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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)

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.

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.

A survey shows half the employees in the United States don’t know where the AED is at their workplace, much less how to use it. (Leon Brocard/flickr)

Odds are strong that if you have a cardiac emergency at work, no one there will know what to do to help you in the precious moments before paramedics can arrive.
The American Heart Association says even though there are about 10,000 cardiac arrests in the workplace each year, most employers are not at all prepared to render assistance.
Paramedic and owner of Advanced Professional Healthcare Education Adam Fritsch says even if a business has an Automated External Defibrillator, or AED, available, Fritsch says a lot of employees would be afraid to use it – although they shouldn’t be.
“Not at all,” he insists. “Most AEDs today, especially the newer models, have only two buttons on them. It’s as simple as pushing the “on” button to turn the machine on, and then just follow the prompts for what it tells you to do. It will walk you entirely through the process.”
Tennessee has a Good Samaritan law in place that protects owners of AEDs and those who use them from liability for any unintentional medical harm.
The American Heart Association points out that an AED is of no use if employees don’t know where to find it or how to use it.
Fritsch says there are a number of myths surrounding AEDs that can make people hesitate to use one to help a stricken fellow employee. Sometimes people are afraid they’ll make a mistake and do more harm.
“The reality with the AED is, you can’t hurt a person with it,” he notes. “If you put it on a person and they don’t need the shock, the AED will tell you not to deliver the shock, whereas, if it does tell you to shock, that person must be having a cardiac emergency and must need that shock.”
Recent surveys have shown that half of all workers in the U.S. could not locate an AED at their workplace, and in the hospitality industry, nearly two-thirds of the employees had no idea where the AED was at their workplace.
“My encouragement to any fellow entrepreneur or employer out there would be to at least consider having some of their staff trained, even if they can’t afford having everybody trained,” says Fritsch. “To at least have some people on each shift that are aware of what to do in these emergencies can really go a long way to make a big difference.”
The American Heart Association says an AED can literally save lives, and encourages employers and employees to learn how to use one.

Tennessee State Parks and the Tennessee Department of Health say they have partnered to develop a web application called “Healthy Parks Healthy Person,” which allows Tennesseans to log their activities at Tennessee State Parks in exchange for points that can be redeemed for rewards.
Some of the rewards from the new program include state park merchandise, golf rounds, free camping and cabin stays.
The program also links healthcare providers and the parks through its “Park Prescription” feature, which encourages providers to introduce outdoor activity as part of healthcare regimen for patients.
You can log activities like hiking, biking, running, swimming, paddling and rock climbing on the program’s mobile friendly site app.healthyparkstn.com. You can earn points at parks of any level: local, state and national. You can redeem your points at any Tennessee State Park.

The City of Tullahoma Public Works Department has announced that a Ledford Mill Road construction project will reduce traffic to one lane on Ledford Mill Road on Wednesday, August 2 and Thursday, August 3. The construction is located in the 300 block of Ledford Mill Road near the intersection of Deerfield Road. Drivers are asked to use caution and reduce speed.
Public Works will be replacing a drainage culvert underneath the road.

Marie Ann Martin… Photo provided by the CCSD.

On Friday July 28, 2017 Tullahoma Police Officer Jacob Smith and other patrolman responded to a home on South Jackson St in reference to a domestic situation.
According the arrest warrant, upon arrival officers made contact with a male victim that had been stabbed multiple times with a large kitchen knife. The victim is allegedly the boyfriend of Marie Ann Martin age 49 of South Jackson St Tullahoma. The victim was transported from the scene by ambulance. The arrest warrant goes onto state that Martin admitted to stabbing the victim.
Martin was charged by Officer Smith with aggravated assault and her bond was set at $10,000 and she will appear in Coffee County Court on August 31, 2017.

Photo provided by the Warren Co. Sheriff’s Department.

Around mid-July there was a report of vandalism at the Viola Cemetery when several tombstones were knocked over and a hole on top of a grave had been dug approximately four to five feet deep.
On July 24th 2017 a second vandalism to the Viola Cemetery was reported to the Warren County Sheriff’s Department. The second vandalism that was reported involved 24 headstones that were either damaged or destroyed. The complainant reported witnessing a mid-2000’s model white Nissan Altima with an old style Tennessee license plate leaving the cemetery when the damages were discovered.
If anyone has any information regarding these incidents to the Viola Cemetery you are asked to please relay any information to the Warren County Sheriff’s Department via phone at 931-473-8738 or 931-668-7000, or send private messages to their Facebook page. Any assistance in the matter would be greatly appreciated by the Warren County Sheriff’s Department and by the citizens of the Viola community.

Gas prices saw another round of increases last week. Tennessee gas prices averaged $2.08 on Sunday. The state average is 3 cents more than last week and 18 cents more than this time last year.
The price for regular unleaded is below $2 a gallon at fewer than 25 percent of gas stations in Tennessee.
The national average price for regular unleaded was $2.31 Sunday. After climbing 3 cents in the past week, the national average is now 16 cents more than this time last year. So far this year, gas prices have averaged $2.32.
As of Tuesday afternoon the low price in Manchester was $1.91 and in Tullahoma the low price per gallon was $2.08.