Electronic vaping devices and cartridges will now be accepted during this weekend’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant joined the Drug Enforcement Administration in making the announcement Wednesday.

The biannual event is an effort to rid homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. The service is free and anonymous.

U.S. Attorney Dunavant says it’s important to note that DEA cannot accept devices containing lithium ion batteries. If batteries cannot be removed prior to drop-off, DEA encourages individuals to consult with stores that recycle lithium ion batteries.

Concerns have been raised across the United States over illnesses and death caused by vaping and the high youth vaping initiation rates.

In an effort to support a healthy lifestyle and energetic population, especially among America’s youth, DEA is committed to doing all it can to help safely dispose of vaping devices and substances.

In Weakley County, National Take Back Day will be this Saturday from 9am to 1pm at City Drug in Gleason, and from 10am to 2pm at Festival Park in Martin, Tate Family Food in Greenfield, and Fred’s in Dresden.

Two Obion County men are facing charges in Dunklin County, Missouri and Weakley County, Tennessee in the theft and resale of air conditioning coils.

Weakley County Sheriff’s Investigator Captain Randall McGowan says Vernon Edward Harrell, of Mason Hall, and William Robert Hamm, of Obion, were arrested Monday in Kennett, Missouri after allegedly stealing about 30 air conditioner coils from Superior Heating and Cooling in Dresden early that morning.

It was the fourth time in four weeks items had been taken from the business.

McGowan says after learning that people from Obion County had been selling items at a scrap metal business in Kennett, Missouri matching the date and description of items stolen in Dresden, a Weakley County investigator waited until Harrell and Hamm arrived to sell the stolen coils.

Both were arrested by the Kennett Police Department for Possession of Stolen Property. Hamm also has a Violation of Probation charge pending from Obion County.

Harrell and Hamm are charged with Theft over $2,500 in Weakley County and will be extradited back to Tennessee.

Sites in Crockett and Dyer Counties are among four new Select Tennessee Certified Sites.

The Select Tennessee program helps communities prepare industrial sites for private investment and job creation.

The Crockett County Industrial – Friendship/Bivens Site sponsored by Crockett County government and the Commerce Park Interstate Site sponsored by the Dyersburg/Dyer County Chamber of Commerce join sites in Greenville and Manchester as the newest Select sites.

To date, 23 companies have invested over $1.8 billion dollars in capital investment to construct facilities on certified sites, accounting for more than 7,200 new job commitments.

The Sharon City Board is taking steps to address an order from the State Water and Wastewater Finance Board.

During Monday night’s meeting, City Recorder Donna Stricklin read a letter from the state board.

The state order required the City of Sharon to have a rate study and policy review, with the recommendation of Mark Butler to do the study and review for a cost of $3,000 dollars.

Alderman James Gary Roberts explained the detail of the required study.

The City of Sharon has until October 31st to submit the contract with Butler to the State and a deadline of February 28th of next year to submit a report of plan implementation to the State Water and Wastewater Finance Board.

The City of Greenfield recently implemented changes to its policy to satisfy an order from the state board.

A 12-year-old boy is being treated after being hit by a vehicle Tuesday night in Martin.

Martin Assistant Police Chief Phillip Fuqua says the accident happened around 5:20 at the intersection of Summer and University Streets.

When officers arrived, they discovered that a red 2005 Jeep, driven by 63-year-0ld Terry King, of Martin, was traveling north on Summer Street and as it came to the intersection, it collided with a bicyclist headed west on the south side of University Street on the sidewalk.

Fuqua says a 12-year-old boy riding the bicycle was transported for non-life-threatening injuries.

King was not injured in the crash.

Martin Police Department crash reconstructionist Trae Vaughn was called to the scene and the investigation continues.

The skull found over the weekend in Gibson County has been identified as that of a missing Milan woman.

Gibson County Sheriff Paul Thomas confirmed Tuesday that the skull found near the Gibson-Carroll County line Saturday is that of missing 22-year-old Sarah Michelle Phillips.

Phillips has been missing since January 9th of this year.

In a press release Monday, Sheriff Thomas said that a dog brought the remains to its owner in a wooded area near the Gibson-Carroll County line Saturday.

Investigators searched the area for additional remains and evidence but didn’t find anything.

Thomas says the medical examiner’s office in Memphis identified the remains as Phillips using partial dental records and adds that authorities will continue to search the area and investigate the circumstances of Phillips’ disappearance.