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General Sessions
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Judge Bill Locke heard a 44-person docket Tuesday in General Sessions Court.
Cases not listed below were either dismissed or continued to a later date. Included in court action:
• Gregory T. Bouldin was given an 11-month, 29-day probationary sentence and 25 hours community service work for shoplifting. He must pay restitution and was allowed to enter into a judicial diversion.
• Jeremiah Buckner lost his trapping license for one year and was ordered to forfeit five traps for illegally setting steel traps.
• Mary Jo Stanley-Bunch was ordered to serve 30 days for violation of probation.
• Jessica R. Fitts was given an 11-month, 29-day probationary sentence and 25 hours community service work for shoplifting. She was ordered to stay out of Walmart.
• Marco Delgado Garcia was given 10 days for failure to appear.
• Randy Gilley was ordered to serve six months for violation of probation.
• Christopher E. Grissom was ordered to serve 48 hours of an 11-month, 29-day sentence and ordered to perform 25 hours community service work for shoplifting. He was ordered to stay out of Walmart.
• Coleen Jones was allowed to enter the second chance program for domestic assault.
• Jordan McCary was given an 11-month, 29-day probationary sentence and 25 hours community service work for child neglect or endangerment. A judicial diversion was allowed.
• Raymond Moore was given a judicial diversion for public intoxication.
• Richard E. Watson was given an 11-29 probationary sentence for simple possession of marijuana.
• Ricky Charles Willis Jr., was ordered to serve 10 days of an 11-29 sentence for domestic assault and simple possession.
• Crystal G. Brock was ordered to serve 20 days and had her probation extended by six months for violation of probation and failure to appear.
• David Alan Johnson was given an 11-29 probationary sentence for reckless endangerment and was ordered to forfeit his weapon and carry permit. He was allowed to enter into a judicial diversion.
• Michael Leon Medley was ordered to serve 95 days of an 11-29 sentence and was given 25 hours public service work for simple possession of a schedule II drug, and violation of probation.
• Jimmy Carl Russell was ordered to serve the balance of his former sentence and was given 10 additional days for shoplifting, failure to appear, and violation of probation.

CLARIFICATION
Jamie Lanette Brock, who lives at 8840 Beersheba Street and works at Walmart, is not the Jammie Brock charged with theft.

Local farm partnership brings fresh beef to Warren County Schools
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Warren County Schools has beefed up lunch menus this school year through a new community partnership. Thanks to a collaboration between the district’s School Nutrition Department and Barton Creek Farms, students at Warren County High School, Warren County Middle School, West Elementary, Eastside Elementary, and Dibrell Elementary are enjoying locally sourced, farm-fresh beef in their lunches as part of a pilot program.

The initiative, spearheaded by Terri Mullican, Director of School Nutrition, has already shown great promise in its first few months. The partnership with Barton Creek Farms, located in Rock Island, Tennessee, ensures that the beef served is not only local to Warren County but of the highest quality. Barton Creek Farms specializes in farm-to-fork beef, with grass-fed and grain-finished cattle. Each calf is born and raised in Rock Island and goes through USDA-inspected processing, ensuring it meets the strictest safety and quality standards.

“When the opportunity arose to provide fresh, local beef, we knew it was a no-brainer,” Mullican said. “The fact that it’s a product from right here in our community makes it even more special. We can’t wait to implement it district-wide.”

Barton Creek Farms delivers fresh ground beef to the district monthly, and the nutrition

department incorporates it into homemade recipes such as lasagna, meatloaf, chili, and tacos.

As of now, the beef is being served at five schools, but the ultimate goal is to expand the program to all ten lunch-serving schools in the district.

The pilot program originated from a conversation between Mary Roller of Barton Creek Farms and Mullican. Roller, recognizing the farm’s potential to support local schools, reached out to gauge the district’s interest in serving local beef to students. Around the same time, a Warren County school board member contacted Mullican to share information about a similar partnership in neighboring Dekalb County, which helped push the initiative forward.

The timing worked in the district’s favor, as the nutrition department was able to fund the purchase of the beef using existing resources, eliminating the need for additional funding. Now that the pilot program is enjoying a successful run, the department has budgeted to extend the partnership district-wide for the 2025-26 school year.

Dr. Grant Swallows, Director of Schools, praised the program’s economic approach to student nutrition.

“This pilot is a perfect example of how we can use local resources to continue providing nutritious, healthy meals for our students,” he said. “We are grateful for partnerships like this one that benefit both our students and our local community. We always strive to support our local businesses when we can because our community is so good to us.”

In addition to working with Warren County Schools, Barton Creek Farms also partners with local restaurants to offer farm-fresh beef on their menus. The farm’s offerings include ground beef, steaks, roasts, and custom cuts by the quarter, half, or whole cow, meeting diverse consumer needs.

As the program continues to grow, the district hopes to expand its focus on farm-to-school meals, benefiting students’ health and connecting them to the agricultural roots of the community