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Officer says he witnessed machete attack
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Lacy Garrison
Updated: Aug 26, 2011, 12:27 AM
Published: Aug 26, 2011, 1:27 AM

A man who allegedly attacked another man with a machete in front of a police officer had to be subdued by guards Tuesday after he became disruptive following his arraignment in court.
The suspect, Jeremy Lee Davis, 24, had been given a Sept. 20 hearing date on aggravated assault charges when he began yelling and cursing toward General Sessions Judge Larry Ross. The verbal tirade continued as officers pulled him from the courtroom and then later took him to jail.
It is not known if additional charges will be leveled for his outburst. However, the court has made a history of giving additional jail time to those who disrupt court.
Davis was in court on felony assault charges for an incident witnessed by McMinnville police investigator Stuart Whitman on Monday. According to Whitman, he was at Green Acres Apartments where he was investigating vandalism at the complex. While he was standing in an upstairs breezeway, Whitman said he saw Davis attack another man with a machete-type blade, about a foot in length.
“The victim was sitting in the driver seat of a vehicle in the parking lot with the window down,” Whitman said in his warrant. “Davis charged the vehicle and thrust the machete through the window at the victim’s head.”
Whitman said the victim got away and was able to get out of the parking lot without getting cut. “Davis then struck the vehicle as the victim was driving away,” Whitman noted.
Aggravated assault carries three to six years in prison.
Local farm partnership brings fresh beef to Warren County Schools
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Published: Apr 2, 2025, 11:31 PM

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