Category: News

On Sunday morning around 1:20am there was a one vehicle crash in Franklin County on the Old Alto Hwy at the intersection of Greenhaw Rd.
According to a report by Tennessee Highway Patrolman Tommy Lyles, a 2010 Mercury MPR driven by Gary L Jones age 36 of Winchester was traveling east on the highway when the driver apparently lost control and over corrected. The vehicle exited the right side of the roadway, traveled through a ditch, and struck a utility pole.
Jones died in the crash and passenger Amy E Campbell age 38 of Winchester was injured. No other information was released about Campbell’s condition.

Authorities are attempting to locate Joseph Luther Garner, 219 Bethpage Road, Estill Springs, TN.
Garner is wanted for Violation of Federal Probation in connection with Methamphetamine charges.
Anyone having any information that could lead to the apprehension of Garner is asked to contact Investigation George Dyer of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office at 931-308-9420, 931-962-0123 or Crime Stoppers at 931-962-INFO.

School officials have dropped most of the Tennessee middle school social studies standards involving Islam as part of newly proposed standards.
The Kingsport Times-News reports that an entire section on Islam currently taught to seventh-graders has been removed from the state Board of Education’s draft, which went online for public review Sept. 15. Most of the sections involving Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and other religions have remained in the draft in some form.
Public comment is open through Oct. 28. A Standards Recommendation Committee will make the ultimate recommendation for new social studies standards to the board in early 2017, with implementation taking place in the 2019-20 school year.
The State Board of Education Director of Policy and Research says the new standards are more manageable and “age-appropriate.”

Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves and Investigator Jason Dendy has issued a warning about a scam making its way around Coffee County. The scammers in the past have posed as a deputy from the sheriff’s department, this time they are spoofing phone numbers that seem to be local. Sometimes the scammer even claims to be a lawyer.
Caller ID spoofing is the practice of causing the telephone network to indicate to the receiver of a call that the originator of the call is from someone or place other than the true originating person or place. “The scammers say they are attempting to collect money on a balance owed on an account. They tell the intended victim that a deputy will arrest them if they don’t pay, Graves said.” Investigator Dendy added, “They tell their victim to get a Green Dot credit card or similar card and call them back and give them the number off of it. “They use the credit card numbers to get money from the cards, the Investigator said.” Graves went on to say that the sheriff’s department does not make arrests in this way. Some Coffee County residents have fallen for this scam and others, so please don’t be their next victim by falling for this type of intimidation.
The other scam making its way around Coffee County is the IRS scam. People are calling residents claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service. The caller tells their intended victim that they owe the federal agency money and if they don’t pay it then they will be arrested. The IRS and local officials remind residents that this is also a SCAM!

The Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security is asking parents to be on the lookout for people dressed as clowns.
The department sent a tweet about the issue on Saturday, as did the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
According to officials, these could actually be child predators.
Last week, a Coffee County teenager claimed he was attacked by someone dressed as a clown.
Anyone who sees a suspicious clown in their area should call 911 or *847.

An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Cannon County man for the July murder of his brother.
At the request of 16th District Attorney General Jennings Jones, TBI Special Agents, with the assistance of the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Cannon County Sheriff’s Office, began investigating the July 10th death of 38-year-old Carl “Floyd” Young. During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information that on that day, Carl had been involved in a verbal and physical altercation with his brother Chad on Gunter Hollow Road in Woodbury. The investigation revealed that during that altercation, Chad fired a handgun at his brother while Carl was driving. The bullet struck Carl, killing him, and his vehicle wrecked in a field.
On Friday, the Cannon County Grand Jury returned indictments charging Chad Young, 32, with one count of Second Degree Murder and two counts of Tampering with Evidence. Young was arrested Friday afternoon and booked into the Cannon County Jail, where he is being held on a $250,000 bond.

ITT Tech Institute students who have questions about continuing their education can find the answers at one of the four Motlow State Community College campuses.
ITT Tech is a for-profit educator that recently ceased operations at all campuses due to sanctions imposed by the U.S. Department of Education. The college’s closure affects over 40,000 students nationwide and is one of the largest in U.S. history.
“We welcome ITT Tech students to come and explore what Motlow State has to offer,” said Jeremy Mills, director of recruitment at Motlow. “Students will find that our campus community is a compassionate and close-knit environment. Class sizes are small, the faculty are extremely caring and engaging, and our tuition costs are competitive and very affordable.”
The first step for the ITT Tech student who is interested in Motlow State is to go to the Motlow website, mscc.edu/ITT, to complete a digital contact form. A page has been specifically developed to assist ITT students, who will be contacted by a recruitment staff member after submission of the form.
Motlow State staff can explain what the college has to offer such as flexible course scheduling, academic and workforce programs, transfer of previously earned credit and how Motlow can prepare individuals for the future.
Each of the four Motlow campuses has a dedicated recruiter who is equipped to answer questions and help students.
The dedicated recruiter at the Moore County campus is, Sheri Mason, 931-393-1764.

On Wednesday a Tennessee Highway Patrolman stopped a subject on Hwy 64 in Beechgrove for a traffic violation. The arrest warrant says the Trooper made contact with a male subject who supposedly had an odor of an intoxicant about him. The warrant goes onto say the man identified as Terry Lynn King age 52 of Parchman Ave in Cumberland City, TN had slurred speech and red bloodshot eyes. Trooper Joseph Jones says he conducted 5 field sobriety tests on King and he allegedly performed poorly on all 5 tests. The warrant notes the man refused to consent to a blood alcohol test and the trooper obtained a search warrant. He then transported the man to Unity Medical Center in Manchester for a blood/alcohol test, with results pending.
King was charged with, driving under the influence 4th offence, violation of implied consent and driving on revoked/suspended license 4th offence. His bond was set at $17,500 and a court date Nov. 1, 2016.