he took advantage of the warm weather to target properties where doors and windows had been left open or unlocked.
"Burglaries are extremely distressing and victims are particularly traumatised when their homes are broken into at night while they are asleep in bed.
"However O'Sullivan's co-operation in admitting to a number of other burglaries and attempted burglaries enabled us to detect offences which may otherwise have remained unsolved, and we hope this gives the victims a measure of closure."
DS Grant added that the case demonstrated the importance of keeping doors and easily accessible windows secure, even on warm summer nights.
Reducing burglaries is a priority for West Mercia Police, and Citadel, an initiative launched by the force in September involving the deployment of a range of operational tactics to catch burglars and a targeted crime prevention advice campaign, is continuing.
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With three straight wins providing momentum, the JU men's basketball team embarks on a four-game homestand on Thursday, hosting Atlantic Sun Conference leading Lipscomb.
Tipoff is set for 7:15 p.m. at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in the second half of a doubleheader with the JU women. The game will be broadcast on 1010XL with Barry Milligan and Artis Gilmore calling the action. Fans can also watch the game on ASun.TV.
Jacksonville (6-8, 3-3 A-Sun) has recovered from an 0-3 start in A-sun play with three straight wins by double digits, the latest being an 82-58 victory at Florida Gulf Coast on Sunday. The four games at home will be a welcome respite for the Dolphins, who played 11 of their first 14 away from home.
"We are looking forward to playing our next four games at home after our road schedule," said JU head coach Cliff Warren. "Lipscomb is playing at a high level right now with a lot of confidence. We know what they are capable of doing to teams and we have to come out focused and ready to play."
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AFTER 12 years at Independence Park in Black River, St Elizabeth, promoter GT Taylor says he is considering relocating his Christmas Extravaganza show.
The 13th staging of the event took place on Christmas Day and drew an estimated 8,000 patrons. But Taylor says it has become too costly to rent Independence Park which is run by the St Elizabeth Parish Council.
"If I don't get any assistance from the powers that be, I'll seriously consider moving out of the parish 'cause others are asking," Taylor told Splash.
He says the rental fee for Independence Park is his biggest concern. It cost $260,000 to use the venue last month, a figure Taylor believes is too high considering the poor state of the facility.
"There's no proper fencing or bathrooms...We had to pay for these things from our own pocket," he said.
Without going into details, Everton Fisher, mayor of Black River and head of the St Elizabeth Parish Council, acknowledged there are "problems" at Independence Park but hopes "an amicable arrangement can be reached between council and Mr Taylor."
According to Fisher, once the parish council gets its books in order, they will hold a meeting with Taylor.
"It would be regrettable if the show moved," he said.
The inaugural Christmas Extravaganza was a dance held at Hendricks Wharf in Black River in 2001.
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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – Lake Meredith is at an all time low dropping below 40 feet. This record coincides with the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, CRMWA, deciding its water allocations.
Lake Meredith supplies water to 11 different cities including Lubbock. With water levels low, the total amount CRMWA allotted to Lubbock dropped by almost 13%, but officials said they're not worried.
"Lake Meredith is at an all time low, but that comes as no surprise to anybody at the city," said Councilman Jim Gilbreath. "Years ago the city started planning for this eventuality and now it's come to pass."
Last year CRMWA allotted a total of 80,000 acre feet of water to the 11 cities. One acre foot is equivalent to an acre of land under one foot of water. Making up that total, 55,000 acre feet came from groundwater and 25,000 came from Lake Meredith.
With the help of pipeline expansions, CRMWA is able to use more groundwater to accommodate the low lake levels. "What the city did along with the members of CRMWA is to acquire the water rights to over 200,000 acres in Roberts County," said Gilbreath.
Next year CRMWA will allocate 65,000 acre feet from groundwater and significantly lower the amount from Lake Meredith to only 5,000. That's 20,000 acre feet less than what is being taken out of Lake Meredith currently.
Even with more pipeline expansions, CRMWA still had to lower the total amount allocated to 70,000 acre feet, but Lubbock still has other wells to tap into.
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