Linda Branch, 73, of 70 Davis Street in Tullahoma died Wednesday as the result of injuries from a house fire.
Branch was at home alone Tuesday night when fire broke out. According to Tullahoma Fire Chief Richard Shasteen the fire appeared to have started in an electric plug behind a chair where she was sitting.
James Bennett, her grandson, told Tullahoma Police Officer Tyler Walls that he and his girlfriend had gone to the store and when they returned they found smoke coming from the residence. Bennett said he got on the floor and crawled toward the door when he found his grandmother near a side door but was unable to get her out. While Bennett was trying to get his grandmother out of the house his girlfriend called 911.
Branch was transported to Tennova-Harton Hospital by Coffee County Ambulance Service where she was placed in a waiting Lifeflight helicopter and flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. She then died Wednesday from injuries sustained in the fire.
Shasteen requested the Tennessee Bomb and Arson personnel to investigate the cause of the fire and they determined that it was an accidental fire.

Tullahoma Police are investigating the burglary of Walgreens on North Jackson Street. According to a report by Tullahoma Police Officer Randy Baltimore, police arrived at the store around 4 a.m. on March 4 to a burglar alarm call.
When officers arrived they found the front sliding glass door had been pried open. Officers Baltimore, Carl Pyrdom, Jamison Wells, Matt Pruitt and Sgt. Chase Sons entered the building and made sure that there was no one was inside.
The manager arrived and he pulled up store security video that showed two males. One was wearing a gray hoodie with black stripes, black gloves and a skull mask. The other was wearing a red hoodie, black gloves, black pants and a red belt.
The video showed the two using what appeared to be a yellow crow bar to open the door and enter the building. They went to the rear of the building to the pharmacy area. An inventory revealed that they took several bottles of prescription drugs.
The thieves damaged three locks on the cabinet containing the drugs, one roll up pharmacy gate and two front sliding glass doors.
Detective Johnny Gore is following the investigation checking for suspects in the burglary. (Courtesy Tullahoma News)

James Fredrick Jenkins, 47 of Trussler Road, Monteagle was arrested March 8 on multiple drug charges in Manchester.
Jenkins was charged with third offense of driving on revoke/suspended license, possession of drugs in a drug free zone, manufacturing/delivering/selling/possession of a controlled substance, possession of methamphetamines and tampering with or fabricating evidence/destruction of evidence by Manchester Police Officer Daniel Ray.
According to an arrest warrant, Jenkins was stopped by officers and as he was getting out of the vehicle he had a beer in his hand. He was observed digging in the ground and found to be trying to bury something. When the officer approached the man Jenkins tried to conceal a plastic bag containing 11 grams of meth.
A check of his driving status revealed he was driving on the revoked/suspended license.
Jenkins was booked into the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $77,000 and is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court March 28.

According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, an arrest was made on Wednesday in a 2013 cold case homicide that occurred in Lincoln County.
Joe Speck faces one count of criminal homicide in the death of Michael Mitchell, who was found dead on March 25, 2013.
Mitchell was dismembered and had been left for weeks before his body was discovered inside his Flintville, Tennessee, home. He was 54 years old.
An investigation eventually led to Speck, who authorities say was Mitchell’s acquaintance, as the person responsible.
He was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Lincoln County jail. He’s currently being held without bond.

Late Sunday afternoon a pick-up truck driven by Walter Lowery was traveling North on Hwy 53. According to a report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the pickup attempted to turn left onto Old Woodbury Hwy. A silver Kia driven by James Coffee was traveling south bound and stuck the truck. Two passengers in the Kia were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injures due to crash.
The silver Kia caught on fire and the New Union VFD was called to scene to extinguish the car. Manchester City Police, Coffee County deputies, and THP responded.