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Teen caught after chase in moms car
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Lacy Garrison
Updated: Jun 22, 2011, 12:10 AM
Published: Jun 22, 2011, 1:10 AM

A teen who led lawmen on a chase through three counties after reportedly stealing his mother’s car will serve four months in jail.
The defendant, Mickey Evan Russell, 19, was sentenced to serve 120 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence by General Sessions Judge Larry Ross on charges of domestic assault and reckless endangerment. Charges of theft, reckless endangerment and driving on a suspended license were dropped as terms of the plea bargain. He will be required to attend anger management classes as part of his sentence.
His sentence comes after he snatched his mother’s car keys and left their residence. Deputies were alerted to the stolen vehicle and were told to be on the lookout. The vehicle was spotted in the Centertown area and officers attempted to pull him over. However, the teen accelerated away from the officer.
“When he pulled onto the highway he almost ran into oncoming traffic,” recalled deputy Brad Myers in his evading arrest warrant against Russell, noting the teen was driving recklessly. “I saw him spin out and hit the sign at the intersection of Ivy Bluff.”
Myers said Russell was traveling at speeds in excess of 90 mph at times despite rainy conditions. Deputy Myers said he stopped the pursuit for the safety of the public. The chase, however, was picked up by Cannon County authorities once he entered their county, but Russell was able to evade capture there too. He was eventually stopped and arrested by Rutherford County lawmen. It was then learned he was driving on a suspended license which had been suspended for violation of the truancy law.
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