Local News
– More than a dozen horses are recovering on a Shelbyville farm after being rescued from a horseback riding stable in Rutherford County. As we told you yesterday, Jason Lancaster, the owner of Pinnacle Stables in Christiana, is charged with multiple underage sex crimes. During the investigation, police also discovered multiple horses on the property were not in good condition. Jenny Earhart with California-based Premier Equine Rehab stepped in. She took 13 horses from the property and says many are malnourished, hobbling, or have cuts and sores.Earhart is hopeful all of the horses will survive. One horse, in particular, is unable to walk on all four legs. She is keeping them relaxed and well-fed until they can see a veterinarian this week.
Student Resource Officers in several Middle Tennessee schools are confiscating three times as many vapes compared to this time last year. Last year was the first year Wilson County Sheriff’s Office said they got THC test kits. The purple color tells SROs there is THC inside a student’s vape. That determines if they charge them with possession of tobacco or marijuana. WCSO said if they find a student with a vape that has .3% or more THC inside, they can charge them for simple possession of a Schedule VI drug. They can also charge them for public intoxication if they are exhibiting signs of impairment.
The United Autoworkers have been striking at select Big Three Automaker plants for the last three weeks. As a part of their strategy, they’ve kept everyone in the dark about which plants are next — including their own workers. Whether or not Spring hill is selected to strike next, the plant could still eventually send workers home. As UAW grows the strike, if Spring Hill’s part manufacturers are taken offline, GM may be forced to furlough workers in the mid-state.
Sen. Ferrell Haile (R-Gallatin) says he was told by Homeland Security that when school is in session the investigate as many as five school threats a week. Currently, it’s a Class-A misdemeanor to make such a threat. Haile has introduced a bill that would add a Class-E felony for a general threat of mass violence and a Class-D felony if that threat is targeted somewhere specific, like a place of worship, school or government building. The Class-D felony carries between two and 12 years in jail and a potential fine of $5,000 or less.