There was a fatal accident early Monday morning on Hwy. 55 near Coffee County High School. The two-vehicle crash took place around 5:30am.
Manchester Police Assistant Chief Adam Floied says that Shawn Robert Austin age 41 of Tullahoma was on his way to work when his Pontiac car was hit head-on by a pick-up traveling in the opposite direction. Floied says that the female driver of the truck saw something in the road, swerved and crossed over the median, crashing into Austin’s car.

Austin died from the injuries he received. The female was not seriously injured.
Traffic was shut down in both directions of Hwy 55 for around three hours, causing several people to be late for work and students to run late for school.
Manchester Police is investigating the fatal crash.

Early Friday morning (October 5, 2018) in Monteagle a man was arrested for allegedly stealing items from the Monteagle Church of Christ and Monteagle Flea Market.
A man who says he is not from Monteagle was found walking through the town carrying a bag with several old coins inside.
Monteagle Police reports that after an investigation they discovered the church and storage building and cabin at the flea market had been broken into.
Jeffery Tittle was arrested and charged with three counts of burglary, three counts of vandalism, and three counts of theft.

Last week in Bell Buckle, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak and Tennessee fire service members and supporters broke ground on a new $5.7 million conference center at the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy.
The Academy helps train and educate over 15,000 fire and codes students each year and is a nationally recognized leader in fire service and codes enforcement education.
When complete, the 19,000 square foot conference center will provide additional meeting space to hold large classes, conferences and graduations. The new conference center will allow Tennessee to keep pace with the growing need for fire training and continue to help make the Academy a leader in fire training education.

If you travel to Nashville or plan to do so over the next 2.5 years, you’ll be dealing with more traffic issues on Interstate 24.
Work is already is underway on a $30.5 million project on Interstate 24 at Hickory Hollow Parkway in south Nashville.
The goal of the project is to help relieve the traffic congestion at Exit 59 and improve access to the area, along with safety improvements at the I-24 East exit ramp at Exit 62.
According to Tennessee Department of Transportation, when the interchange at Exit 60 was built in the 1970s, the exit was a partial access facility for the Hickory Hollow Mall area. This project will allow drivers to access the south side of I-24 from Exit 60.
Lane closures will mostly take place at night between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., but some lane closures could take place during the day on certain weekends in the spring 2019.
The contractor for the project is Jones Bros. Contractors. The project is expected to be completed by May 31, 2021.