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Update on Wanted Man Captured in Tullahoma

James Lucas Sain… Photo provided by the CCSD.

Here is an update on a story we reported yesterday.
Investigators with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department have been searching for James Lucas “Luke” Sain of 3072 Hickerson Road in Manchester. Sain was arrested on Wednesday (August 2, 2017) for warrants for violation of probation, failure to appear, and theft of property. Sain has allegedly been involved in multiple vehicle thefts and is being investigated for a stolen vehicle recovered out of Warren County that was reported from Coffee County.
Sain was last seen in McMinnville on July 11, 2017 with a female companion until his arrest on Wednesday. He was located at Eastgate Apartments in Tullahoma by Coffee County Investigator James Sherrill and Deputy Brandon Reed.
He was charged on Wednesday with violation of probation, two failures to appear, theft of property and bond surrender. Bond was set at $68,000. His first court date is August 6, 2017.

Shelbyville Man Arrested after Allegedly using another person’s Credit Card.

A Shelbyville man was arrested after he allegedly used a credit card belonging to someone else to make a large purchase at J.C. Penney on North Jackson in Tullahoma.
Justin Martin of Wade Drive, Shelbyville was charged with theft.
According to a police report by Tullahoma Police Officer Tyler Walls, the store reported a suspicious person in the store. When Walls and Cpl. Joshua Yates arrived they saw the individual at the jewelry counter where a large purchase had been made using a store charge card that was not in his name.
Shelbyville Police contacted the person whose name was on the credit card and he advised that he did not give permission to Martin to use his charge card. A witness told the officer that Martin had been in the store six other times and charged $4,717.96 to the card.
Martin was booked into the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $10,000.

One Burglary Suspect Arrested as Police look for Others

John Gooch… Photo from the BCSO.

On Tuesday, August 1st, 2017, at approximately 12:30 a.m., Bedford County Deputies and Shelbyville Police Officers responded to a home invasion at a residence in the Deason Community. Deputies and Officers apprehended one of the suspects. John Gooch, 21, from Antioch was arrested and charged with Aggravated Burglary and Aggravated Robbery.
Investigators believe there are two other unknown suspects involved in the home invasion. If anyone has information about this crime or saw John Gooch the night of the home invasion, please contact the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office at 931-684-3232. The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the Shelbyville Police Department, Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, Tennessee Highway Patrol, and Bedford County Fire Services for assisting with this investigation

Abortion Law in Tennessee in Question

Federal appeals judges are questioning two previous court rulings on a successful 2014 constitutional amendment allowing tougher abortion restrictions in Tennessee. On the one hand, the Tennessean reports, justices on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals expressed concern Wednesday about a Tennessee court’s ruling favoring the way state officials counted the votes. But the judges also questioned a recount ordered by a U.S. District judge. The recount is on hold pending the appeal.

Bride Arrested while still in her Wedding Dress

A bride was arrested shortly after her wedding Saturday night, accused of pointing a gun at her husband’s head and pulling the trigger.
According to Murfreesboro police reports, the gun was unloaded at the time but Kate Prichard allegedly later loaded the gun and fired it into the air one time outside the Clarion Inn and Suites on Old Fort Parkway.
The report indicates the gunshot led to everyone nearby running from the scene.
A responding officer noted he found a 9mm pistol in the trash can of the women’s bathroom.
Prichard, who was still in her wedding dress, was taken into
custody on charges of aggravated domestic assault and is now out on $15,000 bond. (WKRN-TV)

8/5/17-Dudley Aaron King

King, Dudley Aaron;age 66, went home to be with the Lord on
Wednesday, August 2, 2017, after a valiant battle with a long-term
illness. His devotion to his family and faith in God supported him in his
struggle and ultimately gave him peace. Dudley attended North Carolina
State University and later The University of Tennessee where he met his
wife, Cindy of Tullahoma. After college they moved back to Tullahoma
where he began working at Harton Mental Health Center. He later worked at
the Tennessee Girls Vocational School until he took a job with UTC
Aerospace Systems where he worked for over 30 years. Dudley was a proud
member of the United Steel Workers Union and Wesley Heights United
Methodist Church. Dudley was born to the late Raymond and Bess King of
Bristol, Virginia on May 16, 1951. He was preceded in death by his
nephew, Todd Heath of Bristol, and his parents-in-law, J.D. and Nell Coop
of Tullahoma. Dudley is survived by his wife, Cindy; his daughter, Dr.
Erin and son-in-law Ben Murray of Tullahoma; and five grandchildren, Mary
James, Callie Bess, Lily Mae, Jude, and Annabeth Erin; his brother, Eddie
and sister-in-law, Renette King of Bristol, Virginia; his sister Paula
and her husband Terry Heath of Zellwood, Florida; and his step-mother,
Mary King of Elizabethton, Tennessee. Dudley loved his family and adored
his grandchildren. He loved watching and attending UT, and later, Auburn
football games with friends, and traveling with his wife and family to
the mountains and the beach. He was known for his witty sense of humor,
reverence for puns, vast stockpile of corny jokes, and making a long
story longer. Dudley had an immense propensity for employing a
substantial vocabulary in his dialogs with relatives and acquaintances.
He always had a twinkle in his eye and a love for the people in his life.
When he wasn’t listening to Southern Rock n’ Roll or Bluegrass, he was
discussing the history or back-story of a band or song. Dudley loved life
and he could wear the heck out of a hat. The family wants to send a
special thank you to his loving caregivers, June Jackson and Regina
Johnson and love and thanks to his doctor, Marc Lee. Visitation will be
held on Saturday, August 5th, 2017 from 12:00-2:00pm at Wesley Heights
United Methodist Church, 2101 East Lincoln Street, Tullahoma, TN with
funeral services to immediately follow at 2:00pm with Rev. Jim Fields
officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Randy, Andrew, and Jaylen Amacher, Terry Heath, Marc
Lee, Ben Murray, Larry Burton. Honorary pallbearers will be Tim Heath,
David King, Scott Harrison and Randy Cox. For those who wish, the family
asks that donations be made in Dudley’s memory to Alive Hospice
(www.alivehospice.com) or Wesley Heights, United Methodist Church.
Kilgore Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Motlow Lady Bucks Soccer to Begin Inaugural Season in Manchester on August 21

2017 Motlow Soccer Schedule

The inaugural Motlow State Community College soccer season is officially underway. The Lady Bucks began practice Aug. 1, at the Johnson Lane Recreation Area in Tullahoma which will serve as the team’s practice facility for the 2017 season.

Motlow will hold its first scrimmage contest when it hosts Jones County (Mississippi) Community College on Aug. 14, at 2 p.m. at Johnson Lane. The regular season opens a week later, Aug. 21, when Motlow hosts Georgia Military College at the soccer field behind the Raider Academy in Manchester at 2:30 p.m.

Head Coach Andy Lyon has recruited a squad made up entirely of student-athletes from middle Tennessee. The roster currently shows 19 names but has room for 22 players. With the season not starting for three more weeks, and Motlow classes not beginning for four more weeks, Lyon hopes to add another player or two before opening day.

“I think we have recruited some of the best players from the southern middle Tennessee region,” said Lyon. “This group excelled in high school and in select and travel play, and many achieved all-district, all-region, and even some all-state awards. They are excellent students and will represent the team well in the classroom, and the College well in the community and on the field.”

Motlow’s roster, by position and high school, includes:

Forward – Anastasia Wellington, Tullahoma and Tyler Feaster, Franklin County.

Midfielder – Kayla Moultry, Siegel; Paige Loveless, Stewarts Creek; Bailee Walls, Franklin County; Megan Blumhoefer, Smyrna; Natalie Feaster, Franklin County; Calli Simmons, Smyrna; and Rebekah Duross, Central Magnet.

Defender – Shelby Grow, Lebanon; Alex Ragan Laye, Shelbyville; Keely Smith, Shelbyville; Hannah Feaster, Franklin County; Kinsli Houck, Stewarts Creek; Allyssa Hubler, Hillwood; and Bethany Porter, Warren County.

Keeper – Emily Bryant, Smyrna; Ali Shelton, Coffee County; and Lena Alakabi, Stewarts Creek.

“We have two student-athletes who attended Motlow last year and are sophomores in the classroom (Wellington and Shelton), although they have two years of soccer eligibility remaining. The rest of our roster consists of freshmen, and we hope to have all of them for two years both in the classroom and on the soccer field.”

The hometown breakdown of the roster by county is: Rutherford 9, Franklin 4, Bedford 2, Coffee 2, Warren 1 and Davidson 1.

Following the season opener in Manchester, the Lady Bucks will go on the road for their next two contests. Motlow will be in Meridian, Miss., Aug. 25 to face Meridian Community College and Aug. 26 to play East Central Community College. The second home game is Saturday, Sept. 2, when Southwest Tennessee Community College matches up with Motlow at Smyrna High School at 1 p.m.

Visit the official website of Motlow Athletics at MotlowSports.com for rosters, schedules, stats and more. Interact with Motlow Athletics on social media at MotlowSports.

2017-18 Motlow Soccer Team – Seated, from left; Kinsli Houck, Tyler Feaster, Shelby Grow, Ali Shelton, Emily Bryant, Lena Alakabi, Kayla Moultry, Anastasia Wellington, Bailee Walls, and Allyssa Hubler. Standing, from left; Head Coach Andy Lyon, Natalie Feaster, Alex Ragan Laye, Bethany Porter, Hannah Feaster, Rebekah Duross, Calli Simmons, Keely Smith, Paige Loveless, Megan Blumhoefer, and Assistant Coach Zach Crownover. [Photo Provided]

Flowers’ Home Run Lifts Braves Past the Dodgers

The Dodgers have the best record in the majors and are in the midst of one of the greatest two-month runs in major league history, but the Braves must look at that and go, pfft. Because the Braves, of all teams, have made them look like mere mortals during that otherwise torrid stretch.

Tyler Flowers hit a two-run, two-out pinch-hit homer in the eighth inning Wednesday to lift the Braves to a 5-3 win against the Dodgers at SunTrust Park, their third win in two weeks against a Dodgers team that has lost to no other team since July 4.

You read that right: The Dodgers have lost only three times in 23 games since July 4, and all three were against the Braves, who also got a two-run homer from Danny Santana on Wednesday on their way to evening the three-game series at one apiece and the season series at three games apiece.

The Dodgers had an 11-game winning streak before the Braves won consecutive games July 20-21 to start a four-game series at Dodger Stadium, and they had a nine-game winning streak between those consecutive defeats and Wednesday’s loss before a crowd of 28,107 SunTrust Park.

Their win in Tuesday’s series opener made it the fastest the Dodgers reached 75 wins in franchise history, and they entered Wednesday on a jaw-dropping 40-6 run that was the best 46-game stretch in franchise history and best in the majors since the 1941 Yankees also had a 40-6 run. To which the Braves can shrug their shoulders and say, meh.

The Braves have won only four of their past 16 games, but three of those wins came against the Dodgers. Go Figure.

The Braves, who took an early 2-1 lead on Santana’s two-run homer in the second inning, had a chance to reclaim the lead in the seventh inning when former Braves lefty Luis Avilan walked Freddie Freeman and Kurt Suzuki consecutively with two out and the score tied, 3-3. Nick Markakis followed with a single that glanced off Avilan’s leg and nearly got through to center field, but was stopped by second baseman Logan Forsythe.

The ball was stopped but Freeman was not – third-base coach Ron Washington sent Freeman all the way from second base and he was thrown out easily at the plate for the third out in the inning.

Braves starter Julio Teheran was charged with four hits, three runs and no walks in five innings and exited early with cramping in his right thigh after throwing just 64 pitches. He tweaked the leg on a fourth-inning at-bat, but stayed in the game after being checked by a trainer, then seemed to have no issue fielding Yasmani Grandal’s bunt and throwing to first base for the out when the Dodgers tested Teheran to start the fifth inning.

Cody Bellinger’s second-inning homer was the rookie sensation’s 30th of the season and the 27th allowed by Teheran to match the career high he set in 2015 in 33 starts. He’s given up that many in 22 starts this season.

It was also the seventh homer allowed by Teheran in a span of 13 innings over three starts, including three homers in 6 1/3 innings of a 6-2 loss to the Dodgers on July 22. He gave up three more homers and eight earned runs in just 4 2/3 innings of a 10-3 loss at Philadelphia on Friday.

So when he gave up the homer to Bellinger, the fourth batter he faced Wednesday, there was reason for concern, especially given Teheran’s season-long struggles at SunTrust Park. Before Wednesday he was 1-7 with a 7.05 ERA in 10 home starts compared to 6-2 with a 3.57 ERA in 11 road starts.

But after the Bellinger homer, Teheran retired six of the next seven batters before hitting Chris Taylor with an 0-2 pitch to start the fourth inning.

The Braves, meanwhile, took a 2-1 lead when Santana answered Bellinger’s homer with a two-run shot on the next pitch after Markakis’s one-out walk in the second inning. They were the first two earned runs allowed by Dodgers starter Brock Stewart, who made his second start after six scoreless relief appearances.

Stewart gave up a walk and a single to the next two batters after the Santana homer, but Ender Inciarte struck out with two in scoring position to end the inning after Teheran’s sacrifice bunt.

The Dodgers tied the score in the fourth after Teheran hit Taylor to start the inning. He stolen second base, advanced to third on a Bellinger fly-out to right and scored on Joc Pederson’s ground-out to first baseman Freeman, who made a nice diving stop to catch the ball near the base but had no chance to make a play at home with the speedy Taylor going on contact.

The lead went back to the Dodgers in the fifth inning after Yasiel Puig doubled and scored on Chase Utley’s two-out single, but the Braves answered with a tying run again in the bottom of the fifth after Inciarte hit a leadoff single, advanced on a ground-out and scored on Freeman’s one-out single.

Teheran snapped a string of three losses in his past three starts but still has only one win in six decisions over his past eight starts. He’s 1-5 with a 5.52 ERA and 11 homers allowed in 45 2/3 innings over that span.

Wanted Man Found in Tullahoma

James Lucas “Luke” Sain

Investigators with the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department have been searching for James Lucas “Luke” Sain of 3072 Hickerson Road in Manchester. Sain was arrested on Wednesday (August 2, 2017) for warrants for violation of probation, failure to appear, and theft of property. Sain has allegedly been involved in multiple vehicle thefts and is being investigated for a stolen vehicle recovered out of Warren County that was reported from Coffee County.
Sain was last seen in McMinnville on July 11, 2017 with a female companion until his arrest on Wednesday. He was located at Eastgate Apartments in Tullahoma by Coffee County Investigator James Sherrill and Deputy Brandon Reed.

Black Running for Governor

Congresswoman Diane Black

Republican U.S. Rep. Diane Black is running for governor in Tennessee.
Black made the announcement Wednesday morning on her campaign website. In a video, she says she believes in conservative values and would fight for the right things as governor.
Other Republican candidates for governor so far include state House Speaker Beth Harwell, state Sen. Mae Beavers, businessman Randy Boyd and businessman Bill Lee. Karl Dean, the former mayor of Nashville, is running on the Democratic side.
Black is in charge of one of the most powerful committees in Congress, the House Budget Committee. She was named interim chair in January when President Donald Trump nominated Rep. Tom Price of Georgia to become secretary of Health and Human Services.
Before being elected to Congress, Black served as a state lawmaker.
Currently Tullahoma 47th District State Rep. (R) Judd Matheny is campaigning for Black’s congressional seat.