A Missing Child Alert has been issued in Coffee County. Police received information that Sierra Burgess, age 14, has been missing since Sunday night.
According to her family Sierra was last seen around Stacy Ann Mobile Home Park in Manchester Sunday night around 11 pm.
Anyone with any information about Sierra’s whereabouts please contact the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department at 931-728-9555.

One of four men who pleaded guilty to soring Tennessee walking horses will not face more jail time. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, John Mays was sentenced Monday to the time he has already served and ordered to write an article about horse soring. U.S. District Court Judge Sandy Mattice included the writing of the article as a community service requirement of Mays’ one-year supervised release. The court said the article must include how widespread soring is, who it is done for and how it affects horses. Horse trainer Jackie McConnell, Jeff Dockery and Joseph Abernathy were indicted along with Mays and charged with violating the federal Horse Protection Act. Mayes pleaded to a lesser charge. The other three are scheduled for sentencing in September.

A Tennessee walking horse group that has opposed new federal rules to stop the practice known as soring says they have received notice of decertification by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The SHOW Horse Industry Organization said in news release that they received the notice from the USDA on Monday. The organization did not meet the deadline to adopt the tougher inspection rules. Soring is the practice of causing injuries to a horse’s legs or hooves to exaggerate the breed’s high-stepping gait at horse shows, usually done to improve the chances of winning. The organization said they will still have inspectors at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration later this month in Shelbyville. The group said they are challenging the rule because it is not enforced consistently across the industry.

Speeding in a school zone led to two Winchester women being charged with possession of 1.75 pounds of marijuana. Tullahoma Police Officer Chris Coe reported clocking by radar a GMC Envoy operated by 60 year old Shirley Miller, of Winchester traveling at 25 mph in the school zone at East Lincoln School. As the officer approached the vehicle he alleged that he detected the strong odor of marijuana from the vehicle. The woman gave the officer permission to search her vehicle and he found two bags in the rear floorboard with each containing approximately a quarter pound of marijuana. When the officer searched the rear cargo area, he allegedly found a duffle bag containing approximately one pound as well as drug paraphernalia. In addition to the driver being arrested Officer Coe arrested Danielle Jannette Miller, 27, of Winchester. The pair was charged with manufacturing/delivery/sell of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. They are being held in the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $27,000. They are scheduled to appear in General Sessions court Sept. 13.

The Coffee County Board of Education cordially invites you to attend a “Meet and Greet” for Dr. LaDonna McFall, Director of Coffee County Schools, on Thursday, August 9, 2012 beginning at 3:00 PM at the board’s central office. The board looks forward to you joining them in welcoming Dr. McFall.
McFall was hired by the Coffee County School Board after not renewing the contract of Kenny Casteel. Casteel went onto retire from the system.

Recent national reports have shown a spike in background checks for gun sales throughout the country following the Colorado movie theater shooting, though sales in the Volunteer State remain average. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation explained they have not noticed a significant spike in background checks throughout the state. According to TBI spokesperson Kristin Helm, that so far this year the agency has run fewer than last year.