School is open for most public- and private-school students across the state. While much is made over supporting your child as he or she returns to school, the teacher group Professional Educators of Tennessee is encouraging parents to keep in mind that support for teachers is just as important. Picking up a few extra supplies, including dry-erase markers and paper, goes a long way in easing the burden on schools, said Samantha Bates, the organization’s director of membership services. “Supplies are very important,” she said. “Extra anything is always a plus. Everybody runs out of paper and pencils at...

On Saturday (August 8, 2015) Deputy Phillip Smith of the Coffee County Sheriff’s Department says someone called the jail stating that a Douglas Christian was at the Sleep Inn in Manchester selling heroin. Deputy Smith called Investigator James Sherrill. Sherrill called the complainant back and was advised that Christian may have the narcotics in the trunk of his car, if they were not with him in his room. Deputy Smith went to the motel and observed the man allegedly putting something in his trunk. After Sherrill arrived, he saw Christian come out of the Sleep Inn and was walking...

Tullahoma Police are searching for someone with an apparent breathing problem. Loss prevention personnel at the Kroger Store on North Jackson Street reported that an unidentified white female wearing a pink ball cap entered the store on Aug. 7 and took 31 boxes of Breath Right Strips. According to store personnel the woman placed the products in her purse and left the business without paying $433.69 for the items. The investigation is continuing by the Tullahoma Police...

Over half of Tennessee residents take part in outdoor recreation each year, according to the Outdoor Industry Association. Among them are hunters and anglers who consider themselves conservative, yet support an EPA clean water policy that has been described as controversial. According to a survey commissioned by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), a percentage of more than four of five hunters and anglers favor the plan to apply Clean Water Act protections to some smaller headwaters and wetlands – protections that had been under a legal cloud. Steve Moyer, vice president for government affairs at Trout Unlimited, is a...

In an effort to welcome Alderman-elect Ray Knowis and re-elected Alderman Jimmy Blanks, and to give the public an opportunity to meet all of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, Tullahoma Mayor Lane Curlee and the Tullahoma board of Aldermen are hosting a Reception on Monday, August 17 from 5:00pm to 5:30pm at City Hall in the Board Chambers. The public is invited and encouraged to...

A Tullahoma woman and a Belvidere woman were arrested Sunday after they were allegedly found to be in possession of items taken from a vehicle at a local motel. According to warrants obtained by Officer Cody Brandon of Tullahoma, an individual reported that her vehicle had been broken into and items were taken. The victim told the officer that she followed a path of their belongings to a room at the Executive Inn on North Jackson Street When Officer Brandon went to the room, he saw items sitting out in plain view that had been from the vehicle. There...

Jarrett Austin Kitts of Princeton Street in Tullahoma is free on a $10,000 bond after being arrested on sexual battery by an authority figure. According to a report taken by Officer Sam Campbell, on July 23 a woman met the officer at the Tullahoma Police Department to report a case of sexual battery of a juvenile. Kitts, 36, was arrested on Sunday Aug. 9. He was booked into the Coffee County Jail on a charge of sexual contact with a minor by an authority figure. According to the police report, the mother told the officer that Kitts had kissed...