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On Sunday, (December 3rd, 2017) Tullahoma Police was called to 304 South Anderson Street for a domestic incident in progress. Officers arrived on the scene where Richard Hasley Gosman age 48 of South Anderson St, Tullahoma allegedly became combative and then slammed the door on the officers refusing to let them into the residence.
According to the arrest warrant, officers state that they then heard a female scream inside of the residence and police officers forced their way into the residence to check the welfare of the screaming victim.
Once officers were inside of the residence, Gosman allegedly continued to resist the officers and attempted to flee from them causing them to take the man to the ground and place him under arrest.
The warrant goes on to say that Tullahoma Police officers state that victim had red marks around neck area but did not cooperate with police officers questions.
After being transported to the Coffee County Jail, corrections officers located a metal one hit marijuana pipe with residue inside of it after searching Gosman. He was charged by Tullahoma Officer Jason Maloney with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and contraband in a penal institution. Gosman’s bond was set at $14,500 and his court date is December 14, 2017.

This year’s flu season is off to a fast start and early indications suggest that it may be more severe than the previous season.
Four states currently have widespread flu activity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last winter there were none at this time.
And it may be spreading fast. Dr. William Schaffner, who is involved in the CDC’s flu surveillance network in Tennessee, has noticed cases of influenza picking up “dramatically” in the last week.
Even worse, it appears the dominant strain will be H3N2, which can produce more severe illness.
Medical experts say however imperfect the flu shots are, current influenza vaccines remain a valuable public health tool, and it is always better to get vaccinated.
The CDC estimates that the flu shot prevented 40,000 deaths in the United States between the 2005-2006 and 2013-2014 seasons.

The Motlow State Community College Testing Center will be offering LPN-RN program applicants the opportunity to take the Health Education Systems Incorporated (HESI) Fundamental Entrance exam more than one time in early 2018.
Because of LPN-RN applicant requests for a second testing opportunity, applicants can now take the exam in February, only on the Moore County campus, and again in March if they choose, when it will then be offered on all campuses; the Moore County, Fayetteville, McMinnville and Smyrna campuses. This is the first year the Testing Center has offered an LPN-RN applicant the opportunity to take the exam two times.
The Health Education Systems Incorporated (HESI) Fundamental Entrance exam is the admission assessment for Motlow’s LPN-RN nursing program; program candidates must take the examination and achieve a minimum score of 850. Scores will be available at the end of the exam, and are valid for two years.
Registration to take the test(s) must be completed by the deadline of Jan. 31, at 4: 30 p.m. CST, and the non-refundable payment for each test is due at the time of registration. For more information, and to register go to mscc.edu/nursing.

The Coffee County election process will crank up in full force on May 1.
Primaries will be in May, the county general election and state primary in August and state general in November.
County elections in 2018 will be held for: mayor, all 21 commissioners, trustee, sheriff, county clerk, circuit court clerk, register of deeds, road superintendent, road commissioners and constables.
City elections in Manchester and Tullahoma will also be held in August.
As of Thursday, (Nov 30, 3017) in county-wide elections those picking up papers to qualify to run are; Coffee County Mayor Gary Cordell will seek re-election and former mayor David Pennington will also run along with Tullahoma businessman and Manchester resident Mark Allen.
Sheriff Steve Graves, a Democrat, will seek re-election. Republicans Chad Partin, and Harry Conway say they are running for sheriff along with independent candidate Lee Marcom. Democrat Danny Ferrell has also picked up papers.
Only incumbent John Marchesoni has decided so far to run for Trustee, Register of Deeds Donna Toney, Republican, will seek re-election along with democratic candidate Teresa Wright.
Longtime Circuit Court Clerk Heather Duncan, Democrat, is seeking re-election and Democrat County Clerk Theresa McFadden, is running once again and Tammie Karen Fuller has picked up papers to run as a republican for Clerk.
Incumbent Benton Bartlett is running again for Road Superintendent. Ronnie Dale Watts has also picked up qualifying papers to run as a democrat.
All people have the right to file qualifying papers or not. Candidates may pick up petitions for the May 1 primary now with a qualifying deadline of Feb. 15. The withdrawal deadline Feb. 22.
Deadline for voter registration for the May 1 primary is April 2.
Manchester and Tullahoma municipal elections will be held on Aug. 2.
On tomorrow’s news will run down the list of candidates so far for county commission.

On Friday, (December 1, 2017) Investigators from Tullahoma and Manchester police departments went to 210 Marbury road in Tullahoma to serve a warrant 28 year-old Jonathan Lyn Cornelison
After serving the warrant officers say they detected a strong odor of marijuana. According to the arrest warrant, Cornelison was asked for permission to search the residence and consent was given. The search revealed scales, one ounce of marijuana, and one ounce of crystal methamphetamine and two pipes used to smoke methamphetamine. The drugs were all separated and allegedly prepackaged in individual baggies.
Tullahoma Investigator Johnny Gore charged Cornelison with manufacturing/delivering/selling/possession of a controlled substance and unlawful drug paraphernalia uses and activities. He also has an active warrant in Franklin County.
Cornelison was booked in at the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $72,500. His court date is December 14, 2017.

We have more information on the Grundy County School Board member Kasey Anderson being arrested a charge of filing false reports concerning a gun being at a Grundy County school last Monday. Anderson is a school board member, representing Pelham.
“On November 27, 2017 at approximately 8:30 am the Grundy County Sheriff Office was informed by the principal at the high school, Deidre Helton that the principal at Swiss Elementary Jamie Ruehling had called her with a concern about a report he got from one of his student’s grandparents. Ruehling informed Helton that the man said he and his wife received a text from their grandson’s mother, Kasey Anderson. The text stated that Anderson was not sending her son to school because she had concerns about a gun being at the school. After receiving the information, the Director of Schools, Jessie Kinsey placed all of the schools on soft lockdown. The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office completed a search of all the schools which came up clean (with no gun) and the soft lockdown was lifted. The schools returned to regular schedule. After being interviewed by Sgt. Larry Sims and Chief Deputy Tony Bean, Anderson stated that she went to sleep and woke up from a nightmare and sent a text a message to the grandparent. The text was about her nightmare and she stated she wasn’t sure she was totally awake but did at her own admission state that she did send a text message concerning a gun being at the school. Anderson was charged and released from jail on bond.

A disagreement over ACT scores withheld from students at a Tennessee high school could lead state officials to consider moving to a rival assessment test.
State Senate Speaker Randy McNally was among officials who met with ACT officials Tuesday in an unsuccessful attempt to persuade them to validate the scores of 409 Bearden High School students who took the test last month.
Those tests were deemed to have been “mis-administered” because students were given the Oct. 3 version of ACT when they took their assessments on Oct. 17.
McNally reportedly made it clear that the state could instead decide to go with the rival SAT, the assessment test owned by the nonprofit College Board.

A few months ago, we reported that a Love’s Travel Stop and Country Store was planned for Coffee County just off Exit-117.
The $20 million project has some hurdles to get through before construction can begin.
District 6 Commissioner Dennis Hunt has brought up some issues concerning the business. The area where the Love’s is to be built is zoned as C-1 (rural central district). Hunt said that a truck stop is defined as an extensive impact facility, which requires the zoning to be changed to C-2 (general commercial district). He says that residents that live near where the truck-stop is proposed are concerned the complex will bring in illegal activities, such as human trafficking, prostitution, drug-related crimes and air quality problems.
Rezoning is on the agenda for the planning commission’s meeting on Dec. 19.

Members of the Tullahoma Fire Department responded to a fire Thanksgiving morning at 104 Dove Hollow Road. Around 4:30 a.m. the firefighters arrived at the residence of Michael and Rebecca Dallas and found the central heating and cooling unit on fire. According to Chief Richard Shasteen, there was some structural damage around the unit and there was damage to the heating unit. The Dallas family of four were able to get out of the house which suffered some smoke damage. Michael Dallas was flown to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga for treatment of smoke inhalation. According to the chief, there was no smoke alarm in the residence. The fire chief reminds everyone that the department has free smoke detectors to residences of Tullahoma.

On Tuesday night (November 28th, 2017) Tullahoma officers responded to a two-vehicle accident on West Carrol Street. One of the drivers had fled the scene, leaving his vehicle. Officers were given a description of the subject and located him a short time later walking towards his home. According to the arrest warrant, upon making contact with Michael Douglas Miller age 38 of Johnson Lane, Tullahoma Officer Josh Leverette noted a very strong odor of intoxicant coming from Miller. The warrant also stated that Miller had blood shot eyes and slurred speech and was stumbling as he walked. The man allegedly admitted to consuming a couple of shots of whiskey earlier. Miller was not given any field sobriety tests due to allegedly being uncooperative, he refused to consent to a breathalyzer or blood test. A search warrant was obtained, and Miller was taken to Unity Medical Center in Manchester for blood work. A check of the subjects driving privilege revealed he was operating a motor vehicle with a revoked / suspended license 2nd offense and that this was his 2nd offense driving under the influence. Miller could not provide proof of insurance.
He was booked in at the Coffee County Jail under a bond of $13,000 and Miller is set to appear in court on Jan. 4, 2018.