Jimmy Byron Jones Jr of Morrison plead guilty to murdering a Warren County woman and leaving her body at a rock quarry in Summitville in March 2013 in Coffee County Circuit Court Wednesday. Judge Vanessa Jackson sentenced Jones to 18 years in state lockup. The burned body Connie Lou Godsey Brown age 58 was found March 9, 2013 near a Summitville Cave located between Summitville Road and Fire Tower Road. Jones, 53 was arrested April 11, 2013 for the murder of Brown. You may remember that Brown’s body was found by individuals riding four-wheelers in the area in the...

Three people were arrested Oct. 13 on drug charges following a traffic stop. Daniel Clay Snell, 43, of Manchester, Gabino Medrano Jr., 43, of Estill Springs and Christopher Issac Son, 23, of Tullahoma were arrested by Tennessee Highway Patrolman Donnie Clark. Snell was charged with two counts of manufacture/delivery/sell of a controlled substance, simple possession, possession of schedule II and possession of drug paraphernalia. He allegedly was in possession of 205 Adderall pills and 141 Ritalin pills as well as 4.5 grams of methamphetamines. His bond was set at $108,500. He is to appear in Coffee County General Sessions...

Motlow College is hosting the exhibit, “The World of Minerals” inside the Clayton-Glass Library on the Moore County campus. The exhibit is presented by Richard Gross, a retired Motlow professor. While the minerals were gathered from all over the United States, many came from Tennessee. “The Elmwood mine in Carthage and the Cumberland mine in Gordonsville are the premier mineral specimen mines in Tennessee,” said Gross. Gross taught college for 39 years, including 26 at Motlow and 13 at Palm Beach Junior College. At Motlow he taught biology, honor’s biology, microbiology, environmental science, geology and photography. He was also...

Robert Earl Hester age 37 of Piedmont Alabama was driving a vehicle on Interstate 24 near mile marker 115 inside Coffee County Tuesday afternoon. Hester was stopped for a traffic violation westbound by Tennessee Highway Patrolman Donnie Clark. A check of Hester confirmed him to be a fugitive from justice out of Calhoun County Alabama where he is charged with a child sex crime. Hester physically resisted arrest by trying to get away from Clark after the traffic stop. The man then physically assaulted the Patrolman Clark by grabbing the officer and shoving him. Clark then had to physically...

Police are searching for a man who rented a car from Russell Barnett Kia in Tullahoma and left it in Georgia. According to a police report by Officer Justin Smith, an individual leased a 2014 Jeep Cherokee for the day. According to James Lindsey of Russell Barnett Kia, on Oct. 1 the individual drove the Jeep to Florida and Georgia where he abandoned it at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Lindsey told the officer that they were able to track it by GPS and located it in...

ONE DAY OF HOPE will take place this Saturday at the Coffee County Fairgrounds from 10am-2pm. The event began in 2012 with about 6 churches and about 30 volunteers. Around 2,000 folks showed up that day for primarily clothes and some food and medical care. This year the event will have around 40 churches all across Coffee County involved and they expect well over 1,000 volunteers to greet the approximately 5,000 “honored guests”. One of the co-leaders Ray Marcrom says the thought behind the event is for all followers of Jesus Christ to join hands in unity to express...