James M. (Jimmy) Sain, of Hillsboro died as a result of the injuries he received in a one vehicle accident late Wednesday afternoon. According to a report filed by Tennessee Highway Patrolman Sgt. Larry Fraley, Sain was driving a 2001 Jeep traveling west off of State Hwy. 127 when the vehicle ran off the shoulder and then apparently lost control, came back into the road, flipping twice and landing in a fence row. The THP report indicates that Sain was ejected from the Jeep. Sain is the former chairman of the Coffee County School Board Chairman. He served on...

Here’s a study that could give you a real headache: Three Tennessee cities top a list of migraine “hot spots,” according to a report by Sperling’s Best Places. For this survey, the demographic research firm analyzed the number of migraine-related drug prescriptions, people’s hours worked, commute time, environmental factors and diets. Dr. Jan Brandes, a neurology professor at Vanderbilt University, said Tennessee’s weather is another factor. “One of the issues that may play a role has to do with barometric pressure shift,” she said. “So, we have four seasons here, and any time there’s a fluctuation in barometric pressure,...

Bad weather put a stop to a fireworks display on July 3 in Tullahoma, but now the Tullahoma Kiwanis Club has announced they will host a fireworks show that was originally scheduled for the July 4th weekend this Sunday, September 6th at Wilkins Stadium. The show will take place at approximately 8:15 p.m., but plenty of activities will be happening beforehand such as vendors and music. In the case of rain, an alternate date has yet to be announced. The show is free to...

David Scott Kelnhofer of Smyrna was arrested Tuesday after a Coffee County deputy found him to be in possession of drugs. The man was stopped by a deputy for a traffic violation after Coffee County Investigator James Sherrill observed Kelnhofer texting and driving erratic. As officers approached the SUV they allegedly observed drug paraphernalia laying in the seat. Personnel with the sheriff’s department searched the man and allegedly found a plastic container with two baggies of meth weighing one and a half grams. Among other things allegedly found was another baggie containing a quarter gram of meth along with...

For the first time in decades all 95 Tennessee counties have adopted their annual budget resolutions by August 31. This extraordinary achievement means that Tennessee counties are now operating under a locally adopted budget for the current fiscal year. Tennessee counties are also in full compliance with Public Chapter 170, Acts of 2015. This new law allows counties that do not adopt a budget resolution prior to June 30 to operate under a continuation budget through August 31. Counties with extraordinary circumstances preventing the adoption of a budget resolution by August 31 may request approval from the Comptroller of...

A Tennessee chicken farm has lost its contract to provide chickens for McDonald’s through Tyson Foods, after the chicken supplier announced it was terminating its contract with the farmer. Late last week, the animal rights group Mercy for Animals released the results of an undercover investigation which it says documented the abuse of chickens at T & S Farm in Dukedom – located in western Tennessee along the Kentucky border. Matt Rice, a Mercy for Animals spokesperson, describes horrific conditions. “At this Tyson contract farm, chickens were treated like mere meat producing machines,” he says. “From the day that...