A Tullahoma man is being held in the Coffee County Jail on a $44,000 bond after being arrested for the same offence for the 16th time, March 29th on Highway 55.
40 year old Nathaniel Allen Love of the Old Tullahoma Highway, Tullahoma was charged with driving on his 16th charge of driving on a revoked or suspended driver license. He was also charged with his second offense of being a Habitual traffic offender.
Nathaniel Allen Love is scheduled to appear in Coffee County General Sessions Court on April 13th.

A member of the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s East Bureau Interdiction Plus team arrested two men on drug related charges in Coffee County last Friday, March 27.
Driver Osman Mohamed, 40, of Kansas City, Kan., and passenger Sheikh Abdulqadir, 57, of Kansas City, Mo., were arrested and charged with possession of schedule IV drugs with intent to resale. They were transported to the Coffee County jail.
While patrolling a stretch of Interstate 24 in Coffee County, Trooper Brent McCawley stopped a Toyota Corolla for littering near the 109 mile marker on the westbound side of the interstate. Upon initial contact, the investigating trooper immediately noticed nervous behavior from the occupants. They supposedly had been to Atlanta after visiting a friend.
After several suspicious indicators, Trooper McCawley requested and received consent to search the vehicle. Trooper McCawley and Trooper Gavin Sullivan, who responded to the scene to assist, then discovered five large boxes in the trunk of the vehicle. The driver stated that the boxes contained tea leaves. However, after further investigation, the troopers found that the boxes were packed with “KHAT” (pronounced “cot”) – a plant-based drug containing hallucinogenic compounds.
The total weight of the drugs was approximately 11 pounds.

Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Libya caused oil prices to briefly spike last week nationwide, but stayed about the same in Tennessee.
“The increase in oil came at a time when gasoline supplies in Florida are already tight,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “March is the peak month for gasoline demand in Florida, because the weather warms up, people drive more, and there are more visitors for spring break and Major League Baseball Spring Training. Plus, it is still maintenance season, and refinery gasoline output is reduced.”
Oil traders got nervous when fighting broke out between the two oil producing countries and that caused a temporary spike in oil prices. On Monday, the price of WTI settled at $47.45, then jumped to $51.43 on Thursday before settling back down at $48.87. Friday’s settlement was $3.18 higher than the settlement on Friday, March 20.
The average price per gallon in Tennessee is $2.14. The low price per gallon in Manchester and Tullahoma is $2.05 each, that’s an increase from last week.

This past weekend three churches were vandalized on Midland Rd. in Bedford County. The churches were Blankenship Methodist, Midland Heights, and Westside Church.
Several windows were broken by objects being thrown through the windows.
If anyone has information, please contact the investigations division at the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office at 931-684-3232. If your tip leads to an arrest, you could receive a cash reward from Crime Stoppers.

New research shows that maternal comforting can’t compensate for emotional damage and stress caused by physical punishment of a child. Photo credit: hotblack/morguefile.com

A new study from Duke University warns against resorting to physical punishment. In the study of 1,000 children and mothers from eight different countries, researchers found that maternal warmth can’t dampen the anxiety and aggression connected to physical punishment. “A parent who is both causing pain to the child by frequently hitting a child, but also saying they love them and hugging them, is very confusing to a child,” says George Holden, a psychology professor at Southern Methodist University. “It’s virtually unanimous that physical punishment is not an effective parenting technique.” Instead of spanking or hitting, experts cited in the report recommend examining the causes of the behavior. For example, asking questions such as, “Is your child hungry? Are you pushing them too hard?” Holden adds joint problem solving is also effective, as well as modeling good behavior yourself. Holden is one of the founders of the U.S. Alliance to Stop the Hitting of Children, which is a group of experts and parents lobbying for the end of physical means of punishment. “It doesn’t promote good, warm, loving relationships, which is what is the most important thing to do in raising a child,” Holden stresses. “Now I’m not arguing one should be lax and not engage in any discipline, but one can easily discipline children without hitting them.” Holden and others recommend encouraging and teaching self-discipline to help children understand and process, the behavior that’s expected of them. Supporters of occasional spanking insist it is not child abuse, and with some children it is the only discipline that’s proven effective.