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12/23/15
Birthdays:
Kaitlyn McCullough, 14 — Pizza Winner!
Angela Yurcik, 47
Stacey Painter
12/22/15
Birthdays:
Dave Kline, 56 — Pizza Winner!
Brenda Vaughn, 50
Rusty Vaughn, 59
Dede McCullough, 51
Tim Wilson
Nelson Merchison, 60
Jon Longwith, 37
12/23/15 — Laura Sue Summers
Mrs. Laura Sue Summers age 79 of Monteagle passed away at her home on Monday. She was a daughter of the late John Kelly Church and Dosia Meeks Church and was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Ray Summers; brothers John Kenneth “Buck” Church and Glen E. Church; special aunt, Clara Mable Lawson. She was a retired pharmacy technician.
Survivors include a brother, Bill (Shirley) Moon; sisters-in-law, Betty Church and Margaret Johnson; nieces and nephews, Cindy Church, Pam Church, Karen Gipson, Sherry Guyear, Ernie Church, Roxanne Johnson and Billy Moon; special cousins, Sharon Cochran and Craig Lawson; numerous great-nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday in the funeral home chapel with Minister Danny Coffelt officiating. Burial will be in Plainview Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday 12 noon until hour of service.
Arrangements are by Cumberland Funeral Home
Tullahoma Man Arrested for Possession of Drugs
A Tullahoma man was arrested Dec. 21 for possession of drugs after deputies went to a residence in Tullahoma Village.
According to a report by Coffee County Sheriff Deputy Brandon Reed, officers went to serve a warrant, but when they arrived they smelled the strong odor of marijuana coming from the apartment. When they knocked on the door, Corey Somerville, 29, of South Franklin Street opened the door and was advised why Reed and Investigator James Sherrill why they were there plus that they smelled marijuana. The officers entered the apartment but were denied permission by the person renting the apartment to conduct a search. They allegedly spotted a bag of marijuana and of cocaine.
Sherrill went to the sheriff’s department and obtained a search warrant and returned to the apartment and conducted a search. The officers allegedly found four and half grams of cocaine and 17 grams of marijuana as well as a set of digital scales that had cocaine residue on it.
Somerville was charged of manufacture/delivery/sell of a controlled substance. He was booked into the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $50,000. He is scheduled to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court Jan. 25.
Local Teenager Escapes from Youth Center in East Tennessee
Photo by WNCN
He was apprehended after he allegedly stole a vehicle about two miles away.
Two others who broke through a wall along with him were also apprehended.
Vaughn, at last report was being held at the Jefferson County Jail. He will be charged with escape, vehicle theft, and theft of a woman’s coat and gloves from another vehicle.
Officers at the youth center discovered that the three had apparently used the rod from a kitchen mop to pry open a three-by-three foot area beneath a window to the outside. Two of the youths, a 15-year-old from Chattanooga and a 17-year-old from Friendsville, were apprehended inside the fence by Mountain View staff.
Vaughn, however, managed to escape beyond the fence, apparently using bed sheets he had tied together to scale his way outside the perimeter.
Mountain View is a 144-bed school for youth offenders.
One Vehicle Crash on I-24
Accident scene photo by Doug Yurcik
According to a Tennessee Highway Patrol report, it was a single vehicle crash. A Yukon pulling a trailer driven by David Hett age 56. The vehicle was traveling east bound and attempted to pass another vehicle. Hett apparently lost control of the Yukon causing it to start spinning and flipped.
Hett and a passenger had minor injuries and were treated at the scene.
THP, Coffee County Sheriff deputies, Coffee County EMS and Manchester Fire and Rescue responded to the scene.
Savannah Quick Named to All-Midstate Golf Team
Savannah Quick of CHS Golf tees off on the back 9 at the TSSAA Golf Tournament at Willowbrook (Photo by John StClair – JohnStClairPhoto.com)
Coffee County Central High School junior Savannah Quick was named to 2nd team Tennessean All-Midstate Golf Team on Monday. Quick led the Lady Raider golf team to their 3rd straight state tournament berth this fall where the Lady Raiders finished in 4th place. Quick’s individual score was low enough to place her in 12th place overall on the individual leaderboard.
During the regular season, Quick garnered first place finishes in the Keith Maxwell Invitational High School Tournament and the Murfreesboro High School Invitational. Quick also tied for first place in Region 4AAA Tournament this past September. During her summer amateur season, Quick finished in the Top 10 in the Tennessee Girls Junior Amateur. Savannah also had the 7th lowest season stroke average in the Tennessee Golf Association Sneds Tour, and was a qualifier for the Sneds tour Tournament of Champions.
Gas Prices Continue Downward Trend
The national average price for a gallon of gasoline is exactly $2 a gallon, and tomorrow should hit $1.99 for the first time since March 2009. Motorists can find gas prices below $2 at 68 percent of gas stations nationwide.
A global oversupply of oil has led to the lowest gas prices for the year-end holidays since 2008,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “This will make travel more affordable for the 91.3 million Americans forecast to drive during the next two weeks.”
AAA estimates that cheaper gas prices have saved Americans more than $100 billion on gasoline so far this year compared to 2014, which works out to nearly $550 per licensed driver in the country.
Gas prices in Tennessee are averaging $1.79. In Manchester the low price per gallon is $1.67 and in Tullahoma it’s a $1.70.
Another New Chicken Restaurant to Open in Tullahoma
Bojangles’ is coming to Tullahoma after the Tullahoma Municipal Regional Planning Commission approved this week a site plan. Bojangles’ plans to build a 3,800 square foot chicken restaurant on North Jackson Street across from Northgate Mall. The land is currently the site of two vacant homes on land now owned by Bojangles’ Restaurant, Inc.
There is no indication when construction will begin on the new eatery.
Bojangles’ opened its first restaurant in 1977 and operates 17 other locations in Tennessee.
Red Raiders Fall to Oakland on Final Night of Christmas Invitational
CHS basketball player Grant Sadler
A quick and effective full court pressure forced the Coffee County Red Raiders into turnovers and missed opportunities as the visiting Oakland Patriots dropped Coffee County 50 to 25 on Tuesday evening in the final game of the Red Raider Christmas tournament. Oakland scored the first 11 points of the game as they built a 21 to 7 halftime lead. Coffee County was able to cut back on the backcourt turnovers in the 2nd half, but the half court trapping defense of Oakland kept the Red Raiders from establishing any consistent half court offensive flow.
Grant Sadler and Garrett Eldridge led Coffee County in scoring as each had 6 points. Stephen Sullivan added 5 points in the 4th quarter while Wyatt Day finished with 4. For his tough play in the paint, Sadler was named the Gateway Tire & Service Center Player of the Game.
The loss drops Coffee County to 6 and 6 on the season as they enter the Christmas break. Coffee County will be off until January 2nd when they travel to Coalmont to take on Grundy County. The girls’ game will tip off at 4 PM and Thunder Radio will bring you exclusive coverage beginning at 3:50.