New Market Fire and Rescue Station No. 2 reports burglary

On Tuesday, July 18th Deputies and Investigators responded to the New Market Fire and Resue Station #2 on Dandridge Pike in Strawberry Plains on a report of burglary.

Firefighters had responded to a brush fire only to learn that equipment had been stolen from an engine and tanker. Chainsaws, fans, hand tools and a combination Amkus extrication tool were missing. Authorities say it is important that the life-saving equipment is located and returned immediately

If you have information please call Det Sgt Robbie McMahan 865-471-6000 ext 1109 or 911.

Magna to provide Ford with parts for electric trucks

NASHVILLE (AP) — Auto parts manufacturer Magna plans to invest more than $790 million to build two facilities to supply Ford Motor Co. with parts at Ford’s new electric truck factory in Tennessee, officials said Thursday.

Magna will create about 1,300 new jobs across three plants with two in Stanton and one assembly plant in Lawrenceburg, state officials said.

Ford is building an electric pickup truck factory in rural Stanton in a joint venture with South Korean battery manufacturer, SK On. The Detroit-based automaker said the assembly plant and the battery plant will employ about 6,000 people with an investment of roughly $5.6 billion.

Ford plans to start production by 2025 and build up to 500,000 trucks a year at full output.

Magna’s two locations at the so-called BlueOval City in Stanton include a new frame and battery enclosures plant and a seating facility, officials said. Stanton is located about 50 miles east of Memphis.

Three Men Sentenced for Armed Carjacking

Three Tennessee men were each sentenced today to 10 years and one month in prison for committing an armed carjacking of two victims at a gas station in Bolivar, Tennessee.

According to court documents, on Nov. 9, 2020, Delvion Beard, 22, Quadarius Greer, 21, and Bryson Townsley, 21, all of Jackson, stole an Audi A4 from two victims at gunpoint. Beard and Greer abruptly entered the back seat of the car and forced the victims to drive from the gas station at gunpoint. Townsley followed them in a second car. Along the way, Beard and Greer forced the driver into the back seat and Beard took control of the car, driving it to a residential complex. When they arrived, the three defendants used physical force and guns, including an AK-47 pistol, to take the victims out of the car, rob them, and drive away in the stolen vehicle. One victim suffered injuries during the attack.