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Bonnaroo Stats
Wednesday June 19, 2013
The Tennessee Highway Patrol's Chattanooga District released final statistics from its work at the Bonnaroo festival last week.
The 12th annual festival took place in Manchester and the THP logged almost 6,000 combined hours of work over the six day span.
Seventeen vehicle crashes, including one with fatalities, three wrecks with injuries and 13 with property damage were investigated by troopers.
THP issued 22 speeding citations, while nine suspects were cited for DUI. Officials also cited nine revoked or suspended license offenders and responded to 555 motorist assist called during the event.
Citizenship Ruling
AP Wednesday June 19, 2013
Tennessee election officials plan to review a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that says states cannot demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so.
The Court's 7-2 ruling complicates efforts in Arizona and other states to bar voting by people who are in the country illegally.
Tennessee passed a law two years ago that allows state election officials to purge noncitizen residents from election rolls.
State officials plan to review the court's ruling to see if it affects Tennessee.
LIHEAP Applications
Jay Walker Tuesday June 18, 2013
New Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program applicants will need to apply on October 1st this year instead of July 1st. Administration of the federal program will be transferred from the Tennessee Department of Human Services to the Tennessee Housing Development Agency effective October 1st.
Given this transition, funds offered through the program will now be awarded to coincide with the federal fiscal year beginning October 1st.
The program's mission is to assist households of low-income in help them meet their immediate home energy needs. In state fiscal year 2012, the program served over 145,000 Tennessee households.
County Commission
Jay Walker Tuesday June 18, 2013
The full Warren County Commission met Monday night and passed a resolution to adopt a continuing budget until the new budget is passed. The new budget is expected to be considered at the July meeting.
In other business, commissioners approved four budget amendments and approved the school system's federal programs budget.
Monday night's County Commission meeting can be heard in its entirety Tuesday at 10am and 5pm on 960 WBMC and online at www.960wbmc.com.
School Board
Jay Walker Tuesday June 18, 2013
The Warren County School Board will meet Tuesday night at the Central office.
The board will receive the Director's operations report, and will get reports from the Facilities and Resources and Curriculum and Achievement committees.
The board meeting will follow the committee meetings, beginning with Facilities and Resources at 6pm.
