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We have a follow up to a story we brought yesterday. One teenager died and a second one remains in Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville after a single vehicle crash Sunday morning around 3:20 a.m. off of Highway 130. Nicholas Beasley, 18, is in stable condition recovering from his injuries. Tyrin Rippy, age 15, of Tullahoma was killed in early morning crash. Rippy’s funeral services are incomplete at this time but will be held at J.A. Welton and Sons Funeral Home in Tullahoma.
Tullahoma Police Officer Sgt. Robert Weaver is continuing his investigation into the crash.
Rippy was a sophomore at Tullahoma high School but played middle school football at Westwood in Manchester.

Two people in their 70s and two children under the age of 10 died in a house fire in Bedford County late Sunday night.
The fire occurred at a home on Kingdom Road around 11 p.m.
The victims have been identified as 72-year-old Leon McClaran, Molly McClaren, 70, Chloe Pope, 9, and 7-year-old Gage Daniel.
The deceased children, who attended Community Elementary School in Unionville, TN, were the couple’s step-grandchildren, according to family members.
Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce said he believed the home was a two-story house that collapsed into the basement.

Several thousand “Warrior Dash” enthusiasts made their way to Manchester on Saturday.
What is Warrior Dash? It is a mud crawling, fire leaping, and extreme run over a 3.15-mile intense course. The event was on the ground of Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.
Promoters say the “Dash” included a climb over giant strands of hay bales, stampede through the scrap yard of rust auto wreckages, hurdle over barricades, crawl under barbed wire, thread through tangle ropes, dive into darkness, climb over cargo nets and leap through fire.
Warrior Dash was set for Nashville after being held in Manchester but because of some issues at the venue the “Dash” came back to Manchester.

At least two branches of the U-S military are wearing clothing from a company right here in the Tennessee Valley
Tullahoma Industries began in 1999 after purchasing the assets of a casual clothing manufacturer in Gruetli-Laager.
The vast majority of its 110 workers are involved in two military items that are MADE IN GRUNDY COUNTY.
Tullahoma Industries makes two very popular clothing items for the U.S. Military. They make the Generation 3, Level 5 jacket for the Army, and they do a flame-resistant coverall for the Navy.
The pre-cutting of material is shipped in daily from the plant’s auxiliary factory in Tullahoma.
Tullahoma Industries is looking to expand into a new clothing market. As a result, it is right now, taking applications for jobs at its plant in Gruetli-Laager.

Tullahoma’s Anderson Street will be closed in the 400 block on Wednesday and Thursday of this week for construction. CSX Railroad Company will be replacing the rails at the road crossings. Traffic will be routed to South Polk Street. Residents are urged to avoid the area if possible.

The number of obese Tennesseans could double by 2030. The Annual “F as in Fat” report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Trust for America’s Health looked at data from the last two decades to predict future trends. By the year 2030, the study says more than 63 % of Tennessee residents will be obese. That would make Tennessee the fourth fattest state in the nation. One of the authors of the report says the future numbers are based on how many Tennessee children have serious weight issues now.

The 41-A Music and Arts Festival is the main fundraiser of the Highland Rim Kiwanis Club. This two day street festival, held in the Historic Downtown District of Tullahoma has been heralded as a “Tullahoma Institution” by the Tullahoma News. The event is set for Sept. 28 and 29. The goal of the 41-A Festival is to provide fun, family-friendly entertainment through local, regional and national musical and visual artists while raising awareness of the Kiwanis mission of “changing the work, one child at a time”. The 41-A Festival also showcases a variety of vendors offering a range of culinary delicacies and unique gift items. Tullahoma’s own superstar Dustin Lynch will headline the event featuring his top 10 hit “Cowboys and Angels”.

The friends of Tyrin Blake Rippy of Tullahoma, age 15, held a Candle Light Vigil at Westwood School Sunday night. Rippy attended Westwood in middle school before moving to Tullahoma. Many people throughout the day on Sunday said the young man was taken from us way too soon. Rippy and his friend Nicholas Beasley were involved in a car crash in Tullahoma early Sunday morning.
Former teachers, coaches and his friends said Tyrin was a smart, fun living boy.
Funeral services will be announced later.

 

One teenager is dead, and a second one is in Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville after a single vehicle crash Sunday morning around 3:20 a.m. off of Highway 130. According to police a Jeep operated by Nicholas Beasley hit a tree in a field on Hwy 130 killing Tyrin Rippy, age 15, of Tullahoma. Beasley was flown to Vanderbilt Medical Center, where he is undergoing medical treatment.
Tullahoma Police Officer Sgt. Robert Weaver investigated the crash.
Rippy was a sophomore at Tullahoma high School but played middle school football at Westwood in Manchester.

Two Chattanooga men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery in Coffee County, Tenn., on Saturday afternoon.
Mario A. Moore and Charles Duntay Gray are charged with aggravated robbery, according to Coffee County dispatchers. Moore also was charged with evading arrest and reckless endangerment. Gray has an additional charge of possession of marijuana.
According to Investigator Chad Partin of the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department, Moore and Gray walked into the Barton Springs Grocery store on Normandy Lake at little after 1 p.m. CDT. Moore pulled a handgun on the store owner and demanded money.
As the men were leaving, the owner was able to locate his own gun. He fired a few shots at the men and secured the store. After a brief pursuit by police the suspect’s vehicle stopped because of a bad transmission, the two men were arrested.
Bond is set at $115,000 for Moore and $105,000 for Gray. A court date is set for Oct. 15.