An Estill Springs man was killed Nov.6 while crossing North Jackson Street in Tullahoma.
According to a report by Tullahoma Police Officer Tyler Walls, Michael N. Johnson, 48, of Cindy Hollow Road, Estill Springs was crossing the busy street when a 2007 Dodge operated by Trey Alan McCarty, 19, of Lynchburg Road, Fayetteville struck the man around 5:30 p.m.
According to the accident report, when the officer arrived at the scene near McDonalds he saw members of the Tullahoma Fire Department providing medical attention.
McCarty told the officer that he was traveling along North Jackson Street when he turned into the turn lane. He told the officer that hit something in the middle of the road. As he got out of the vehicle “he realized that he had hit a person and was unsure where the person came from.”
Witnesses told the officer that they saw Johnson run across the roadway from the area of Tullahoma High School, just before being struck by the vehicle.
Johnson was transported to Tennova—Harton Hospital by Coffee County Ambulance Service where he later died due to his injuries.
No charges were filed in the accident.
Tullahoma Police Officer Josh Leverette assisted in the investigation of the accident.

A Hillsboro woman was arrested Nov. 6 on aggravated assault charges.
According to a warrant filed by Coffee County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Joey Ricco, Mamie Lisa Ryder, 50, of Winchester Highway, Hillsboro, was arrested after she allegedly entered a residence on Perry Road and cut another woman on the back and nose with a razor blade knife.
In the warrant, the officer alleges that when he arrived at the residence he found Ryder sitting on a bed talking to another woman, and the victim was lying on the floor.
The victim was transported to a hospital for treatment and Ryder was transported to the Coffee County Jail. Ryder’s bond was set at $75,000.

Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have obtained an indictment for a deputy of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, who is accused of misusing information in a criminal investigation.
After receiving information from Franklin County Sheriff Tim Fuller, 12th District Attorney General Michael Taylor requested TBI open an investigation into 47 year-old Timothy Martin Tyler on June 26th. During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information Tyler provided a suspect with information about his impending arrest.
On Monday, the Franklin County Grand Jury returned an indictment, charging Tyler with one count of Misuse of Official Information. Wednesday morning, Tyler turned himself in to authorities, who booked him in the Franklin County Jail on $10,000 bond.

Almost one in 10 Tennesseans has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD – meaning the state has one of the highest rates in the country. Experts say the incurable disease, which killed almost 4,000 people in 2015 in the Volunteer State, often is undiagnosed and left untreated.
Dr. Mailan Han with the American Lung Association says shortness of breath or frequent incidences of bronchitis both are indicators of the disease.
“Certainly, smoking is a risk factor, but if the patient is also experiencing some of the symptoms, those also would be red flags that they need to talk to their doctor,” she says.
Han says the rate of COPD also could be under-reported since the test to diagnose the disease – spirometry – isn’t used with frequency during doctor and hospital visits. The Centers for Disease Control estimates the chronic illness costs the country upwards of $68 billion annually.
Han says it’s important to remember that there are medications that help patients live with COPD – with 60 percent of people with the disease taking at least one medication for it.
“It’s not curable but it’s definitely treatable,” she adds. “The lung that is destroyed, I have no way of getting it back, but we do have medications that can improve lung function, improve symptoms, as well as reduce the frequency of flare-ups. ”
A majority of patients with the illness are over 45 years old, and 11 percent of women in Tennessee have COPD, compared with six percent of men.

On Tuesday afternoon, (November 7th, 2017) Shannon D Baxter age 34 of Indianapolis IN was the driver of a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation on Interstate 24 westbound exit 114 by Tennessee Highway Patrolman Donnie Clark.
According to the arrest warrant, upon making contact with the driver of the vehicle, both the driver and the passenger were very nervous. Also, according to the warrants, Baxter and passenger Chanel L Satter age 28, also of Indianapolis IN had conflicting stories concerning where they were going and where they had been. The trooper asked if they had anything in the vehicle and Baxter and Satter apparently told the trooper no. Clark asked for consent to search and was denied.

Coffee County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Jennifer Curbow and K-9 Max were called to the scene and the dog alerted that there were drugs inside the vehicle. A search of the vehicle yielded approximately 11 pounds of methamphetamine. Based on methamphetamine being sold per gram, the street value is approximately $500,000.
Clark was also assisted by Trooper Jason Boles.
Baxter and Satter were both charged with manufacturing/delivering/selling/possession of a controlled substance. Bonds were set at $500,000 each and they are set to appear in court Jan. 23, 2018.

A plane crash in a bean field in Warren County is believed to have killed two people Tuesday night. The FAA said a Piper PA-32 plane crashed in a field off Sherrell Road between Centertown and Morrison. The plane burst into flames upon crashing.
It happened at around 7pm. Sources say the plane was attempting to land at the Warren County airport.
The crash is being investigated by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board. The names of the victims had not been released as of Wednesday afternoon.