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The Tullahoma Police Department has been notified by concerned citizens of a possible scam that is going around. It has been reported that a caller(s) is representing themselves as an employee of a cellular service provider and needing information to correct billing problems. The caller(s) requests information about the primary account holder, to include full name and social security number. In one instance the caller offered a $10 credit for the inconvenience. Also in all cases the caller(s) number is showing up as restricted or blocked from call-back. Police cautions all citizens about unsolicited phone calls that request personal information. In most cases you have already provided the personal information when you established the account and there should not be a need for requesting this information. Citizens are urged to contact their cellular provider or any other creditor and verify the authenticity of the call before providing personal information. Police encourage citizens to notify the authorities of any suspected scam that could affect other community members.

People in Coffee County were saddened Sunday (July 15, 2102) as news broke that Coffee County High School Resource Officer Dale Goodwin had passed away. Goodwin apparently had surgery recently and had some type of complication and died on Sunday. Goodwin was an army veteran, a Coffee County sheriff’s deputy, and was the current SRO at Coffee County High School where he served for several years.
Coffee County High School Principal John Bush responded to the death of Goodwin by saying, “this is a tragedy. Our hearts go out to his family.”
Many current and former students sent condolences over Facebook throughout the day.

Two Tullahoma residents are being held under a bond of $122,000 each for burglarizing two churches last month. Aaron Conley, 20, and Ethan James Payne, 20, both of Silver Street in Tullahoma have been charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of vandalism and two counts of theft of property in connection with the burglaries of People’s Church on Bel Aire Drive and Spring Creek Baptist Church on Old Estill Springs Road on June 20.
“We received an anonymous tip of where some of the items taken in the burglaries could be found,” Lt. Jason Ferrell explained. “We then went to areas around Normandy Lake and followed up on the information.” The investigator also received information that one of the individuals was in possession of some of the stolen property. The investigators went to one of the residence and recovered a laptop and then followed up on other information received in the thefts. The investigators went to the Fire Lake area and with the assistance of Coffee County Deputy Dwayne Mullins recovered some of the items. The officers also recovered items in the Cascade Hollow Road area. According to investigators, they are continuing to investigate other church burglaries in the Tullahoma area.
Michael Cyree is currently being held in the Coffee County Jail on the burglary of Cedar Lane Church of Christ.

Two Grundy County men indicted in separate incidents have been arrested by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Richard Fults, 33, of Stagecoach Road in Altamont, who last month allegedly tried to knife two deputies trying to serve him with a warrant, was indicted on two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of resisting arrest, according to the TBI . One of the deputies shot Fults in the confrontation, and the TBI investigated that shooting. The other arrest was Wayne Charles Green, 26, of Tram Road in Tracy City. The TBI says Green was indicted on one count of theft over $60,000 in connection money missing from his former employer, Basham Industries. Green was working as a bookkeeper for Basham Industries when the theft occurred, the release stated. Fults and Green were both being held in the Grundy County Jail pending a July 20 bond hearing.

The Tennessee woman who ended her Russian adoption by sending the 7-year-old boy to Moscow on a plane by himself has lost her bid to get a judge to set aside an order that she pay child support.
Torry Hansen made her first court appearance Friday in a case that began in April 2010 when she sent the boy away from her home Shelbyville with a letter that said he had violent behavior problems and she no longer wanted to be his mother.
Criminal charges were never filed but the World Association for Children and Parents adoption agency sued Hansen for child support.
Circuit Court Judge Lee Russell decided Friday to uphold the $150,000 in child support he ordered from Hansen. The boy now lives in a Russian group home.

Experts discovered an alarming statistic regarding children in Middle Tennessee and what happens to them during their spring and summer vacations.
It has officials concerned enough that they’re issuing a warning to parents.
More Middle Tennessee children are sexually abused during the spring and summer. Over the last 10 years data show’s there’s no question that more abused children are seen by professionals in the months of March through August – than any other months of the year. A spokesman from “Our Kids” an outpatient clinic at General Hospital in Nashville says the data comes from child sex abuse victims from 45 Middle Tennessee counties. She said the spike in abuse is not just season-specific, but month specific, when kids are typically on vacations.
On an average month they see 65 to 75 kids. During March, June and July it goes up to an average of 80 to 95. It’s extremely important to report abuse if you suspect it. In fact, in Tennessee, it’s required by law.
To report abuse you can call 1-877-237-0004.

An endangered child alert has been canceled after a teenager from Lincoln County was found safe.
Officials said that 13-year-old Lauren Anderson was found safely in Nashville Friday. She had been last seen at her home July 9.
Police had said that Lauren may have been with her 21-year-old boyfriend, Timothy Alan Yates.
There was no word on whether she was with him.

The South Central Human Resource Agency Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is designed to provide assistance to elderly handicapped and low-income persons with energy used to heat their homes through financial assistance to help offset a portion of the cost. The amount of aid each LIHEAP participant receives varies, depending upon a variety of factors, including income level.

In order to receive the assistance, applicants must meet a number of criteria, including having a family income that is 150 percent or less of the federal poverty guidelines. For a single-person household this translates to an annual income of no more than $16,755. The cutoff for a family of two is $22,695. For a family of three the maximum income is $28,635, a figure that increases to $34,575 for a four-person household; to $40,515 for a family of five; $46,455 for a family of six; $52,395 for a seven-member household; and to $58,335 for a family of eight.

The agency has two offices in the area. The Manchester office, located on the second floor of the county office building at 300 Hillsboro Highway, is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. To schedule an appointment in Manchester, call 723-5118.

The Tullahoma office, located at 414 Wilson Ave., is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and can be reached by calling 461-0041.

Robin Hood (A Hometown Original Musical) Auditions are rolling into Manchester on Thursday July 26^th & Friday July 27^th from 5:30-7:30pm at the Duck River Electric Co-Op Auditorium in Manchester (213 East Fort Street). Auditions are open to kids ages 5-14. No previous theater or musical experience required. Those auditioning are asked to come prepared to sing a one minute portion of their best song a cappella or with CD accompaniment (CD player provided). This production is brought to you by Help Out Inc., a local 501(c)(3) education based non-profit which brought you the well received 2011 Cinderella (Hometown Original Musical) last summer. To find out more information, visit our website at www.HelpOutInc.org

Thursday night (July 13, 2012) the Manchester Political Forum was held at Coffee Co. High School. The event was sponsored by Thunder Radio and the Manchester Times.
The event gave the citizens of Manchester a chance to hear from candidates about issues that concern them. Questions were submitted by listeners and readers that were read by the moderators.
Aldermanic candidates that attended last night were Ryan French, Mark Messick, Joshua Jackson Moore, Brent Bates, Michelle Simmons and Gary Trail.
All mayoral candidates were at last night’s event: Betty Superstein, Lonnie Norman, Claude Morse and Stella McWhorter.
Alderman candidates Donnie Thomas, Harlan Gene Holmes, Roxanne Patton, J. Sam Miller, Tim Pauley, Cheryl Swan, Russell Bryan and Danny Davis chose not to attend for various reasons.
Thunder Radio and the Manchester Times would like to thank the over 150 people who attended and the many that listened to the live broadcast.

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