The New England Patriots are in Nashville tonight to take on the Titans.
The match-up will be the first home scrimmage of the season for Tennessee.
The Titans are (1-0) in pre-season play, after their opening week win over the Philadelphia Eagles.
Broadcast of the Titans and Patriots game can be heard on 105.7 WQAK “The Quake” starting at 5:00.
The Martin Police Department and Weakley County Sheriff’s Department are participating in a Labor Day campaign to get drunk drivers off the roads and save lives.
The high-visibility national enforcement campaign, “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over,” is running now through Labor Day, and during this period, local law enforcement will show zero tolerance for drunk driving.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 10,874 people were killed in drunk-driving crashes in 2017.
On average, 10,000 people were killed each year from 2013 to 2017 — one person was killed in drunk-driving crashes every 48 minutes in 2017.
Weakley County Sheriff’s Deputy Gary Eddings says, “Labor Day should be a time for friends and family to come together to enjoy the last days of summer. We need commitment from our community members that they’ll keep the streets free of drunk drivers so that everyone can have a safe holiday. This is a campaign to get the message out that drunk driving is illegal and it takes lives. Help us put an end to this senseless behavior.”
Martin Police Department Captain Eric Reed adds, “Drunk driving is not acceptable behavior. It is essential to plan a sober ride home before you ever leave for the party. That’s why, during the Labor Day holiday, we will make zero exceptions for drunk driving. There are just no excuses.”
With that, the Martin Police Department will be conducting a DUI Checkpoint on August 25 between 2:00 AM and 4:00 AM on University Street.
The checkpoint is in conjunction with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office in their Labor Day campaign, “Booze It and Lose It” as well as NHTSA’s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” nationwide mobilization.
A prayer movement will kick-off in Obion County on Saturday night at 6:00.
“Awaken Northwest Tennessee” is a city wide initiative to unify churches to pray for every person in Obion County.
The event will start at 6:00 at the Capitol Theater in downtown Union City, and is a launch into a month long fasting and prayer to unite community members.
Those who participate will receive a prayer packet, which includes a prayer guide and 15 names of individuals in the community.
The Weakley County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a case of vandalism at a local nursing home.
Captain Randall McGowan says deputies were called early Thursday to Weakley County Rehab and Nursing Center in Dresden where a glass door had been shattered during the night.
Administrator David McBride tells Thunderbolt Radio News that the nursing home has security cameras to insure safety for the center’s residents and staff.
Bethel University and SC Technical College announced a partnership agreement Friday that will make it easier for graduates of the SC System’s 16 colleges across the state to transfer to Bethel to complete their bachelor’s degrees.
The partnership is designed to aid students in making a smoother transition from the SC Technical College System to Bethel University.
It will help reduce lost time to graduation and relieve some of the added financial burden now associated with transferring. Participating students must graduate from a transfer-oriented associate degree program at a South Carolina technical college with a 2.0 or higher grade-point average.
Kentucky State Police, at Post 1, are investigating the death of an inmate from the Calloway County Jail.
State Police was notified of an inmate death on Thursday night at the Calloway County Jail.
78 year old Joe Barnett, of Murray, was discovered unresponsive after laying down in his bunk.
He was pronounced deceased at the scene, and an autopsy has been scheduled.
State Police reports say no foul play is suspected.
The Dyersburg Police Department is investigating several copper thefts from local businesses this week.
Police Chief Steve Isbell says several local business owners noticed their air-conditioning units not cooling properly, and later discovered the units had been vandalized with the copper wiring and tubing removed.
Prior to stealing the copper wire and tubing, the electrical cord was severed leaving the unit without power.
Chief Isbell says the thefts started around Tuesday from Shevon’s Above & Beyond Hair Salon, Day One Dyer County Day Shelter, and New To Me, all on East Court Street, and the McDonald’s office building on Mall Boulevard.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Dyersburg Police Department.
A racial discrimination case involving a Dyersburg apartment group has been settled in federal court.
According to a consent order, in 2012, Lee Clark, who is black, sought to move in to the Meadow Lane Apartments in Dyersburg, but his application was allegedly rejected because he had a prior felony conviction.
Mr. Clark was later banished from the property.
However, an investigation by the United States revealed that apartment group had not rejected or banished two comparable white applicants with criminal records.
On Tuesday, Dyersburg Apartments Limited and MACO Management Company agreed to settle with Mr. Clark for $42,250.
A Union City Council member ignited a conversation about city and business growth, during a recent meeting at the Municipal Building.
Councilman Frank Tucker began the discussion, when he addressed City Manager Kathy Dillon about the city population.
Ms. Dillon then explained a process in which potential businesses use to select a location.
Councilman Randy Barnes and Mayor Hailey also spoke about local business.
Ms. Dilllon told Councilman Tucker that despite the cities size, her office does receive inquiries concerning properties and possible incentives for potential new businesses.
Union City High School will have a change in the day they graduate this year.
During the monthly school board meeting this week, assistant Director of School’s Micheal Paul Miller announced that Union City Seniors will receive their diplomas on a Saturday night.
The move to May 16th breaks a long tradition of graduation services at War Memorial Stadium on Sunday night.
During the brief meeting, school board members Karl Ullrich and Dr. Wright Jernigan were named as trustees for the Sick Leave Bank.
They now join Education Association faculty members Abby Cruce and Alicia Suiter, along with Director of School’s Wes Kennedy.
The board also approved the hiring of non-faculty coaches, that included Austin Atwill for middle school baseball, and Savion Hayslett as an assistant for middle school football.
Director Kennedy also announced that high school English teach, and assistant softball coach Chelsea Farmer had resigned to accept an assistant softball position at UT-Martin.
We Care Ministries is set to reopen Saturday after a large awning collapsed from the building Tuesday.
The awning fell around 1:00 Tuesday afternoon on a day when the store was closed to the public.
No one was injured.
Director Betty Baker says We Care will be open regular hours Saturday and that the ministry is once again accepting donations.
A Correctional officer, from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, has plead guilty to federal civil rights charges of beating an inmate.
United States Attorney for Western Tennessee, Micheal Dunavant, announced that 29 year old Nathaniel Griffin made the plea to using unlawful force on an inmate.
The charges stemmed from an incident on, or about February 1st, when Griffin and four unnamed correctional officers entered the cell of an inmate in a mental health unit.
After the inmate spit, reports said the fellow inmates covered a surveillance camera and repeatedly punched the inmate, with Griffin making no attempt to stop the actions.
When the punching by the inmates ceased, reports said the inmate then spat on Griffin, with Griffin also punching the inmate several times.
When leaving the cell, reports said Griffin spoke with the other officers about concocting a false story of what happened to the inmate.
With his plea, Griffin now faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, with a sentencing date set for November 13th.
The case was investigated by the Memphis Division of the FBI, along with Tennessee Corrections and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
