Katrina Lanette Wolfe… Photo provided by the CCSD

The Coffee County Sheriff’s Department has been asking for the public’s help with finding a wanted female. Authorities were able to bring Katrina Lanette Wolfe age 35 into custody on Wednesday afternoon.
The woman was wanted on warrants out of Coffee and Warren counties.
Coffee County investigators tracked Wolfe to Winchester, TN on Monday, but were unable to find her. Wolfe was arrested at an undisclosed location and is now in the Coffee County Jail.
As always the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department thanks the public for its help and support.

ONE DAY OF HOPE will take place tomorrow at the Coffee County Fairgrounds from 10am-2pm. The event began in 2012 with about 6 churches and about 30 volunteers. Around 2,000 folks showed up that day for primarily clothes and some food and medical care. This year around 5,000 people are expected to be helped by 1,000 volunteers.
ONE DAY OF HOPE is day to reach out to our community in the name of Jesus to provide clothes, food, coats, shoes, various FREE services (medical/dental, haircuts, family portraits, groceries, etc)

Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner David W. Purkey on Wednesday announced Victor Donoho as the director of the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO).
Donoho was recommended for the position following a national search.
Donoho is a native of Macon County, Tennessee, with more than 31 years of experience in state and local public safety services. He has served in the Tennessee Highway Patrol since 1989, starting as a road trooper and going on to earn several promotions, including serving as the Assistant Director of the Research, Planning, and Development Division, and his current position as Director (captain) of the Inspectional Services Bureau.
Donoho began his career in public service as an emergency medical technician with the Macon County Ambulance Service, and joined with three community-based organizations, providing ambulance, fire, and rescue services.
Donoho is the only department employee to have been chosen to attend a one-year appointment to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) traffic safety leadership program in Washington, D.C., where he gained specialized training in traffic safety, highway grant funded programming, and knowledge of highway safety federal funding requirements.

As students around Tennessee celebrate their high school graduations, a recent report finds they are also helping Tennessee remain on pace to achieve a 90 percent graduate rate by 2020. Photo credit: hmm360/morguefile.com

The high school graduation rate in Tennessee has increased to 88.5 percent.
The state’s high school graduation rate reportedly increased by nearly 1 percent this year compared to last year.
According to data released by the state on Tuesday, nearly 60 percent of districts saw their graduation rates increase or stay the same.
Overall, the statewide graduation rate has increased 3 percentage points since the state began calculating graduation rates more rigorously in 2011.
Education commissioner Candice McQueen says that now that graduation rates are increasing, the state must ensure that students are leaving high school with the skills they’ll need to be successful in college and the workforce.

The deadline for public comments on an overhaul of teaching standards for social studies has been extended amid an uproar over a proposal to cut out several Tennessee historical events.
The Social Studies Standards Recommendation Committee voted Wednesday to move the deadline from Oct. 28 to Dec. 15.
Gov. Bill Haslam, fellow Republican state lawmakers and the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators had raised concerns that too many Tennessee events and historical figures would be culled from standards in the interest of streamlining teaching requirements.
Among the items facing cuts in the draft standards are Tennessee milestones in the civil rights movements for women and minorities, major Civil War battles fought in the state, labor strife at East Tennessee coal mines and the Cherokee origins of the state’s name.

The Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) and the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security have announced the 384 agencies awarded $17.1 million in federal grant funding to support Tennessee highway safety efforts and education. 424 grants will be distributed from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) through THSO for the 2016-2017 Federal Fiscal Year.
“Our daily goal is simple – every driver goes home safe and sound every day,” said Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner David W. Purkey. “The Tennessee Highway Safety Office collaborates with sheriffs, police chiefs, state troopers, and traffic safety partners to provide the safe environment necessary for this goal to happen.”
Every year, traffic safety advocates, non-profit organizations, emergency response personnel, law enforcement, District Attorneys’ offices, and other state agencies across Tennessee seek funding through grant applications offered by THSO. Applicants who meet the required data-driven criteria and highway safety standards are awarded grant funds to support THSO’s mission to reduce traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities. Grant funding provides essential highway safety training and equipment for law enforcement agencies, sophisticated crash data collection analysis technology, specialized DUI prosecutors, resources for emergency response personnel, and educational tools to help improve driver behavior.
Manchester Police was awarded 16,882.50 for alcohol enforcement.
Tennessee District Attorney General, 14th Judicial District, given $167,636.28 for DUI prosecution and Tullahoma Police was awarded 14,819.60 for traffic services.

Tullahoma Police are investigating the theft of money from a local business.
Apaz A Mohamad of the Cricket Store located on North Jackson Street reported on Oct. 10 to Officer Josh Leverette that two employees were supposed to make a $600 deposit at the end of their shift but Mohamad noticed that the deposit had not been made. According to the police report, Mohamad stated that neither employee admitted to taking the deposit.
He allegedly told the pair that if either one had taken the money he would not terminate them and would be willing to allow them to make restitution but neither one admitted.
Detective Tyler Hatfield is investigating the theft.