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A man from Whitwell was arrested Friday night by Grundy County deputies.
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office says deputies pulled over William Dunwoody, in Palmer on Friday night and discovered the 62-year-old man was driving on a revoked license.
Deputies say they got consent to search the vehicle after becoming suspicious that drugs may be inside.
The search netted approximately 14 grams of methamphetamine with street value of over $1,000.
Dunwoody was arrested and taken to jail.
A female passenger was also arrested on unrelated charges.

Some citizens of Coffee County are being hit with a new scam coming out of from Jamaica. These are mainly telemarketing schemes.
In a typical call, the scammer will pretend to be with Publishers Clearing House or a lottery, telling victims that they have won several million dollars, but warning them to keep it a secret.
While the victims are contemplating the great things, they could do for their friends, families and communities, the callers also note that money must be sent in advance to cover taxes owed to the IRS, insurance or some other made up reason. If victims do send the money, there are asked for additional cash.
Jamaican scammers make as many as 30,000 telephone calls each day to the United States telling people that they have won a non-existent prize.
A female victim received a call from an 876 area code with a Jamaican man saying she had won money from Publishers Clearing House. Warning: Publishers Clearing House never charges if you win.
Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves say that if you receive a phone call from someone claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House and are asked to send money, pay a fee or pre-pay taxes to enter, collect or claim a sweepstakes prize, DON’T BE FOOLED: IT’S A SCAM! You have not heard from the “real” Publishers Clearing House. The call you received was most likely from a fraudulent sweepstakes scam operation.
Sheriff Graves added that if you receive a call like this, please simply hang-up.

The summer break from school is almost up as students return to class this week. Coffee County Schools will have an abbreviated day on August 1 as students will be released at 10am. Teachers will have an administration day on August 2 and the first full day of classes will be August 3.
Manchester City Schools will have an abbreviated day on August 2, until 9 a.m., with regular classes beginning on August 3.
Classes at Tullahoma City Schools will begin August 2 with students being released at 1pm and the first full day on August 3.

The Tennessee Historical Commission announced on Monday the addition of five properties to the National Register of Historic Places. They include a residence, former motel, library, former factory and a farmstead.
“These additions to the National Register of Historic Places are a testament to Tennessee’s diverse heritage,” said Executive Director and State Historic Preservation Officer Patrick McIntyre. “The historic properties are part of our unique past and are worthy of being recognized on this prestigious list.
The sites recently added to the National Register of Historic Places include the Smotherman House (Tullahoma – Coffee County)
The Smotherman house was designed by Nashville architect George Waller and built in Tullahoma between 1932 and 1934. Landscape architect John Byars Holder designed the gardens at the same time. Fletcher Smotherman, a wholesale grocery businessman, moved from Murfreesboro to Tullahoma when he became part owner of the wholesale grocery and moved the company headquarters to Tullahoma. Smotherman directed Waller to design his new house to look like his former home in Murfreesboro. Both Georgian Revival Houses are two stories, red brick with classical entries, and flanked by one story extensions. The Smotherman House exhibits characteristic details of the Georgian Revival style in its symmetrical design, molded woodwork, and classical columns. In addition to being a well-known architect of residences in the South, Waller designed many school buildings, commercial buildings and churches.

The Hillsboro Homecoming Association are making final preparations for their 19th Annual Truck and Tractor Pull to be held on Friday (August 3) and Saturday (August 4, 2018) nights at the Hillsboro Community Park on Hwy 41.
There will be 7 classes each night including tractors and trucks. The powerful machines, as always, will arrive from many different states to compete. The action starts at 7 each night and admission is $15 for adults, $5 for kids 6-12 year-olds and under 6 admitted for free. Come on out to Hillsboro for great food and fun and bring the whole family along.

Nearly 20 percent of the registered voters in Coffee County casted ballots during early voting. If you have not voted there is one day left, Election Day August 2nd (this Thursday). This is the county general election, city elections and the state primary. You do not have to declare a party for the county election or city, but if you choose to vote in the state primary you must declare.
So far around 6,074 ballots have been cast. This is just over 19.9 percent of the registered voters in Coffee County.
Local races include: County Commissioners, County Mayor, Sheriff, Circuit Court Clerk, Register of Deeds, Trustee, Road Superintendent, County Clerk, County School Board members, Constables and Road Commissioners.
Manchester voters will also select three Aldermen and three City School Board members. Tullahoma will elect 2 Aldermen and 2 School Board members.
State primary races include those of Governor, U-S Senator, U-S Representative or better known as Congress and State Representative.
Poles open at 8am on Election Day, August 2nd and close at 7pm. Remember you must present a government issued photo ID.
WMSR-Thunder Radio will provide live election coverage beginning at 7pm. Here us live on your radio at AM1320, 107.9FM and our newest signal 107.1FM in Tullahoma. You can also hear us live by streaming from our website www.thunder1320.com or from our free app, just download it from your app store, just search Thunder Radio. We will also be giving you running total updates on all local races on our website.
Because of the very large ballot please give yourself some extra time to vote. Also, members of the election commission want to remind voters that you do not have to declare a party for the county general or city general elections, only if you vote in the state primary.

On Friday July 27, 2018 a male suspect allegedly took three 43″ televisions from Wal Mart located at 2675 Decherd Boulevard without paying for them.
Once the suspect exited the store, he got into an SUV that appears to be a Ford Explorer with gold trim.
If anyone may know the identity of the individual involved in the theft they are encouraged to contact Detective Robert Morris with the Winchester Police Department at 931-967-3840 or 931-967-2331.