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Van Burns On I-24
On Sunday, just before 6pm Nicholas Q Trevino of Overland Missouri was driving a van owned by Michael Carney of Saint Charles Missouri on Interstate 24. Trevino states he noticed the vehicle smoking and stopped around mile marker 105 westbound in Coffee County. Trevino exited the vehicle as it started to catch on fire. The vehicle was fully engulfed when deputies and North Coffee Volunteer Fire Department arrived. The totaled vehicle was towed from the scene via Performance Plus Towing. Carney and his family were traveling in a separate vehicle and were on the scene with Trevino when deputies...
New Jail To Be Inspected By The End Of The Year
Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves and his staff are working to ensure that the new Coffee County Jail will meet each of the minimum standards required by the state for certification in its upcoming inspection. The sheriff said, “It is common knowledge that a new jail is in transition for the first 12 months. He added, “If a jail is certified within that time it’s considered good.” In Tennessee, jails are inspected in 14 categories: physical plant, administration, personnel, security, discipline, sanitation/maintenance, food services, mail and visiting, inmate programs and activities, medical services, admission and release records, hygiene, supervision...
1,200 Tennesseans Die From Opioid Overdoses In 2014
According to statistics from the Tennessee Department of Health, over 1,200 Tennesseans died in 2014 from opioid overdoses despite measures designed to stop the addiction. The Tennessean reports there were 97 more deaths caused by opioid overdoses last year than in 2013. Statistics show more people died in 2014 from opioid overdose in the state than in car accidents or by gunshots. Spokesman from the state’s health department David Reagan says the highest frequency of overdose deaths are found in men and women ages 45 to 55. Opioids are found in heroin and prescription painkillers, which officials say are...
“Late Start” Classes Beginning In October At Motlow
Any student who missed the opportunity to register for classes beginning in August can still register for “late-start” classes at Motlow College. Classes will begin on Oct. 14, and end on Dec. 3. Registration for these “late-start” classes ends on Oct. 14. The late-start schedule includes Monday – Thursday courses, as well as Monday and Wednesday only and Tuesday and Thursday only courses. A few weekend courses are available, however, classes for weekends began on Sept. 18. Registration for weekend courses is still open until Oct. 14. The following classes are available for the “late-start” session at the McMinnville...
Two Arrested In Drug Bust
Jess Coker of Estill Springs and Brian Lee Fielding of Manchester were arrested after a search warrant was executed at a home in Tullahoma late Thursday night. Coker, 28, is charged with two counts of manufacture/sell/delivery of a controlled substance, possession of schedule IV and schedule VI, and drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $218,000, Fielding, 34, of Manchester is charged with two counts of manufacture/sell/delivery of controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, schedule IV and schedule VI. His bond was set at $215,000. According to Manchester Police Investigator Jackie Matheny, officers received information that crystal ice could...
5 Year-Old Dies From Injuries In Car/Bus Crash
A 5-year-old boy, injured when the car he was riding in collided with a Franklin County school bus Thursday at the Highway 130-Awalt Road intersection in north Franklin County, has died, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol reports. The boy was identified as Maddox Mason, a student at Northlake Elementary School. He was riding in the back-seat driver’s side of a 2000 Honda Civic driven by his mother, Aprille L. Rexroade, 29, of Tullahoma. Reports said Rexroade was driving the Civic when she pulled away from Awalt Road and in front of the school bus operated by Loretta Stafford, 72,...
County Unemployment Rates Released
County unemployment numbers for the month of August show the rates decreased in 93 counties and increased in only two. Coffee County’s unemployment rate for August was 5.4 percent, down from the 6% rate in July. Warren County dropped from 7% to 5.9 percent. Bedford County had a big drop, going down 1.2% to 6.5. Franklin County fell from 6% in July to 5.3 in August. Down in Moore County they had one of the best unemployment rates in the state at 4.4%, down 1%. Grundy County went from 8.9 to 7.2, and Cannon County went from 6.3 to...
Tennessee Secretary of State Visits Motlow
Tre Hargett, Tennessee Secretary of State, recently visited Motlow College’s Moore County campus to encourage Motlow College students to register to vote. The College’s Student Government Association (SGA) hosted the event in recognition of National Voter Registration Day. Secretary of State Hargett is urging Tennessee residents to use the Twitter hashtag #GoVoteTN in an effort to promote voter registration across the...
