The name of the Monday fatal fire victim has been released by the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department. Dustin Alan Keele age 29 of Manchester died from smoke inhalation in the early Monday morning fire.
When Deputies Jennifer Curbow, Cody Lendley and Harmon Campbell arrived at 75 Stump St. just outside Manchester the mobile home was fully engulfed in flames.
All county volunteer fire departments along with Manchester Fire and Rescue and Coffee County EMS responded to scene.
The fire is still under investigation by the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department.

32 year old Steven Shawl of Manchester was arrested by Smyrna authorities after a police pursuit early Tuesday morning. Shawl is accused of leading officers on a chase while intoxicated.
Shawl was said to have driven into oncoming traffic during the chase and even crashed into other vehicles. Police were eventually able to use a patrol car to block him in as he was nearing Waldron Road on Murfreesboro Road in LaVergne.
Shawl was booked into the county jail just before 4 AM on Tuesday. He was charged with Evading Arrest, Resisting Arrest, Criminal Impersonation, DUI, Reckless Endangerment, Driving on a Suspended License, and Refusal of Implied Consent. (WGNS Radio)

Hester Lockridge of Woodbury was arrested this week just a short time after being released from jail. He was charged with driving on a revoked driver’s license.
Deputies in Cannon County saw Lockridge driving on the John Bragg Highway. Allegedly the vehicle crossed the center line and authorities made a traffic stop.
Deputies allowed him to call for a licensed driver to come pick up the car to keep it from being towed.
Deputies ran a check on a passenger in the car, Samantha Briggs and they were told there was an active warrant on Briggs in Coffee County so she was arrested as well.
As deputies were waiting on the person to drive the vehicle to arrive, they were told that person had been pulled over by the Woodbury Police Department and was under arrest for methamphetamine charges. The vehicle was later removed from the scene.

In their second annual study SmartAsset, a New York financial technology company, determines the places in America where Social Security goes furthest. The study analyzes Social Security income, cost of living data, and taxes across all counties to determine where people are getting the most mileage out of Social Security. Coffee County cracked the list at number 8 in Tennessee, up from their rank of 55 last year. Loudon County ranked 1^st and Moore County was 3rd.

A bill that would require transgender students to use bathrooms that match their sex at birth has failed.
The bill died in a House Education Administration and Planning Committee meeting Tuesday that was packed with transgender youth who opposed the measure.
Transgender students who testified before the committee were elated and said they felt like sharing their personal stories had impacted the vote.
Religious conservatives had pushed the legislation, which was supported by Coffee County State Rep. Judd Matheny.
A revised fiscal note on the bill said the federal government could withhold education money if the bill passed. The fiscal note said Tennessee had received $1 billion in federal education funds last year.
Gov. Bill Haslam had objected to the bill because he was concerned that Tennessee could lose federal funding if it passed.

We hear reports all the time about “Human Trafficking” which is the exploitation of human beings for personal gain.
Hannah Harmon is a missionary whose heart has become burdened by the plight of modern day slavery. To show her support in abolishing slavery and to raise awareness about human trafficking in the United States she’s riding a bicycle over 12,000 miles in 166 days through 37 states. Harmon wants to start conversations about the problem and help launch anti-trafficking initiatives in communities everywhere.
Harmon will arrive in Manchester on Friday around 2pm and will be escorted by the Manchester Police bike patrol and the Coffee County Sheriff’s deputies to St Paul United Methodist Church. She will speak at the church at 6:30pm during the Good Friday service. The church is located at 30 Cat Creek Rd behind Westwood Middle School.